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
A subchaser given to Ethiopia, for example, turned up as a private yacht.
From Time Magazine Archive
Success came very slowly, and Thon's star did not really rise until after his World War II stint on a subchaser and his sojourn in Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such were the subchaser tactics in their perfection; yet it was only after much experience that the procedure began to work with clock-like regularity.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
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