Word: fueled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...torpedoes as it twisted in emergency turns and pumped a "hell of fire" at the enemy. The cruiser apparently was finally torpedoed, perhaps by an Axis submarine, and sank. Rescued after 45 minutes in the water, he came through luckily with only painful bruises and a heavy overdose of fuel oil and sea water...
...Japanese, said Frank Knox, lost two of their little-known, tiny two-man submarines (one sunk, one captured), one full-sized sub and 41 aircraft, including those shot down and those forced down for lack of fuel...
...crew of the Philippine Clipper was at Wake when the first attack came-18 Jap planes that bombed and strafed the construction camp, the docks and fuel installations. The Clipper was ordered back to Honolulu. The Marines stayed on. Somehow they managed to sink a Jap cruiser and a destroyer. They knocked down two enemy planes...
Substitutes for rubber, rather than rubberlike elastomers, are Goodrich's Koroseal, Union Carbide & Chemical's Vinyon, etc. Most of these are synthetic resins, i.e., plastics flexible enough for use in hose, fuel-tank seals, etc. Thiokol, made by Dow Chemical Co., is used as a barrage-balloon coating by the Vulcan Proofing Co. of Brooklyn...
...Operating in the same area, the cruiser Devonshire, "hoodoo ship" of the British Navy, surprised a raider as it was putting fuel into small boats probably for submarines. Placing a fatal shot in the raider's magazine, and fearing the presence of a U-boat, it sped away without picking up survivors...