For decades, battleships were seen as unstoppable symbols of naval power, protected by thick armor and massive guns. Yet their greatest vulnerability came from small, fast torpedo boats that could ...

The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since the American Civil War, when a Union boat armed with spar torpedoes sank ...

A World War II torpedo boat that sank three enemy ships and took part in two invasions has returned to its home port. Volunteers at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans spent more than a decade ...

September 1943. Italy had just signed an armistice with the Allies, but the German military wasn’t going to let them go without a fight. As German forces launched Operation Achse to disarm the ...

In a nondescript shed in a English seaside village, the remains of a Nazi torpedo boat behind one of worst U.S. catastrophes in World War II rests on cradle of lumber. And almost 65 years to the day ...

While the World Wars brought their share of devastation to the world, many can agree that they also introduced a host of impressive gadgets and machinery that redefined the modern world. From the ...

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