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  • Recon photos showed Nagato moored pierside beneath one of the largest cranes in Japan, providing the Americans an excellent reference point.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • “He could be tied up pierside somewhere or he could be on the bridge of a merchant ship.”

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Recon photos showed Nagato moored pierside beneath one of the largest cranes in Japan, providing the Americans an excellent reference point.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • As reports of the devastation wrought upon Japan reached the Marianas, a surging spirit grew at pierside and spread inland.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • As reports of the devastation wrought upon Japan reached the Marianas, a surging spirit grew at pierside and spread inland.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • But in fact most Russian SSBNs must now remain pierside — the Russians weren't able to conduct any patrols in 2002 and could carry out only two in 2004.

    The Perils of Primacy 2006

  • But in fact most Russian SSBNs must now remain pierside — the Russians weren't able to conduct any patrols in 2002 and could carry out only two in 2004.

    The Perils of Primacy 2006

  • “He could be tied up pierside somewhere or he could be on the bridge of a merchant ship,” he adds.

    'Threat' From Iran Could Possibly Be Prank Played By The 'Filipino Monkey' 2008

  • But in fact most Russian SSBNs must now remain pierside — the Russians weren't able to conduct any patrols in 2002 and could carry out only two in 2004.

    The Perils of Primacy 2006

  • Two Aegis cruisers were the next ones to work their way out of the pierside tangle, and they entered the main channel with missiles already gouting out of their decks.

    Joint Operations Douglass, Keith 2000

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