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torpedo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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torpedo (zool.) electric ray XVI; case charged with gunpowder to explode under water, self-propelled submarine missile XIX. — L.
torpēdō, f.
torpēre be stiff or numb.
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Torpedo Sports Announces Year End Financial Results; Torpedo Reports Net Income of $0.06 Per Share for Fiscal Year 2002 Compared to a Loss of $0.14 Per Share in Prior Year.
Business Wire; 11/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2002 Torpedo Sports USA, Inc. (OTCBB: TPDO) announced...31, 2002, are those of our subsidiary Torpedo Sports, Inc. on a consolidated basis with those of Torpedo Sports USA, Inc. for the period from...
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Torpedo Factory Marks 20 Years
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/5/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...structure began its life in 1918 as a torpedo factory, where women and men built rounds...Street building and turned it into the Torpedo Factory Art Center. It blossomed with...to Alexandria and has not been to the Torpedo Factory," said Alexandria Mayor Patricia...
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Torpedo Sports Subsidiary Files Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal to Creditors for Restructuring.
Business Wire; 1/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Torpedo Sports USA, Inc. (OTCBB:TPDO) announced today that its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Torpedo Sports, Inc. ("Torpedo"), has filed in Canada a notice of its intention...
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Fed: US torpedoes too heavy for Aussie subs, says Labor
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/11/2002; 523 words
; ...class to suit the US torpedo, Senator Evans...statement. The torpedoes we are buying are...development of a new torpedo. We are spending...buying secondhand US torpedoes. The Howard government...countries not using US torpedoes. Senator Evans...for the US-built torpedo before ...
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Torpedo Sports to Attend International Sports Show in Munich, Germany.
Business Wire; 1/30/2003; 700+ words
; ...Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003 Torpedo Sports USA, Inc. (OTCBB:TPDO) announced today...representatives from its operating subsidiary, Torpedo Sports, Inc. ("Torpedo"), will attend the 58th Annual International...
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Torpedo Factory has a peaceful mission.(Washington Weekend)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...destination. The history of the Torpedo Factory proves as compelling...1918 for the manufacture of torpedo shell cases and later of MK-14 torpedoes , the building was run as...through World War II. The green torpedo in the main hall, one of...
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Mr. Stout's TORPeDO-BOMBeR
Magazine article from: Sea Classics; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...paramount and torpedoes of the time period...proposed Naval torpedo-aircraft...successfully use aerial torpedoes against each...of the aerial torpedo had to be reduced...VII aerial torpedoes. However, an ideal torpedo-bomber appeared...
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Former Willoughby, Ohio, Torpedo Factory Staff Remain Tight-Lipped about Work.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...and production on that torpedo began on Euclid Avenue...countries with cheaper labor, torpedo-making simply stopped. "There are no new torpedoes being built today," Dessecker...War, the Navy studied its torpedo stock and decided it didn...
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New torpedo may solve threat, overcapacity in industry. (Navy's lightweight hybrid torpedo program)
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily; 2/2/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...submarine warfare torpedo. Planned as a one...with about 700 of the torpedoes delivered. The Mk 50...Final production of the torpedo will be competitive...produce about 200 of the torpedoes per year, costing in...to consolidate, the torpedo industry has not adjusted...
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The Towed Torpedo Emulator
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...training of these new counter-torpedo systems is a significant challenge...obvious means is to send ships to torpedo firing exercises. Unfortunately...exercises are usually own-navy torpedoes (Mk.48 variants), not...the development of the Towed Torpedo Emulator (TOTEM) system...
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Torpedoes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Torpedoes. The torpedo, a self‐...x2010;dropped torpedoes; and magnetic exploders...by detonating the torpedo under its target...War II put U.S. torpedoes to the operational...were all hobbled by torpedo problems. American...
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torpedoes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
torpedoes were widely employed...equipped with torpedo tubes for use...torpedo). A torpedo was, in fact...keeping of German torpedoes was erratic and...x2019; of Soviet torpedoes used by the Black...propulsion torpedo was 533 ...
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Torpedo Warfare
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...knots. The largest torpedoes had bursting charges...Until about 1900 torpedo boats —...largely usurped the torpedo boat. Submarines...greatest use of torpedoes. During World War...Development of American Torpedoes in World War II...the History of the Torpedo. Annapolis, Md...
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Torpedo Boats
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Torpedo Boats. Functionally descended from Federico...sixteenth‐century fireships, torpedo boats first emerged in the United States...and the War of 1812 . Advances in spar torpedo technology during the Civil War spawned...
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torpedo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...course, the homing torpedo automatically changes...target. Most homing torpedoes are activated by sounds...the target. A homing torpedo runs through three phases...target. The modern torpedo is generally propelled...faster, high-diving torpedoes, designed for effectiveness...
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