When I worked as a contractor to NAVSEA (a segment of the Dept of the Navy concerned with building ships) we called them all kinds of colloquial names. Officially though we referred to all Navy surface vessels as ships, except subs. They are typically called boats. Navy submariners call surface vessels............, targets. :--) Dave G. At 17:01 12/29/01, Mike McNally wrote: >When I worked at Ingall's/Litton Shipyard, in Pascagoula MS, they >refered to ships (DD class destroyers, LHAs, subs) as boats. Do these >government warships become ships again once they leave the shipyard? Or >are warships always "boats" to navy personel? > > >On Sat 29 Dec 2001, John Winters wrote: > > > Ahh Yes, but only if it remains on the Great Lakes. Once it passes out of > > the lakes and into the ocean it grows up and becomes a ship. This explains > >-- >Mike McNally mmcnally3_at_prodigy.net > >Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. > -- Evan Davis *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Dec 29 2001 - 22:05:54 PST
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