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why do the call a sub a boat?
ramdog_1:
why do the call a sub a boat?
this guy I was working with was calling one ship a gator frieghter what is the meaning of that is that some sort of slang?
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rlbinc:
--- Quote from: ramdog_1 on Aug 14, 2008, 07:36 --- gator freighter what is the meaning of that?
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Amphibious landing ships. LSTs, Landing Ship Tanks are typically a shallow draft ship with a Tail Gate opening up to form a ramp for vehicle and troop deployment. The Tail Gate became Gator and the exiting vehicles made it a Freighter. So that's a Gator Freighter.
Yes - its slang. And 85 year old WW2 vets know exactly what your talking about when you use the term. When this usage has enough tradition behind it, they'll put it in the Bluejacket Manual and it will eventually become a definitive term.
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--- Quote from: ramdog_1 on Aug 14, 2008, 07:36 --- why do the call a sub a boat?
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Ship refers to a vessel that can curise in open ocean "blue water" a boat typicaly is restricted to shore river and lake operation "brown water"
This is a guess but the early submarines could not navigate blue water so they where probably called boats and the name just stuck.
Already Gone:
--- Quote from: rlbinc on Aug 15, 2008, 05:06 ---Amphibious landing ships. LSTs, Landing Ship Tanks are typically a shallow draft ship with a Tail Gate opening up to form a ramp for vehicle and troop deployment. The Tail Gate became Gator and the exiting vehicles made it a Freighter. So that's a Gator Freighter.
Yes - its slang. And 85 year old WW2 vets know exactly what your talking about when you use the term. When this usage has enough tradition behind it, they'll put it in the Bluejacket Manual and it will eventually become a definitive term.
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You are close. Gator refers to the amphibious tanks themselves. Thus a ship which carries "gators" is a gator freighter.
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