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Just realised boomer means Trident submarine, and not (OK boomer) baby-boomers! https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/06/30/uss-pennsylvania-sets-patrol-reco

• moandcompany 6y ago
  In naval slang, "Boomer" typically means SSBN submarine :)
  • smoyer 6y ago
    I also noticed that the caption under the sail broken up through the ice called the submarine a "ship". When my dad was stationed at SubLant in Norfolk VA, everything was a ship except the subs which were always "boats". Is this still the case?
    • Zaak 6y ago
      I heard that submarines are called "boats" because "ships" are targets...
    • zxcmx 6y ago
      Ships have boats! Except submarines. They used to be boats, but many subs are "really" ships now. But they are usually referred to as boats.