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n. (context US military nautical historical English) a type of warship, lighter in armor and armament, and slower than a destroyer, originally used for convoy escort during World War II. This light destroyer variant is considered a frigate.
WordNet
n. warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
Wikipedia
Destroyer escort is the US Navy classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships.
Destroyer escort may also refer to:
- Abukuma class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Captain class frigate, a designation given to 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the USA
- Chikugo class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
- F class escort ship, a class of fleet escorts used by the Kriegsmarine roughly comparable to American destroyer escorts
- Ishikari class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Isuzu class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Mackenzie-class destroyer escort, a class of four escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
- Restigouche-class destroyer escort, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
- River class destroyer escort, a class of six escort destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy
- St. Laurent-class destroyer escort, a class of seven escort destroyers operated by the Royal Canadian Navy
- V and W class destroyer, a class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War
- Yubari class destroyer escort, a destroyer escort class of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
Usage examples of "destroyer escort".
As it was, they nearly ran into trouble when a Kilrathi destroyer escort left the enemy fleet on course for the jump point, but Eisen turned the situation to their advantage by pretending to pursue the enemy ship.
I could not believe that our big, brave, destroyer escort had actually run away.
The senior officer of the convoy's two-destroyer escort knew what Honor's ships truly were, but she was the only person in the convoy who did, and Honor hoped Commander Elliot would remember to treat her with the sort of brusquely impatient courtesy she would show to any other merchie.
What good fortune that these lost Americans have blundered straight into the gunsights of their destroyer escort!
It consisted of having Norman Grant pose in front of a mock-up of a destroyer escort, while three good-looking young American men-himself, Pharmacist’.
HE CAN BE TRANSPORTED FROM BADOENG STRAIT EITHER BY TBM-3G AVENGER AIRCRAFT OR BY UNDER-WAY TRANSFER TO A DESTROYER OR DESTROYER ESCORT.
So I rode a PT boat, one of four with a destroyer escort carrying medical personnel.
I'm executive officer on a DE (that's a destroyer escort, as if you didn't know) and never mind where.
The four jets passed over their first victim, and started riddling another-a smaller destroyer escort.