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PT boat
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English
thumb|Three PT boats underway.
Etymology
en patrol torpedo boat.
Noun
en military US A type of fast motor torpedo boat used by the US Navy during World War II.
en Lawrence Conant The PT Boats: Weapons of Opportunity William Harrison Fetridge The Navy Reader w:Charles Edison 1943 The PT boat is not merely a small boat for attack in rivers and inland seas. It is a deadly offensive weapon for use under the most trying conditions [...]
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