Frigates
Submarines and frigates are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submarines" instead a noun "Frigates".
Submarines
Frigates and submarines are semantically related. You can use "Frigates" instead a noun "Submarines".
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Then we throw in the destroyers, cruisers, frigates, nuclear missile submarines, attack submarines, and other assorted specialized or smaller craft and bake at 350 degrees for a really dangerous navy.
Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks - It operates from two naval bases and consists of 6 submarines, 6 frigates, 6 corvettes, 11 patrol vessels, 4 amphibious transport docks and 4 mine countermeasures vessels.
- Frigates are generally smaller than destroyers (though the distinction is becoming less and less relevant as size creep sets in), and are almost always designed primarily to hunt submarines.
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