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destroyer escort meaning

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WDestroyer escort
  • Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th century classification for a 20-knot (23 mph) warship designed with endurance to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.
  • Post-war destroyer escorts and frigates were larger than those produced during wartime, with increased anti-aircraft capability, but remained smaller and slower than post-war destroyers.
  • ^ Blackman, pp.393&394
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  • ^ Potter & Nimitz, p.550
  • ^ Cooney, pp.6&7
  • ^ NAVPERS, pp.32&35
destroyer escort
destroyer escort
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    1. en destroyer escorts
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    Meaning of destroyer escort for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "destroyer escort" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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