A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape.

Strop inserted between two hawsers, and weaker than the hawsers, so that strop, and not hawsers, will part with any excessive strain.

Melting and becoming a liquid by absorbing moisture.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

1.Marshall Islands (flag).2.ABS Marine Services.

A structural failure of the filter medium due to flexing caused by cyclic differential pressure.

A mainly flat surface for transmitting radiant energy.

The power required to compress a gas isothermally through a specified range of pressures.

a type of separator for removal of larger particles from an exhaust gas stream. Gas laden with particulates enters the cyclone and is directed to flow in a spiral causing the entrained particulates to fall out and collect at the bottom. The gas exits near ...

Det Norkse Veritas classification AS Norwegian Classification Society

Escort Ship.

The component of a central receiver solar thermal system where reflected solar energy is absorbed and converted to thermal energy.

A smooth hard wood grown in the West Indies which had many maritime uses, such as deadeyes and the sheaves of blocks. Its hardness stood up well to wear, and its smoothness allowed lines to render through easily.

A fluid used to absorb and transfer heat energy.

A form of high-temperature corrosion of chromium-bearing alloys in which green chromium oxide (Cr2O3) forms, but certain other alloy constituents remain metallic; some simultaneous carburization is sometimes observed.

China (Flag)

A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope in splicing.

Same as not under command.

Most Favored Nation.

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.