Posted by steamboat on October 23, 2017 at 15:09:12 from (67.44.160.4):
In Reply to: USS Ling posted by dr sportster on October 23, 2017 at 11:12:33:
dr: I really appreciate the interest Ya'll have regarding the love of my life: Diesel electric Submarines! Or as we sometimes say "Smoke Boats". The designation SS stands for "submersible ship". Rest assured that for those of us who sailed them they were most assuredly submarines. However, to complement terminology further, we called them "boats". This stem from the fact that the very first US submarines over 100 years ago were quite small and could or would be transported aboard a surface craft, thus the affectionate "boat" designation by those who sailed them. I never sailed on a Nuc boat, but I understand that they now call them "ships", and rightfully so, since they are larger than a WWII Destroyer. And speaking of surface ships.... "Any ship can be a submarine..... once!" I know there are other DBF (diesel boats forever)sailors on this board, am I right??
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