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PT boat

–noun U.S. Military.
a small, fast, lightly armed, unarmored, and highly maneuverable boat used chiefly for torpedoing enemy shipping.


Origin:
1940–45; p(atrol) t(orpedo)
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mosquito boat  
n.   Chiefly British
A PT boat.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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