submarine chaser
noun
a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
- Also called subchaser.
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How to use submarine chaser in a sentence
There was, besides M.L.'s, another smaller but faster type of submarine chaser.
Submarine Warfare of To-day | Charles W. Domville-FifeIt furnishes a steady gun platform, which, with the necessary speed, is the most vital feature of a submarine chaser.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly MillerIt sinks slowly, and there is a slight momentum left in the submarine-chaser.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly MillerA curious boat that we undertook to furnish during the war was a cross between a destroyer and a submarine-chaser.
Inventions of the Great War | A. Russell (Alexander Russell) BondWhile the British prefer a smaller type of submarine-chaser, they have no criticism of ours.
Our Navy in the War | Lawrence Perry
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