PT boat

noun

PT boat

noun

Etymology Initialism of patrol torpedo boat.

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Government, Military, Politics, War US A type of fast motor torpedo boat used by the US Navy during World War II.

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 [...]1943, Lawrence Conant, quoting Charles Edison, “The PT Boats: Weapons of Opportunity”, in William Harrison Fetridge, editor, The Navy Reader:

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