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submarine chaser

noun

  1. a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.


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There was, besides M.L.'s, another smaller but faster type of submarine chaser.

It furnishes a steady gun platform, which, with the necessary speed, is the most vital feature of a submarine chaser.

It sinks slowly, and there is a slight momentum left in the submarine-chaser.

A curious boat that we undertook to furnish during the war was a cross between a destroyer and a submarine-chaser.

While the British prefer a smaller type of submarine-chaser, they have no criticism of ours.

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