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torpedo boat torpedo boat
torpedo boat small fast warship built specially for using the torpedo as a means of attack. The first modern torpedo boat was the Lightning, built for the British navy in 1877 by the shipyards of Sir John Isaac Thornycroft. Torpedo boats were adopted by most of the world's major navies, but as... Read more
MTB MTB
MTB stood for Motor Torpedo Boat, a 21 m. (70 ft.) British Coastal Forces high speed craft armed with two torpedo tubes and small-calibre guns. It was the equivalent of the German E-boat and the US PT-boat. Its primary purpose was to attack Axis shipping, but its speed made it suitable... Read more
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Gulf of Tonkin Incidents Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
Gulf of Tonkin Incidents (1964).In 1964, under OPLAN (Operations Plan) 34A, the United States was sending small vessels with Vietnamese crews into the Gulf of Tonkin on convert raids against the North Vietnamese coast. On the afternoon of 2 August, the U.S. Navy destroyer Maddox, on what was called... Read more
USS Liberty USS Liberty
USS Liberty ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The Liberty Incident refers to the June 8, 1967, attack on the United States intelligence ship Libertyby Israeli Defense Forces. The Libertywas stationed near the Sinai Peninsula and charged with monitoring Soviet... Read more
destroyer destroyer
destroyer class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. The destroyer, originally called the... Read more
Koreans Koreans
South Koreans PRONUNCIATION: sowth kaw-REE-uns LOCATION: Republic of Korea (South Korea) POPULATION: 40 million LANGUAGE: Korean RELIGION: Mahayana Buddhism; Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism); Ch'ondogyo (combination of Christianity and native pre-Christian beliefs) 1... Read more
kayak kayak
kayak , Eskimo canoe, originally made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood. It is completely covered except for the opening in which the paddler sits. Since the paddler wears a waterproof skin shirt which is laced to the boat, he can turn all the way over without sinking.... Read more

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