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Parent topics

• Warship [r]: A ship designed to employ weapons and sensors in direct naval warfare ^[e]
• Anti-submarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Second World War

United Kingdom

• Banff-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Egret-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Flower-class [r]: A WWII Royal Navy corvette used as an ocean escort, derived from a whaling vessel, slower than some German submarines but fast enough to keep up with convoy transports; used for anti-submarine warfare as a quickly-available ship before purpose-built warships were in service; surprisingly distinguished record ^[e]

United States

• Evarts-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cannon-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edsall-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rudderow-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John C. Butler-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Cold War

United States

• Oliver Hazard Perry-class [r]: Limited-capability ocean escorts in the U.S. and other navies, designated "frigates" ^[e]
• Knox-class [r]: Add brief definition or description