South Korea navy 'fires at North Korea fishing boats'

Sailor Steve · 09-24-12, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

II thought those looked familiar.

What you know as a PT boat is an offshoot of the WW1 Thornycroft Coastal Motor Boats.

The original Torpedo Boats date back to the 1880s and were small steel steamships. They were the ancestors of the modern destroyer. This is USS Cushing, America's first Torpedo Boat.

Jimbuna · 09-24-12, 01:53 PM

Four years later just up the road from me the Turbinia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia

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