Word: torpedoes
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Escorted by a small flotilla that included a Greek navy torpedo boat and two coast guard vessels, the champion cyclist kept in constant radio contact with the M.I.T. command crew. He advised them of his physical condition every 15 minutes, and they reported changes in wind velocity and direction. At about 11 a.m., just 30 ft. off the beach at Santorini, a strong head wind buffeted Kanellopoulos as he tried to land. First the tail broke off and then the wing. Next thing the pilot-athlete knew, he was swimming toward shore, where an enthusiastic mob surged forward to greet...
Italian media said the bomb exploded during a reception at the club for the commander of the USS Paul, a torpedo boat destroyer docked in Naples. A U.S. Consulate official could not confirm the report...
Capable of cruising more than 1,000 ft. below the ocean surface at speeds up to 35 knots, the Seawolf will carry an arsenal of sophisticated acoustical homing torpedoes that can track and attack submarines and surface ships. From almost 100 ft. down, a mix of nuclear-tipped or conventional missiles and mines will be launched through eight large-bore torpedo tubes...
...about 1:30 a.m., German torpedo boats slipped into Lyme Bay and launched their weapons against the convoy. The toll: 749 Americans dead, four times the number that perished on Utah Beach. Most were raw recruits who had never seen the enemy. For the sake of wartime secrecy, news of the tragedy was withheld. The dead were never honored with an official monument...
...recent days, Wright has accused Reagan of attempting to "torpedo" the peace process by making unrealistic demands of the Nicaraguans to appease "the extreme right wing...