"All but an escort force to get Selenay to safe ground."

Command of the escort force fell to the senior officer present, and could change as each new ship arrived.

He figured that the Bear was still doing a target evaluation and did not yet know the strength of the escort force.

It was a very bad time to recall that his previous largest command had been of a three-ship escort force.

Within minutes, every ship in the escort force had the information, and they all came up with the same answer: the Backfires couldn't be here yet.

After a relatively uneventful voyage, the convoy was turned over to a British escort force on the 22nd.

The two divisions embarked on large transport ships protected by an unusually strong escort force.

He kept his escort forces deployed and ready for battle, even as his command passed through the leading edge of the nebula.

Corvettes provided the majority of the escort force.

However the loss of Mahratta was keenly felt among men of the escort force, taking the edge off the victory.