The forward end of a ship's after superstructure, where the poop deck descends to the upper deck.

When an anchored vessel is forced, by wind or current, to swing across her anchor so as to risk fouling it with her own cable, she is said to break sheer.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

A small cask for fresh water carried in ship's boats. A sea (wave) with a curl on the crest.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed for light demolition work, digging, making holes etc.

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

Is that pressure of either the motive fluid or of the ejector gas discharge which causes an ejector to become unstable.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

A docking line going at approximately a right angle from the boat to the dock, preventing movement away from the dock.

Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

A rope passed round a man in the chains, while sounding.

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

Specialty compressed air treatment meeting OSHA Grade D breathing air requirements.

The part of a block which is opposite the swallow, which is where the line enters.

(1) The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled; navigation and command center of the vessel. (2) A man made structure crossing a body of water.

The raised platform extending athwartships, the part of the ship from which the ship is steered and navigated.

The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin.

The erection or superstructure fitted about amidship on the upper deck of a ship. The officer's quarters, staterooms and accommodations are usually in the bridge house.

An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.