[DOC] [TLE] Sloop-of-war - Wikipedia [PAR] In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a 
warship with a ... In World War I and World War II, the Royal Navy reused the term 
"sloop" for ... The first three-masted (i.e. "ship rigged") sloops appeared during the 
1740s, and ... The Americans also occasionally used the French term corvette. [DOC] [TLE] Escort carrier - Wikipedia [PAR] The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (hull classification symbol CVE), also 
called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "
Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft 
carrier used ... Most often built on a commercial ship hull, escort carriers were too 
slow to keep... [DOC] [TLE] Frigate - Wikipedia [PAR] A frigate /frt/ is any of several types of warship, the term having been used 
for ships of ... Ship classes dubbed "frigates" have also more closely resembled 
corvettes, ..... War by the British Royal Navy to describe an anti-submarine escort 
vessel .... During the 1975 ship reclassification, the large American frigates were
... [DOC] [TLE] World War Two Ships: Ship Types [PAR] The American and Japanese aircraft carriers duelled over a period of five days, ... 
In the 19th century, fuelled by the industrial revolution, nations began to make ... 
The British attack on Taranto (where 20 carrier-based aircraft left two battleships 
..... Thus the frigate (destroyer escort) was conceived as a small ship that did not... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICAN REVOLUTION- - StudyStack [PAR] A SMALL WARSHIP OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, OR A 
BRITISH ESCORT VESSEL OF WWII, SLOOP. IT'S ESTIMATED ONLY ABOUT 
60%... [DOC] [TLE] Ship Classification - Age of Armour Warships - World of Warships ... [PAR] The British naval designer William Reed drew up a small ship based on the ... 
During the arms buildup leading to World War II the term "corvette" was almost ... 
about equal in size and capability with the American destroyer escort. ..... The 
battleship became the revolutionary battleship Dreadnought, and the... [DOC] [TLE] What is a Frigate? - USS Constitution Museum [PAR] They came up with a small, fast sailing ship with a keel length to beam ratio ... 
The British frigates generally weren't as fast, but they were better able to stand up 
in a fight. ... became commonplace after the American Revolution in the Royal 
Navy. ... was revived in World War II as the patrol frigate, an escort vessel 
somewhat... [DOC] [TLE] warship facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about warship at Encyclopedia.com. ... By 
1845, when the Mexican-American War began, the navy had 67 sailing ... a small
, fast ship of 1,000 to 2,000 tons armed with torpedoes and a few 4- or 5- inch 
guns. .... World War II and British usage revived the term "patrol frigate" to 
designate... [DOC] [TLE] Battleship - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] During World War II (1939-45), they were superseded as the deciding factor at 
sea .... as British vessels' cannonballs would simply bounce off Gloire's 
revolutionary .... A small number of designs, including the American Kearsarge 
and Virginia ..... the much heavier battleships, saved the American escort carriers 
of "Taffy 3"... [DOC] [TLE] USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Official Web Site - US Navy Hosting [PAR] It is the eighth ship of the Fleet to carry this illustrious name that is literally ... He 
learned it was stationed at a small British garrison at St. John's on the ... one of 
only three American carriers commissioned prior to World War II to survive ... Its 
escort during the trials, destroyer Laffey, sent this message; Subject: Speed 
Trails. 1. [DOC] [TLE] naval ship | Britannica.com [PAR] Naval ship, the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto 
the ... In the modern era the word craft has come

Question: A small warship of the American Revolutionary period, or a British escort vessel of WWII
Answer: a sloop