destroyer escort
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of destroyer escort
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The destroyer escort John J. Powers was named after him, and a monument to Lieutenant Powers stands in Woodland Cemetery in the Bronx.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2017
Mr. Cosgrove served in the Navy for four years during World War II, first in Washington and later on a destroyer escort in the Pacific.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2016
The destroyer escort model on display is the work of Steve MacDonald, a marine engineer from Hingham.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2014
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
These had now been formed into convoy "O Q 17"; they were ready for a destroyer escort to take them through the submarine zone and start them on the westward voyage to American ports.
From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick
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