"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
Nothing to do with that, although it's commonly thought
to be. It's the
morse code.

I knew it was the Morse Code but thought that they used
the SOS as an
acronym...I see now that that was a fairy tale...

more like, a sea story. They *did* use the acronym 'Save
Our Souls' and Save Our Ship , but only after the signal
was in use for some time. SOS made it easier to remember.