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torpedoes
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes . [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but ...
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v. attack or hit with torpedoes [also: torpedoes (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of torpedo English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: torpedo )
Usage examples of torpedoes.
The full capability of her torpedo room was twenty-six weapons, including four in the torpedo tubes, consisting of a combination of Mk 48 torpedoes, Tomahawk cruise missiles (land-attack and anti-ship varieties), Harpoon antiship missiles, and sometimes, though rarely, Mk 67 submarine-launched mobile mines.
According to the reports, numbers 401 and 402 carried only torpedoes, but the last three submarines of the class, numbers 403 to 405, carried the Ying Ji.
The Chinese torpedoes ran out the length of their course without hitting anything solid.
The Seahawks did not have to worry about that, and at 1340, moments after the surface ships had confirmed that the contact was indeed another Chinese nuclear submarine, Cheyenne heard the sounds of two Mk 50 torpedoes entering the water.
These aircraft carried bombs and torpedoes, and could pose a serious threat to Cheyenne.
The Chinese captain ordered flank speed in the opposite direction of the torpedoes, but the two Mk 48s continued to close the gap.
Its first reaction was to begin dropping ASW mortars into the water in an attempt to throw the torpedoes off course.
With the loud explosions masking all other sounds—including preventing Cheyenne from learning whether her torpedoes had found their marks—Mack ordered flank speed as he turned to run from the Chinese task group.
Three of her four torpedoes had hit their targets, costing the Chinese a frigate and a Ming class submarine.
It also had two torpedoes on board—either the powerful Mk 50 or the older Mk 46.
The two torpedoes chasing her were knifing through the water at forty knots, but Mack wasn't worried.
If Mack maintained his course and speed, the torpedoes would both run out of fuel before they closed the distance.
The minutes it took for their own torpedoes to acquire and complete their runs seemed to stretch into hours, but when hostile torpedoes were coming toward Cheyenne, time passed much faster.
Apparently the Han CO had launched a snap shot at the bearing of the incoming torpedoes as pan of a last-ditch effort prior to his certain death.
Both torpedoes found their marks and destroyed the SSKs, but Mack wasn't satisfied.