afloat's Usage Examples:

A Captain (D) or Captain Destroyers afloat was an operational commander responsible for the command of destroyer flotilla.

A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea.

Launchway – an ILB is pushed into the water on a carriage by hand Moored afloat – an ALB or ILB is kept in the water alongside the lifeboat station or nearby.

in service, and she is the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland still afloat.

listing ship goes beyond the point where a righting moment will keep it afloat, it will capsize and potentially sink.

Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels.

The Tyne also lies afloat at stations where the approaches, or operating areas, are particularly shallow.

keep the wearer afloat with their head and mouth above the surface – they do not have to swim or tread water in order to stay afloat and can even be unconscious.

the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.

but the high build quality and demand has ensured that most are still afloat, so the Medina is still an active class.

the Naval Safety Center is organized into four directorates: aviation, afloat, shore, and operational risk management/expeditionary warfare.

and Trent boats starting in 1994 at locations where they could be moored afloat.

Synonyms:

directionless; adrift; rudderless; aimless; purposeless; undirected; planless;

Antonyms:

decrease; low; malnourished; incomplete; purposeful;