PTboat

PTboat
PT boat (pē-tēʹ) n.
A fast, maneuverable, lightly armed vessel, 60 to 100 feet (18 to 30 meters) in length, used to torpedo enemy shipping.
  [patrol + torpedo boat.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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