2006-11-25 16:03:37 · 5 answers · asked by SHORTY H 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
This sandwich was invented in a city where the U.S. Navy had a submarine base. The torpedo rolls made it look like an (old) diesel sub. Hence the name. In other parts of the U.S., the same sandwich is known as a hoagie, a grinder, or a po'boy.
Go figure.
2006-11-25 17:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
During World War II, the commissary of the United States Navy's submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, ordered five hundred hero sandwiches a day from Benedetto Capaldo's Italian deli in New London, where the name 'sub' was soon applied to the item.
2006-11-26 12:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by kickered 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joseph R. Sub, the man who coined the term
2006-11-26 00:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by Howdy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,a sub sandwhich is shaped somewhat like a subway.
2006-11-26 00:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by mara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is kind of shaped like a submarine I guess.
2006-11-26 13:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋