YOU SAID:

there once was a ship that put to see

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かつて見に行った船がありました

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There used to be a ship I went to see

INTO JAPANESE

見に行った船があった

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There was a ship I went to see

INTO JAPANESE

見に行った船がありました

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There was a ship I went to see