31.   With mounting German attacks on U.S. merchant ships in the Atlantic, the president asked Congress for authority to arm our ships.

32.   You hurl yourself through a window, run across rooftops and barely make it onto a merchant ship, which leaves you stranded on an island.

33.   Over-the-counter GPS locators used by many militaries, merchant ships and expensive cars would continue to receive the low-power transmissions, leaving them more vulnerable to jamming.

34.   A former mob member assisting prosecutors tipped authorities to the explosives in the hulk of the merchant ship Laura C.

35.   A Greek military transport hovercraft collided with a British-flagged merchant ship on Monday, causing damage but no injuries, the navy said.

36.   A Royal Air Force rescue helicopter joined several merchant ships in the search Saturday, but found no trace of the missing yachtsman.

37.   All the permanently enclosed space, or volume, of a merchant ship is measured to obtain her gross tonnage.

38.   An Indian merchant ship sank in the Arabian Sea Thursday, killing at least four people, an official said.

39.   Another aircraft sent from the carrier established contact with a nearby merchant ship, Pratistha, which sailed toward the disabled boat and took its crew aboard.

40.   Another merchant ship was steaming to the scene.