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
A score of ships, including the escort carrier Solomons joined in.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five years later, he commanded the escort carrier Sicily off Korea, and in 1955 he went to the Pentagon as senior naval member of the Defense Department's Weapons Systems Evaluation Group.
From Time Magazine Archive
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