Destroyer Escort (Noun)
Meaning
Warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The destroyer escort was deployed to protect the convoy of cargo ships from enemy submarines.
- The USS Evarts, a destroyer escort, was commissioned in 1943 and went on to serve in several battles in the Pacific.
- A destroyer escort was assigned to escort the fleet of aircraft carriers during the naval exercise.
- The ship's design was a compromise between a destroyer and a frigate, and was officially classified as a destroyer escort.
- In World War II, the United States Navy built over 200 destroyer escorts to help counter the German U-boat threat.