motor torpedo boat

noun

Examples of motor torpedo boat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 1943, Navy Lieutenant John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands during World War II. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2020 Battleships, cruisers, 122 destroyers, 360 motor torpedo boats and some 6,000 other ships approached unseen. Time, 6 June 2019 In 1943, US Navy Lieutenant (jg) John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands during World War II. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of motor torpedo boat was in 1940

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“Motor torpedo boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20torpedo%20boat. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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