picketboat

(ˈpɪkɪtˌbəʊt)

(Nautical Terms) nautical a boat which keeps guard

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carrier believed to be in the area is the Saratoga.'' (78) These estimates were based on information from a Japanese picketboat that the Americans had employed three carriers in their raid on Tokyo on 18 April.

The Port Moresby-Solomons operation and the allied reaction, 27 April-11 May 1942

Each security division consisted of flotillas of picketboats, submarine chasers, minelayers, and minesweepers.

On littoral warfare

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