as in torpedo boat
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That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
His character, Seaman Joseph Haines, one of a crew of misfits aboard a World War II PT boat, was known as Happy.
—Mike Flaherty, New York Times, 29 May 2021
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
His character, Seaman Joseph Haines, one of a crew of misfits aboard a World War II PT boat, was known as Happy.
—Mike Flaherty, New York Times, 29 May 2021
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“PT boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/PT%20boat. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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