The following two months found 'Tuscaloosa' still active in convoy protection and covering assignments.
Otherwise, their main role was convoy protection.
General Sanchez said the forces would focus on basic duties like convoy protection, at least initially.
The second phase included training in convoy protection, the seizure of advanced bases, and, ultimately, the decisive engagement between the opposing fleets.
The flotilla was tasked with convoy protection, anti-shipping and patrol duties.
A destroyer is only a small ship intended to provide convoy protection or add to the protection of larger naval ships.
In late 1916, he was engaged in convoy protection, a duty he regarded as mundane.
His main role was organising better convoy protection.
In July, she returned to the Solomons to resume the familiar routine of convoy protection.
Here the unit's main duties were patrols, scrambles and convoy protection.