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  • Lieutenant Commander of the torpedoboat destroyer _Wadsworth_ played quarter on the Naval Academy team in '97 and' 98.

    Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball William Hanford Edwards

  • "What has happened to the torpedoboat destroyers, sir?" he asked.

    The Boy Allies Under the Sea

  • "Yes, but what I want to know," said Jack, "is why she doesn't fire a torpedo through the net and sink the torpedoboat?"

    The Boy Allies Under the Sea

  • Only three fighting ships have been lost as a result of enemy action -- the patrol ship _Alcedo_, a converted yacht, sunk off the coast of France November 5, 1917; the torpedoboat destroyer _Jacob Jones_, sunk off the British coast December

    Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

  • In addition to that, provision is made by Australia and she maintains nine submarines and six torpedoboat destroyers.

    Naval Defence for Canada 1909

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