Sequestration has hit the silent service hard..

"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib) 11/09/2015 at 23:17 • Filed to: None

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The USS Sunfish readies for her first patrol, post-shakedown.

ly2v8-Brian > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/09/2015 at 23:28

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She's a majestic ship.

ttyymmnn > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/09/2015 at 23:28

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Just the tip.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ly2v8-Brian 11/09/2015 at 23:36

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boat. subs are called boats

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/09/2015 at 23:37

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I’ll take 1 sub, minus the reactor

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/09/2015 at 23:45

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Somebody once explained to me the difference between ship and boat . He said that you can put a boat on a ship, but you can’t put a ship on a boat. I have no idea if that is true, or if he was just a blowhard, which he was.

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/09/2015 at 23:57

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Where’s the rest of your sub, Bub?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 11/09/2015 at 23:59

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I believe that is the unofficial way. Sailors always call subs boat for some reason.

Svend > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 00:12

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Easier to remember is ships go on the water, boats go in the water.

ly2v8-Brian > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/10/2015 at 01:13

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Clearly talking about the orange barge.

leicester > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/10/2015 at 01:19

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‘Sunfish’ heh

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > leicester 11/10/2015 at 10:10

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Exactly.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ly2v8-Brian 11/10/2015 at 10:34

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Barge? BARGE? That, sir, is an amphibious assault support vessel.

But when it's not being used in that capacity it's just a... barge.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 10:35

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Winner. “ Richard, tell him what he’s won...”

ttyymmnn > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/10/2015 at 10:42

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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 10:48

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She won a $157k R8 roadster? PIR has def gone upscale in its prizes.

ttyymmnn > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/10/2015 at 10:52

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Now, let’s see if she can afford the taxes and insurance on it.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 10:58

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Right? This happened two years ago, and I read her total tax liability was around $60k. Hello, Craigslist...

T5Killer > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 11/10/2015 at 12:43

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Seawolf class SSN?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 13:27

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I don’t buy this explanation. See the Blue Marlin for example.

“MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole” by U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Leland Comer. - http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/cgi-bin/PhotoG… Licensed under Public Domain via Commons -

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/10/2015 at 13:29

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Yeah, but the Blue Marlin is in a class by itself.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > T5Killer 11/10/2015 at 13:30

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Close. Virginia class.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 13:48

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Still, the USS Cole is clearly a ship and in this case it is on a ship.

/Yo dawg, I hear you like ships

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 11/10/2015 at 13:53

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A little googling turns up numerous answers to the question of ship vs boat, some along the lines of what I said, others who say that the Navy dictates that anything over a certain length at the waterline is a ship, anything shorter is a boat. Submariners are a breed amongst themselves, so they may call their subs “boats” just to be contrary. But I also found this most excellent Winston Churchill quote:

“Enemy submarines are to be called U-boats. The term ‘submarine’ is to be reserved for Allied underwater vessels. U-boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs.”

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 11/10/2015 at 14:04

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That is a brilliant quote.