able-bodied seaman
able seaman , AB (abbreviation)

He went to sea as an able seaman at the age of 19.

One can become an able seaman as a promotion from this position.

In 1903 he went to sea as a deck boy, working his way up to able seaman.

He had been an able seaman and boatswain since 1922.

For an able seaman, this was equivalent to several months' salary.

A sailor with more than two years' experience was referred to as an able seaman.

In 1779 his father first packed him off to sea, rated as an able seaman.

It is senior to able seaman but junior to petty officer.

The position is an apprenticeship to become an able seaman, and has been for centuries.

One of the men, a senior able seaman, jumped in wearing his trousers.

The share of the prize money for an able seaman was 2s.

Three more years, with appropriate ability displayed, would see a sailor advanced to able seaman.

All officer berths having been filled, he signed on as an able seaman.

An able seaman on any one of the 70 British vessels received 14 s 7 d in prize money.

"I worked full able seaman on this here ship.

The able seaman jerked his head towards the far corner. '

He was also expected to be qualified to do the duty of an able seaman and midshipman.

He wasn't the able seaman you see now.

Those new men weren't able seamen and some didn't speak fluent English.

They received pay equal to an able seaman.

Roger is the youngest, originally the ship's boy, but promoted to able seaman in later books.

He is just as tired as the able seaman.

"I'll put that brute where he won't chew up any more able seamen."

The latter were set at 90 dollars, or £pound18 a month for able seamen and firemen.