close aboard in a sentence

Examples

1. During that day, the warship fired seven missions  including two counter-battery actions  and received 116 enemy rounds close aboard.
2. The second plane, aimed for the bridge, missed the island close aboard to starboard and hit the sea off the fantail.
3. Less than 20 minutes later, four bombs fell close aboard LST-389, and, over the next half hour, nine more exploded nearby.
4. Within the space of one minute, six exploded close aboard, shook the vessel considerably, and caused numerous broken light bulbs forward.
5. While anchored off Ngulu 17 October, with her engines secured, " Montgomery " sighted a mine floating close aboard to port.
6. Intense fire splashed two close aboard; but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck, damaging it badly.
7. Their concentrated fire saved the ship from a second crash when the plane burst into flames and splashed into the sea close aboard.
8. On 18 November, she shot down a kamikaze plane, which crashed so close aboard that the pilot's parachute landed on the ship's forecastle.
9. The American schooner ran ashore and grounded where it became impossible for " Hope ", with her deeper draft, to draw close aboard.
10. On one occasion, " Taney "'s duties took her close inshore close enough to even receive fire close aboard from a Japanese shore battery.