2006-11-14 01:22:57 · 6 answers · asked by baanchaihadd 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
That depends on it's use more than size.. Most all surface vessels used in defense or in commerce are ships. Even then it is not improper to call them all boats.. Dictionary.com says:
boat /boʊt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[boht] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.A vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
2.A small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat.
3.A small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation.
4.A ship.
That about clinches it for me... Jim
2006-11-14 02:58:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technicaly cutting-part Nuclear Submarines are ships. Bu US army stadnards >1000 gross lots is a deliver, each and every thing smaller is a deliver. We nonetheless call submarines boats from custom. Early Submarines up by WWII, the position decrease than 1000T. So that is custom now, we've a position said as chief of the Boat. We also communicate over with them as boats, to tell apart us from those floor Ships. almost each and every Submariner sees it as insult to have something that would want to get us wondered with the exterior Fleet.
2016-11-29 03:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by boshell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A boat becomes a ship when it can carry a boat.
2006-11-14 01:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A boat becomes a ship when it grows up. You know what they say Size does matter.
2006-11-14 10:51:19 · answer #4 · answered by Mister R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A trusty old answer for this question.
You can put a boat on a ship, but you cannot put a ship on a boat
2006-11-15 00:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Will M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A ship you ship cargo with, and thats why the call them ships
2006-11-15 20:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by redacatfish 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋