Sentence examples for command of the escort from inspiring English sources
In June 1953, Hayward took command of the escort carrier.
In June 1953, he assumed command of the escort carrier, and was involved in the rescue of a baby who was found abandoned in the trash at a U.S. Army depot.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1945 on patrol in the North Atlantic with experimental subchasers and later in command of the Destroyer Escort USS Vammen, which saw combat in the Okinawa invasion.
Rowley sailed from Spithead on 25 December in command of a squadron of seven ships of the line, which was part of the fleet under the overall command of Lord Shuldham escorting the trade convoys to the colonies.
He received an appointment on 15 July 1795 to the temporary command of the 50-gun, and was ordered to escort five East Indiamen to a safe latitude, and then to return to Spithead.
By 1813 he had achieved promotion to the rank of captain and was commanding the escort.
He then received command of the 36-gun HMS Thalia on 1 March 1805 and escorted convoys to the East Indies and Quebec.
The Church of Scientology states in one publication that Hubbard "took command of an antisubmarine escort vessel with Atlantic convoys".
Blanco Encalada arrived at Caldera Bay on 22 April, under the command of Captain Goñi, escorting several transports.
