assault boat

Definition of assault boatnext

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Noun
  • Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander.
    Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • On August 2nd of that year, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the Pacific, by the end of World War II, at least 212 PT boats had gotten into the fight.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Assault boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20boat. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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