A sturdy railing or elevated guard rail around the deck at the stern. also known as Pushpit

The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

One who is employed in the working of cargo when a ship is being loaded or unloaded in port.

A professional cargo loader and unloader.

Individual or firm that employs longshoremen and who contracts to load or unload the ship.

A type of instrument shelter. It is a wooden box painted white with double louvered sides and mounted on a stand four feet above the ground.

Clean galley and mess halls, set tables, prepare salads, clean living quarters.

Said of a boat that resists heeling, or returns quickly to the vertical when rolling in a heavy seaway.

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

A cylinder installed in a body of water or an evaporation pan to hold a sensor, such as a float to measure water level or a hook gage. The stillwell is constructed so that there is free movement of water in and out of it, and it therefore provides a repre ...

A heat engine of the reciprocating (piston) where the working gas and a heat source are independent. The working gas is compressed in one region of the engine and transferred to another region where it is expanded. The expanded gas is then returned to the ...

On a square-rigged ship, the short pieces of line which hang from the yards and support the footropes on which the topmen stand while working aloft on the sails.

Scuttled

Now used as a Storage Tanker

A crossbeam at the upper part of an anchor.

The ratio of chemical substances necessary for a reaction to occur completely.

Chemical reactions, typically associated with combustion processes; the balancing of chemical reactions by providing the exact proportions of reactant compounds to ensure a complete reaction; all the reactants are used up to produce a single set of produc ...

The unstable operation of a centrifugal compressor below the design point of the compressor.

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

A knot used to form a knob in the end of a line to prevent the end from running through a block or other narrow space.