Guys,
Referring to the 'a boat is a vessel that can be carried on a ship' concept... Consider, under normal circumstances what 'ship' would carry a submarine. Our LA'a, VA's and OH's can carry the DSRV's, and we call them ships so that seems to fit the mold well. I have heard the term 'boat' and 'ship' used often, referring to the same vessel in each instance... 'Back to the boat', 'surface the ship...' This seems to be one of those terms that will keep its origin obscured for a while, though the answers I've seen are funny, smart and historical...maybe.
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From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of David Bartsch
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:49
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] you guys know too much!
Yep!
A boat is anything that can be placed on a ship.
With this definition, many of the smaller ships such as destroyers and fast frigates would be boats also in that these would fit within a floating dry dock. Although most floating dry docks are towed to the intended use location having no propulsion of their own, these are still referred to as ships.
I do not know for sure if the larger Trident class submarine due to its enormous displacement and overall size will still fit in such a mobile dock. If these do not, these then are the first submarines aside from the Russian Typhoon class to be actual ships.
David Bartsch
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