destroyer escort
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of destroyer escort
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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According to some records, the destroyer escort disabled a Japanese heavy cruiser with a torpedo and significantly damaged another while battling the group led by the command battleship Yamato.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022
MacDonald said he settled on the destroyer escort for his most recent model as a way to honor military members who served the U.S., particularly during World War II.
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2014
He graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and entered Yale, but left to serve in the Navy on a destroyer escort in the Atlantic.
From New York Times • May 29, 2013
He served aboard a Navy destroyer escort during World War II, married and raised three children, and finished out his engineering career as an executive at a corrugated-box company in Rochester.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2010
The commander of the destroyer escort has a few words for us; a brief detail of the power of his under-water armament, a request for a 'fair field in action.'
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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