Why do the Navy call submarine a boat and not a ship?

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It is a derivation of the German word for submarine, Unterseeboot. Literally, Under Sea Boat. The Allies called the German subs U-Boats and the name stuck. Germany first created submarines for large scale use during World War I.

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Because you cannot put another boat on a submarine. You can put other boats on ships!

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i think its a weight class thing. and with navy ships, you can dock other watercraft, usually called boats. and above ships is the carrier class. im not a navy expert so dont quote me, and im sorry if my answer is kinda jumbled.

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Its historical. Companies that are contracted to make submarines usually call themselves "<something> electric boat" or some variant. Submarine is a big word and doesn't roll off the tongue well.

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At first they were not classified as a ship because they did not cross oceans. A ship can cross an ocean. Then in WW II when the U boats from Germany came across the Atlantic we ended up adopting the boat classification even though now they do go all over the world. Untersee ship does not sound right..
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