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torpedo boat

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Recent Examples of torpedo boat Its fleet ranges from torpedo boats to fast-moving patrol vessels and Zodiacs. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 14 June 2019 The crew had commenced destroying classified materials and equipment, but the sailors could hold off the five torpedo boats and two aircraft only for so long. — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 20 Feb. 2020 Destroyers were invented in the 1880s, when they were called torpedo boat destroyers. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2022 In the late nineteenth century, for instance, France’s navy sought to counter British naval supremacy by investing heavily in submarines and torpedo boats. — Julia Ciocca, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2021 Towed behind a torpedo boat, the Shirley would sooner or later rise and fumble skyward, staying aloft exactly as long as its pilot's stamina held out and his sprocket chain stayed intact. — Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 5 Nov. 2013 Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

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PT boat

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In the Pacific, by the end of World War II, at least 212 PT boats had gotten into the fight.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.

— John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

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