武ぶ装そう商しょう船せん

noun

armed merchant ship

Military term for a merchant vessel equipped with weapons, typically for self-defense or wartime use.

• 第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅう、多おおくの武ぶ装そう商しょう船せんが輸ゆ送そう船せん団だんを護ご衛えいした。

  During World War II, many armed merchant ships escorted convoys.