hunter-killer group


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hunter-killer 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.
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.