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
The Navy promptly gave the Browns more subchaser orders plus a contract for a medium-sized fleet of destroyer escorts�many-gunned convoy and anti-submarine craft which cost some $5,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Navy maintained that when a North Korean subchaser and three torpedo boats surrounded the U.S. ship, she was lying dead in the water, 16 miles from land, conducting tests.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the spring of 1918 I therefore sent Captain Leigh to southern Italy to locate and construct a subchaser base in this neighbourhood.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
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