fast motor torpedo boat
1Motor Torpedo Boat PT-59 — was a 77 foot Elco PT boat that served with the US Navy in World War II. She is noted for being the second command of then Lieutenant, junior grade (LTJG) John F. Kennedy (who later became President of the United States) in the Pacific Theater… …
2Motor Torpedo Boat — MTBs returning from an anti E boat patrol, June 1944 Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy. The capitalised term is generally used for the Royal Navy (RN) boats and… …
3motor torpedo boat — noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat • Syn: ↑PT boat, ↑mosquito boat, ↑mosquito craft • Hypernyms: ↑torpedo boat * * * noun : a high speed 60 to 100 ft. motorboat mounting two or four torpedo tubes… …
4Hurja class motor torpedo boat — The Hurja class motor torpedo boats or H class was an Italian designed class of Finnish motor torpedo boats, seeing service with the Finnish Navy during World War II.The five boats of the H class were built by Cantieri Baglietto in Genua, Italy… …
5Torpedo boat — A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created …
6Motor Gun Boat — MGB 81 in Beaulieu River MGB 81 in Beaulieu River …
7Fast Attack Craft — A Fast Attack Craft (FAC) ( de. Schnellboot) is a small (100 to 400 tonnes), fast (up to ca. 40 knots) ship for offensive tasks, mainly equipped with surface to surface missiles and/or anti ship torpedoes.Because of their relatively small size,… …
8Motor Launch — For other types of Launch see Launch (boat) A Motor Launch (ML) is a small military vessel in British navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing or for armed high speed air sea rescue. Although small by Naval… …
9Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… …
10PT boat — PT 105 at high speed PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol PT , for Patrol Torpedo ), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons… …
