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navigation, search  Torpedo juice is American slang for an
alcoholic beverage, first mixed in World War II, made from
pineapple juice and the 180-proof grain alcohol fuel used in
United States Navy torpedo motors.[1] Various poisonous
additives were mixed into the fuel alcohol by Navy authorities
to render the alcohol undrinkable, and various methods were
employed by the U.S. sailors to separate the alcohol from the
poison. Aside from the expected alcohol intoxication and
subsequent hangover, the effects of drinking torpedo juice
sometimes included mild or severe reactions to the poison, and
the drink's reputation developed an early element of risk.  In
the first part of the Pacific War, U.S. torpedoes were powered
by a miniature steam engine burning 180- or higher-proof ethyl
alcohol as fuel. The ethyl alcohol was denatured by the addition
of 5–10% "pink lady", a blend of dye, methanol and possibly
other ingredients. Methanol causes blindness when