Word: convoying
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...meantime we reached the end of the convoy. We turned and once more passed the convoy. The enemy ships which remained upon the water were now marked for definite destruction. So, altogether 14 vessels of 82,000 tons have been sunk. Only one ship remained. Now the commander of our ships ordered 'cease firing.' The last ship was permitted to participate in the rescue work and take the shipwrecked crews aboard...
...Convoy (John Clements, Clive Brook, Judy Campbell; TIME...
...specifically grant new powers to the President to order naval vessels to convoy ships to belligerent ports. Meaning: none. The President has such powers in the Constitution, which would have to be amended to remove them...
...Convoy (John Clements, Clive Brook, Judy Campbell; TIME...
Several "large liners" of perhaps 20,000 tons or more were among the vessels sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal, when the Nazi raiders struck the big convoy, after it had been battered by German long-range bombing planes, it was stated...