What Is A PigBoat - PigBoats. COM In reality, Pigboats is a term, both complimentary and derogatory, that describes a group of warships from the first decades of the 20th century that were the genesis of the awesomely powerful and sophisticated nuclear submarines of today’s United States Navy But, where did the term come from and what did it mean to be a Pigboat sailor?
Pigboat - definition of pigboat by The Free Dictionary 1 a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water 2 something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal 3 Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U S a hero sandwich 4 situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea 5 of, pertaining to, or carried on by a submarine
What does PIGBOAT mean? - Definitions. net pigboat A pigboat is an informal term for a submarine, typically used in reference to navy submarines during war times The term originated from World War I and II
History of Whalebacks and Pigboats on the Great Lakes This week’s Leelanau Enterprise has a cool feature titled ‘Pigboats’ once called on G-T Bay that includes a nice old photo and gives the history of this vanished class of Great Lakes vessel They were called pigboats not because they carried pigs, but because they had a distinctive pig-like bow