(DoD) A number of merchant ships and/or naval auxiliaries usually escorted by warships and/or aircraft-or a single merchant ship or naval auxiliary under surface escort-assembled and organized for the purpose of passage together.
(DoD) A group of vehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or without escort protection that moves over the same route at the same time and under one commander. See also coastal convoy; evacuation convoy; ocean convoy.
(DoD) A group of vehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or without escort protection that moves over the same route at the same time and under one commander. See also coastal convoy; evacuation convoy; ocean convoy.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). convoy. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/convoy/definitions/1961064 |
| Chicago | Military Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "convoy" http://smartdefine.org/convoy/definitions/1961064 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
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