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Originally Posted by Rick Martin
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Originally Posted by Threadfin
Who can tell me why the US submarine force was sometimes referred to as the 'Silent Service'?
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I believe the name came about due to the very tight security around submarine operations and the fact that very little was released to the press (you see back in the day, the press kept their noses out of military operations thus avoiding the possibility of aiding the enemy) Even after the war the tradition continued up to today's boomers and fast attacks.
(No sir, I am with the government and to the best of my knowledge we have no sense of humor) Rick Martin (do I get a thumbs up?) |
Another reason i think was that they didnt like admitting that we participated in unrestricted submarine warfare. That was something the "dirty kraut's" did in their "u-boots".
But ya, generally speaking for many reasons, everything surrounding US submarine operations in WW2 is kept hushed up, or so is my understanding of it.