destroyer escort
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of destroyer escort
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Navy destroyer escort that sank in the Western Pacific Ocean nearly 78 years ago, has been found off the Philippines, explorers have announced.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2022
The Stewart, an Edsall class destroyer escort, was built in Houston and outfitted in Galveston before being commissioned in 1943.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 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
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 David W. (David William) Bone
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