948 = 22 x 3 x 79.
948 is the number of times the digit 8 appears in the first 10,000 decimal digits of pi.
948 is a number n such that n3 is a sum of two successive primes: 9483 = 851971392 = 425985683 + 425985709.
The sum of the digits of 948 equals the 7 times the number of digits: 9 + 4 + 8 = 21 = 7 x 3.
The USS Morton DD 948, a destroyer, was known as the "saltiest ship in the fleet."
