ocean escort

For the remainder of the war she served as an ocean escort.

The ocean escort conducted a number of exercises in 1975.

However, no damage had been done to any vessel of the convoy or the ocean escort.

Then, on 6 March, the destroyer resumed duties as an ocean escort.

Two days later, the ocean escort returned to sea for the voyage back to the United States.

The Bronstein ocean escort was a response to the development of high speed nuclear submarines in the late 1950s.

The ocean escort entered Long Beach the following morning.

The ocean escort returned to her home port on 10 August, enabling the crew to enjoy a period of leave and liberty.

Two days later, on 22 December, it was joined by the ocean escort, while the local escort departed.

She continued as an ocean escort until her final departure from Londonderry on 27 January 1945.

The ocean escorts entered Eniwetok lagoon the next day.

The ocean escort type corresponded to foreign frigates (convoy escorts).

The ocean escort returned to Charleston on 25 February and, thereafter, resumed normal operations from that base.

The ocean escort returned to Newport on 24 June and conducted local operations from there through the end of July.

The ocean escort immediately began preparations for her first deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

On 1 December 1972, the ocean escort got underway from Charleston bound for the western Pacific.

On 14 June, the ocean escort stood out of Charleston on her way to the Mediterranean.

This was joined on 28 April by the ocean escort, giving the convoy an immediate total escort of 12 warships.

En route, Caravan - again her ocean escort - made a contact on what she believed was an enemy submarine and made one attack.

These were relieved by the Close escort and Ocean escort forces, and returned to base.

The ocean escort arrived in Subic Bay on 9 December and remained there almost a week.

Early in April, the ocean escort began five weeks of refresher training out of San Diego.

Frigates (FF), formerly ocean escorts, were also named for naval heroes.

On 17 May, the ocean escort set out for Subic Bay in company with Constellation.

She sailed for Eniwetok 27 August in company with nine other ocean escorts, arriving there 3 September.