VERY technical question, not for the squeamish ..........

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VERY technical question, not for the squeamish ..........

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:43:16 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

Also traditionally, the crews of
US subs call their ships " boats ".The fact that the Electric Boat
Company built so many subs may have something to do with it, I don't
really know.

They were originally known as U-boats by just about everyone.

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