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Recent Examples of PT boat
Kennedy's inauguration featured a replica of the PT boat that the new president served on during World War II.
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Joe Walsh, CBS News, 14 June 2025
That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
His character, Seaman Joseph Haines, one of a crew of misfits aboard a World War II PT boat, was known as Happy.
—Mike Flaherty, New York Times, 29 May 2021
Joe Walsh, CBS News, 14 June 2025
That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
His character, Seaman Joseph Haines, one of a crew of misfits aboard a World War II PT boat, was known as Happy.
—Mike Flaherty, New York Times, 29 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for PT boat
torpedo boat
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In 1967: Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked allies on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy research ship collecting intelligence near the Sinai Peninsula, amid the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab nations Egypt, Syria and Jordan.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
7 June 2024
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In the late nineteenth century, for instance, France’s navy sought to counter British naval supremacy by investing heavily in submarines and torpedo boats.—
Julia Ciocca,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Apr. 2021
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“PT boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/PT%20boat. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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