coastal escort

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• Coastal minehunter — Coastal Minehunters are ships that are designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom mines from vital waterways. Coastal minehunters are generally smaller and with lower sea keeping and endurance than ocean going minehunters. They are …   Wikipedia

• Coastal minesweeper — is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea. Because of its small size usually less than 100 feet in length and construction wood as opposed to …   Wikipedia

• Coastal Forces of the Royal Australian Navy — Coastal Forces was a division of the Royal Navy established during World War II. It consisted of small coastal defence craft such as motor launches, submarine chasers, air sea rescue launches, motor gun boats and motor torpedo boats. It did not… …   Wikipedia

• Coastal Forces of the Royal Canadian Navy — Coastal Forces was a division of the Royal Navy established during World War II. It consisted of small coastal defence craft such as motor launches, submarine chasers, air sea rescue launches, motor gun boats and motor torpedo boats. It did not… …   Wikipedia

• Coastal defence ship — The Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen, one of the last examples of the type. Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the… …   Wikipedia

• Destroyer escort — A destroyer escort (DE) is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti… …   Wikipedia

• Mid-Ocean Escort Force — (MOEF) referred to the organization of anti submarine escorts for World War II trade convoys between Canada and the British Isles. The allocation of United States, British, and Canadian escorts to these convoys reflected preferences of the United …   Wikipedia

• RAF Coastal Command — Royal Air Force Coastal Command …   Wikipedia

• Japanese escort Ishigaki — Ishigaki was an escort ship of the sclass|Shimushu|coastal defense ship|0 in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Based in the Kuriles, she patrolled and escorted convoys and ships there.On October 7, 1943 the Ishigaki… …   Wikipedia

• administrative escort — A warship or merchant ship under naval control, carrying a convoy commodore and staff, and serving as a platform for simultaneous communication with an operational control authority and a coastal convoy …   Military dictionary

• USS Sands (DD-243) — The first USS Sands (DD 243/APD 13) was a Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Benjamin F. Sands and his son, James H. Sands. Sands was laid down on 22 March 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding… …   Wikipedia