escort carrier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of escort carrier
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazes with the loss of 318 men.
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2021
He lost his life in fall 1943, when a Japanese torpedo rocked the escort carrier USS Liscome Bay.
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2018
Mr. Carr, a Boston native, served as a Navy pilot during World War II and survived the sinking of the escort carrier Block Island off the Canary Islands in 1944.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2018
From Honolulu, 800 miles away, the Navy sent ships to the manhunt: an escort carrier, four destroyers, three destroyer escorts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still off the California coast as last week ended, the carrier Boxer and the escort carrier Badoeng Strait were expected to set sail in a few days.
From Time Magazine Archive
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