hunter-killer group

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hunter-killer group

See: antisubmarine carrier group.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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At its conclusion, full credit is given to Bulldog and other people and ships that captured Enigma machines, including Admiral Dan Gallery and the men of USS Guadalcanal's hunter-killer group who captured U-505 in June 1944.
The Battle for tire code. (Book Reviews)
COMMANDER of the Second Support Group from 1943, one of the first hunter-killer groups intended to actively hunt and destroy the U-boats that lurked in the Atlantic rather than be merely restricted to escorting convoys.
Liverpool's crucial wartime role; Without the sailors, shipyard workers and civilians of Merseyside, Britain would not have won the war, reports Peter Elson in association with LIVERPOOL
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