Yep, and my old Chief would have kicked your butt for calling his SHIP a boat!!
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Don`t you know BOATS are carried aboard SHIPS, Boot? lol.
Things change, language changes and life goes on.
1940`s Navy was far different from today`s. Imagine, round recip engines! And a
straight deck, no less. If your hook missed all cross deck pendants, you hit
the barriers!
No airconditioning! How on earth did we survive? heh

If I wanted to use carrier lingo, I would have said, "The Boat."

R/
Jim