Examples of 'gunfire support' in a sentence
Meaning of "gunfire support"
gunfire support - This phrase refers to the act of providing assistance or backing through the use of gunfire or artillery. It denotes military support in combat situations
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It could also provide gunfire support if needed.
A naval detachment including the cruiser Krasnyi Krym remained in Sevastopol to give gunfire support.
The three ships provided heavy gunfire support to the landing troops.
Shoreham remained in the area and provided naval gunfire support.
She also assisted with naval gunfire support during the campaign.
Naval gunfire support would be provided by the Black Sea Fleet.
Her guns were often fired during naval gunfire support missions.
She then provided night gunfire support for the Australians until ordered back to Morotai.
Point Dume assisted with naval gunfire support.
She later conducted gunfire support exercises off Vieques.
The British ships also provided naval gunfire support.
In July she provided gunfire support for amphibious operations.
The class mostly served in the Naval Gunfire Support role.
She provided gunfire support on Juno Beach.
It caused heavy casualties, but was beaten off with naval gunfire support.
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With HMS Wolsey she provided naval gunfire support for military operations at Escault.
After arriving at the beaches, she deployed off Gold Beach, where she provided gunfire support.
For the next week, she provided gunfire support and served on radar picket duty.
Gunfire support ships … silenced the NVA battery.
The remainder of September was spent in naval gunfire support off South Vietnam.
Gunfire support missions continued through 22 October, including harassing and night illumination fire.
He served in the Korean War arranging naval gunfire support for the Korean Army.
Nashville provided gunfire support for American troops in campaigns against Filipino insurgents until June 1900.
Following this action, she moved inshore to give gunfire support to the invasion.
Trathen continued to provide gunfire support until the Kwajalein operations ended on 7 February.
This force was to protect Turner 's ships and provide gunfire support for the landings.
On 17 November, she provided gunfire support to the United Nations troops advancing on Chongjin.
When off Vietnam, she screened aircraft carriers and provided gunfire support for the troops ashore.
España provided gunfire support during the Rif War in the early 1920s.
Back at Yankee Station, Sproston was again detached for naval gunfire support duty.
She was assigned to gunfire support on 4 April.
Warships, for example, have long provided naval gunfire support.
On occasion, the Navy provided gunfire support and Army troops were also used.
I could, perhaps, land your forces, but I can not speak for accurate gunfire support.
She was tasked to provide naval gunfire support during the landings at Oran, Algeria.
On 16 January, she headed back to Vietnam to resume gunfire support duty.
The main purpose of the gun is Naval Gunfire Support - artillery bombardment of shore targets.
L-2 Grasshoppers from VMO-3 began aerial spotting missions for Marine artillery and naval gunfire support.
During April, the ship provided naval gunfire support to ground forces on four occasions.
She participated in Operation Sea Lion and provided gunfire support until 14 May.
She then conducted naval gunfire support off Vietnam from 29 July to 8 August.
On 11 June, she sailed to Saipan and commenced her gunfire support activities on 15 June.
On 15 August, the destroyer commenced gunfire support operations off the Demilitarized Zone.
The following month, Zara, Pola, and Gorizia provided gunfire support to Italian forces invading Albania.
She thereafter served in the Baltic, providing gunfire support to advancing German troops in 1941.
On September 19, Navy destroyers provided gunfire support of the LAF defenders at Suq-Al-Gharb.
The next month, on 7-9 April, Pola provided gunfire support to Italian forces occupying Albania.
After bombarding Kiska, Alaska, she provided gunfire support for landings at Makin Atoll in November 1943.
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