"They'd make that claim with the ship exploding around them. "
But I think someone was trying to make radio contact with the ship.
One of them made it back with half the ship blown up.
He tried to make contact with the auxiliary ship but failed to reach it.
Ray, try to make radio contact with the ship ahead.
Two Ukrainian ships were ordered to make contact with the ship, which was not identified.
Climbing back aboard the paraplane, he made radio contact with the other ship.
They bad made it to the front line of boxes, with nothing now between them and the ship they wanted but empty field.
The receptor did not actually make contact with the ship.
I would like to see the progress you're making with the ship this time.