[Jonah Hex]

By tradition, any vessel normally carried aboard another ship is called a boat. The early subs were too small and short-legged to self-deploy overseas; therefore they were loaded aboard regular ships for transport to their op areas. Since the Navy takes pride in over two hundred years of tradition unhampered by progress, we still call them "boats".

A real bubblehead will tell you however there's no such thing as ships, just targets.

:-)

[submarine571]

As a real "bubblehead" I will tell you this: There are TWO kinds of ships...submarines, and targets!

[TexConfederate1861]

You are absolutely correct!

Former Crew Member, U.S.S. Sunfish SSN-649