subchaser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subchaser
Example Sentences
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In World War II, it became a subchaser.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
He commanded a subchaser and participated in the Allied invasion of France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
Within six months the Browns bought and cleared a 156-acre tract, built a small shipyard of secondhand materials, rounded up a working force, purchased supplies and parts and launched the first subchaser.
From Time Magazine Archive
Walter Wheeler was an All-Eastern football tackle at Harvard in 1916, a subchaser skipper and Navy Cross winner in World War I, and a champion sailor.
From Time Magazine Archive
IV On the morning of September 6th three subchaser units, under the command of Ensign Ashley D. Adams, U.S.N.R.F., were listening at a point about 150 miles west of Land's End.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
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