[Basic Marine Terminology] Flashcards by Kade Miller

The right side of the ship is called

Starboard

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The front end of the ship

Bow

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What is the part of the bow structure above the waterline?

Prow

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What is the relationship between the drafts at the bow and stern? (also the term for when the ship is properly balanced fore and aft)

Trim

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To make fast or safe

Secure

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What is the general area in the forward part of the ship?

Forecastle

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What are the ceilings called?

Overheads

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Openings in the forward part of the ship through which the anchor chain runs and where the shank of the anchor is stowed

Hawsepipe

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Skeleton structure, or ribs, of a vessel

Frames

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From either side of the ship toward the centerline is called

Inboard

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What is the vertical distance from the waterline to the edge of the lowest outside deck?

Freeboard

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The centerline of the ship toward either port or starboard side is called

Outboard

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What are the handles on watertight hatches and doors called?

Dogs

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What are halls/corridors called?

Passageways

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At right angles to the fore-and-aft line of a vessel in a direction at right angles to the keel

Athwart ship

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Deck located at the waterline

Well deck

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What is the kitchen called?

Galley

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What are the walls called?

Bulkheads

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What are extensions of the shell plating above the deck called?

Bulwarks

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A vessel’s motion forward or ahead

Headway

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What are strakes running between the garboard and bilge strakes?

Bottom strakes

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What are openings from one deck to another called?

Hatches

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What is the uppermost deck running from the bow to the stern?

Weather deck

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Curved section where side plating and bottom plating meet

Bilge

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What are entrances from one compartment to another called?

Doors

Ascertaining depth of water by sending weighted line to the bottom

Sounding

What support the decks and give added strength to resist the pressure of the water on the sides of the hull?

Deck beams and bulkheads

What is the outside covering (shell plating) of the hull?

The skin

What is used to steer the ship?

Rudder

What are the strakes at the turn of the hull that run in the bilge?

Bilge strakes

What is the vertical distance from the waterline to the bottom of the keel?

Draft

Fitted in decks as manholes for stored items

Scuttles

What is the series of connected plates that run from the stem at the bow to the sternpost at the stern on the bottom of the centerline of a vessel?

Keel

Loose material placed on the bottom of the hold above the ballast; used to store cargo

Dunnage

What is going up from one deck to another called?

Lay topside

What are plates put on in rows from bow to stern?

Strakes

What are the stairs called?

Ladders

What are metal frames built around the propellers to protect them from damage?

Propeller guards

The left side of the ship is called

Port

Used by operators to tell engineers desired speed

Engine Order Telegraph/Annunciator

What are the topmost strakes called?

Sheer strakes

What is the first continuous watertight deck that runs from bow to stern? (in many instances, may be one and the same as weather deck)

Main deck

Non-propulsory equipment in the ship

Auxiliaries

What is the partial deck above the main deck at the bow?

Forecastle deck

What is it called when you close down the dogs on a door or hatch?

Dogging it down

What is the propulsion unit for Army vessels?

Diesel engine

The central or middle part of the ship

Amidship

What is the water-level line on the hull when afloat?

Waterline

What is the partial deck above the main deck at the amidships?

Upper deck

What numbers on each side of the bow and stern are 6 inches high and 6 inches apart?

Draft marks

What is getting up to go to work called?

Turning to

What are the small drains on the deck called?

Scuppers

What are the bottom row of strakes on either side of the keel called?

Garboard strakes

What transmits power from the engine to the propeller?

Shaft

Moving toward the bow is called

Going forward

What are the windows called?

Portholes

Bend or loop in a rope

Bight

Area where crew eats

Mess

The framework of a vessel, including all decks

Hull

What is any structure built above the weather deck?

Superstructure

What is the upper edge of the sheer strake called?

Gunwale

The rear end of a ship

Stern

What are the floors called?

Decks

What is going downstairs called?

Lay below

What are the removable stanchions and light wire ropes along the edges of the weather deck from bow to stern?

Life lines

What is the partial deck above the main deck at the stern?

Poop deck

What does a ship have when it’s tilted?

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