On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:24:48 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:15:13 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Germans did that with Bismarck.

Casady


To fool the ocean?

To mislead an enemy as to the speed. If it works, the torpedoes and
shells will miss. It might work somewhat, and the different paint job
is no costlier.

Casady