destroyer escort

Examples (10)

• The convoy was protected by a fleet of destroyer escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic.
• The USS Slater is a preserved destroyer escort that now serves as a museum ship.
• A destroyer escort's primary mission was to hunt enemy submarines.
• My grandfather served on a destroyer escort in the Pacific theater.
• Although smaller than a full destroyer, the destroyer escort was nimble and heavily armed for its size.
• The admiral ordered two destroyer escorts to screen the aircraft carrier.
• The heroic crew of the destroyer escort engaged the enemy cruiser despite being outgunned.
• The role once filled by the destroyer escort is now largely performed by modern frigates.
• During the war, shipyards worked around the clock to produce new destroyer escorts.
• In the naval simulation, our task force will include a destroyer escort for anti-submarine warfare.