destroyer escort
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of destroyer escort
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
Two years after his death, the newest destroyer escort in the Navy was named the USS Schmitt.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2016
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
It will be recalled that no destroyer escort was provided for the merchant convoys on their way across the Atlantic; the Allies simply did not have the destroyers for this purpose.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
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