18. -- Torpedo boat G 137, which has attained a speed of 33.9 knots, (about 39 land miles,) is declared to be the fastest war vessel afloat. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
On October 24, 1944, during World War II, the USS Tang sank off the coast of China. The submarine was destroyed by its own torpedo ... on the fifth patrol. The boat's first war patrol began ...
In the 1860s, during the Civil War, the Union Navy had the ... is still going strong. The Holland Torpedo Boat Company sold boats to the U.S. and British navies. The company later became the ...