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A block of wood or a bracket attached to a spar to support another spar attached to it.

Jettisoned goods that cast overboard and are buoyed for subsequent recovery.

Department of Transportation.

North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau.

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A system in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a radar target carried a!oft by a radiosonde, so that wind data may be obtained along with the other meteorological data.

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Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature before an orifice or nozzle, downstream of compressor discharge.

Abbreviation for "Transportation and Exportation." Customs form used to control cargo movement from port of entry to port of exit, meaning that the cargo is moving from one country, through the United States, to another country.

Description of a vessel when she rolls or pitches excessively while underway in heavy seas.

(See ROPE-YARN.)

Vertical Centre of Gravity

First Class Charterers

Ukraine (Flag)

See wind vane.

An old term to describe an untrained or incompetent seaman, or one who was worn out after many years of work.

A vessel's track through the water.

(1) Any pin that is used to prevent a fitting from falling open. (2) A pin used to keep the anchor attached to its anchor roller when not in use.

An unusually strong wind. In storm-warning terminology, a wind of 34 to 47 knots (39 to 54 miles per hour or 62-87 kilometers per hour).