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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Where is the bow of a ship?
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The front
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What is the bridge?
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command center located high and forward from which a ship is navigated
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what is draft?
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Verticle distance between the keel and the waterline
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Where is the fantail?
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The afterpart of the main deck
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Where is the forecastle
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forawrd part of the main deck-opposite the fantail
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What is the ship's freeboard?
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Area between the waterline and the gunwhale.
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What is the gunwhale?
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The upper edge of the ships side
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What is the Hawsepipe?
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steel pipe through which the anchor chain passes
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Keel?
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the backbone of the ship. Runs the center of the bottom of the ship
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Mast?
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structure that housesthe ships antennas/communication equipment.
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Stern?
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The aftermost part of the hull
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Truck?
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Flexible pole atop the mast for flying a flag or pennant
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What is a scuttle?
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A round watertight opening in a hatch.
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What is Athwartship?
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An imaginary line across the ship from one side to the other.
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what is a level?
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those decks above the maindeck-O-1 level
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