| Oxford were struggling to find any rhythm, and threatened only when the ever-composed Nick Light sortied into opposing territory. |
| Our craft was layered with extra coats of heat resistant polymer before we sortied. |
| Every airman, sailor, marine, or soldier who sortied, sailed, or patrolled represented one life at risk. |
| Joining the air action, the giant 18-inch-gun battleship Yamato sortied from the home islands, but was destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft. |
| The navy of the Ottoman Empire only sortied out of the Dardanelles once late in the war during the Battle of Imbros, preferring to focus its operations in the Black Sea. |
| Task Force 58, Tokyobound, sortied from Ulithi on 10 February 1945 and, taking an indirect route to the target, began to refuel a hundred miles east of Saipan. |
