motor torpedo boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor torpedo boat
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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George Chandler, 99, served aboard a British motor torpedo boat as part of a flotilla that escorted the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
And another book focuses on the most famous Kennedy of all, JFK, and his experience on the motor torpedo boat PT-109, which made him a war hero.
From Time ● Oct. 26, 2015
In 1941, as skipper of a motor torpedo boat, he helped strike one of the first blows against the Quisling government, in a Commando raid from Britain against Norway's Nazi-occupied island base of Maaloy.
From Time Magazine Archive
A swift motor torpedo boat commanded by Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
With 30 other girls of the Windsor Sea Rangers Troop, they went down to the sea for a few days in a motor torpedo boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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