destroyer
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The Touska was sailing to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was warned repeatedly over a six hours by the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, that it was violating the blockade, U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The U.S. military had taken seriously the risk of an Iranian missile strike and had positioned a guided-missile destroyer near the base, U.S. officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
The government has since dispatched HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, to the region to protect the base, as part of wider defensive efforts.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
He was picked out of the water by a destroyer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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