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31 Cards in this Set
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Commision pennant |
- flown from the masthead of a warship |
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Quarter |
-The stern part of a vessel on either side of the rudder. |
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Bulkheads |
Walls |
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Draft |
the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull, The draft can also be used to determine the weight of the cargo on board by calculating the total displacement of water. |
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Wardroom |
the mess-cabin of naval commissioned officers above the rank of midshipman. |
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Stern |
the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost. |
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Amidship |
In The middle of a ship |
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Starboard |
the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the right when one is facing forward. |
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Beam |
extreme width of a ship or boat |
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Hull |
The main body of the ship or boat |
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Variable pitch |
propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch. |
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Keel |
is the backbone of the hull located on the centerline running the full length of the bottom of the ship |
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Fore |
situated or placed in front. The front part of something, especially a ship. |
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Aft |
at, near, or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft. |
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Stack |
a chimney, especially one on a factory, or a vertical exhaust pipe on a vehicle. |
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Freeboard |
the distance from the waterline to the main deck of the ship |
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Head |
The bathroom on a ship |
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Compartment |
An enclosed or partly enclosed area on a ship that has a specific function. |
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Watertight integrity |
the ability of a compartment on a vessel to withstand flooding. |
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Nuclear reactor |
Propulsion of a ship with heat provided by a nuclear power plant. The heat of a nuclear reactor produces the steam propulsions of the powered ships. |
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Nuclear reactor |
Propulsion of a ship with heat provided by a nuclear power plant. The heat of a nuclear reactor produces the steam propulsions of the powered ships. |
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Fantail |
The back part of the main deck. |
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Pigstick |
Staff that carries a flag or pennant, usually the burgee of the boat owner's yacht club or private signal, above a mast of a sailboat. |
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Pigstick |
Staff that carries a flag or pennant, usually the burgee of the boat owner's yacht club or private signal, above a mast of a sailboat. |
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Quarterdeck |
Raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship. |
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Jackstaff |
A short flagpole at a ship's bow, on which a jack is flown. |
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Jackstaff |
A short flagpole at a ship's bow, on which a jack is flown. |
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subassembly |
a number of machine components integrated into a unit forming part of a larger assembly |
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Athwartships |
Lying across the ship from aide to side |
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Reduction gear |
a system of gearwheels in which the driven shaft rotates more slowly than the driving shaft. |
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Bow |
is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. |
