Thread: Why a broom on a real sub?
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Old 11-27-05, 08:02 PM   #2
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Edit: Ah, blind me! Taken from the site:

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Broom: When a crew returned from a successful war patrol and had "swept the seas clear of the enemy," they would attach a broom to the periscopes as they entered port.
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