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WASHES WHITER

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Well. It's tradition. ;)

My father was weapon specialist on... what you call this? rocket boat? fast attack boat? Rocket weapon specialist, but on his badge was torpedo and trident. (if you ask me it's fork and knife) Why? Tradition...

Easier to spot when it floats up to the surface after his boat is depth charged into oblivion.

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If there's one thing where sailors actually surpass the number of their traditions, that's in superstitions ... :) The sea is a really peculiar environment, and has interesting influx on men. Since we come out of it, there seems to be something ringing in the deepest and most primitive part of our brain when we are there. The white cap thing is just another of those things with an origin lost in time, I also read that the merchant marine captains did, so I don't think it was only a uboat thing :ping:

During the war the Royal Navy wore dark caps and all lower deck ratings cap tallies, just had H.M.S. with no ship name. White caps came in after the war for all ranks and lower deck ratings had the name of their ship displayed.

Submariners (lower deck ratings) that is, never have had the sub names on their caps. They have always been H.M. Submarines.

I am not sure, but I think the lower deck square rig uniform has now been replaced, but I may be wrong.

It was an unofficial (but near-universal) practice of wearing the white summer covers on the schirmmütze to identify them clearly as commander. This was a relatively new practice during WW2 as far as I'm aware.

The captain is on top of the waves. The top of the wave is white.
Is it called spume?
I would think it comes from something like that.
Why did the tank guys have black berets? Because it is dark inside a tank.