A painted stripe along the waterline delineating the topside from the bottom paint

To spin out of control and capsize or nearly capsize; The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing; a turning or swinging of the boat that puts the beam of the boat against the waves, creating a danger of swamp ...

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.

A certificate issued as a result of an examination of competency and experience. Some refer to their USCG license as their ticket

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

Compartment for the storage of oil or other fuel.

To fill in the seams with cotton or oakum.

Transportation from one city to another as differentiated from local switching service.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Vessel or vessels of practically any size or type.

In a line parallel to the ship's keel.

Is a process taking place under constant volume. To raise the pressure from state 1 to state 2, heat must be added. The pressure change is proportional to the change in temperature.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

Old term for waking a sailor asleep on watch by throwing a bucket of cold water over him.

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

Covered tunnels within a ship through which the tail shafts pass.

The point of a tide when the water is the highest.

A vertical longitudinal center line section of a vessel.