Compounds containing chlorine, fluorine or bromine, used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, foaming agents and solvents and which, on decomposition by sunlight, produce oxides of chlorine responsible for the removal of ozone from the stratosphere.

Is the volume of a given weight of gas, usually expressed as cu ft/lb as SPT conditions.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

The radio operator.

A rope network.

A program whereby the U.S. government attempted to offset the higher shipbuilding cost in the U.S. by paying up to 50% of the difference between cost of U.S. and nonU.S. construction. The difference went to the U.S. shipyard. It is unfunded since 1982.

A large body of fish.

Decorative ropework with an even number of strands to form a herring-bone pattern.

the weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life.

is the energy a substance possesses because of its elevation above the earth (or above some other chosen datum plane). .

An amount added or deducted from base rate to make a rate to or from some other point or via another route.

To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail.

To sail around the world

A sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, having tall masts and sharp lines; built for great speed; the generic name used to describe types of fast sailing ships.

A rate applicable to or from a group of points.- A special rate applicable to several different articles in a single shipment.

A valve that permits flow in one direction only.

Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.

A small toggle used on a flag.

Ship's intercom system

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).