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Hi David,
It's not Das Boat, It's Das Boot & got its name from
Admiral Ernst Otto von Diederich who served in the North German confederation,
the Prussian navy & finally the German imperial navy. He was reportedly
boarding a prototype U-boat when a wave swept over it filling his boot with
water.
On taking it off he yelled out "Das Boot" & the name
stuck as the nickname for the submarine.
Alan
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Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:27
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] submarine
trivia
To all:
Its time
again for some submarine trivia...
Why
is it that submarines are referred to as "boats"? Das Boat for
instance...
Take a stab at this and
guess if need be. You may find your not far off from the actual true answer. I
will post the real answer to this question 24 hours from now. It should
give you pause and cause one to think. Thinking is a good
thing.
David Bartsch
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