torpedo boat

noun

Definition of torpedo boatnext
as in PT boat

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Recent Examples of torpedo boat In 1967: Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked allies on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy research ship collecting intelligence near the Sinai Peninsula, amid the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab nations Egypt, Syria and Jordan. — The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024 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

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