According to the definition of a boat at the time submarines first started to arrive in numbers, USS Cole would be a boat but obvious carrying capabilities have changed in today’s world. The term “boat” for a submarine came about in the time of the US’s first submarines USS Holland and the A-Class and stuck for ever more. R/Jay From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Sean T. Stevenson So the USS Cole is properly a boat then? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MV_Blue_Marlin_carrying_USS_Cole.jpg |
