Jargon

Question 1

Aft-end

Answer 1

Near or toward the stern of the vessel

Question 2

All hands

Answer 2

The entire ships company, both officers and enlisted.

Question 3

Allotment

Answer 3

An amount of money a member has coming out of his regular pay

Question 4

Aye-Aye

Answer 4

Reply to an order or command meaning “I understand and will comply.”

Question 5

Barracks

Answer 5

Building where sailors live

Question 6

Below

Answer 6

Downstairs

Question 7

Brightwork

Answer 7

Brass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted

Question 8

Bunk or Rack

Answer 8

Bed

Question 9

Buoy

Answer 9

An anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object.

Question 10

Carry on

Answer 10

An order to resume work duties

Question 11

Cast off

Answer 11

To throw off; to let go; to unfurl

Question 12

Chain locker

Answer 12

Compartment in which anchor chain is stowed

Question 13

Chit, Chit book

Answer 13

Coupon or receipt book

Question 14

Chow hall (Mess deck)

Answer 14

Place to eat

Question 15

Colors

Answer 15

Raising or lowering of a national flag, ceremonies held at 0800 and sunset for hoisting and hauling down the national ensign.

Question 16

Deep six

Answer 16

To dispose of by throwing over the side

Question 17

Ensign

Answer 17

National flag; commissioned officer between the rank of chief warrant officer and lieutenant junior grad.

Question 18

Fast

Answer 18

Snuggly secure

Question 19

Fathom

Answer 19

A unit of length (equal to 6 feet) used for measuring the depth of water

Question 20

Flag officer

Answer 20

Any commissioned officer in paygrade o-7 and above

Question 21

Galley

Answer 21

Kitchen

Question 22

Gangway

Answer 22

An opening in a bulwark or lifeline that provides access to a brow or accommodation ladder; an order meaning to clear the wat

Question 23

Gear locker

Answer 23

Storage room

Question 24

Geedunk

Answer 24

Candy, gum, or cafeteria

Question 25

General quarters

Answer 25

Battle stations

Question 26

Liberty

Answer 26

Permission to leave the base (usually for not more than 48 hours)

Question 27

Lifeline

Answer 27

Lines erected around the weatherdecks of a ship to prevent personnel from falling or being washed over the side

Question 28

Overhead

Answer 28

Ceiling

Question 29

Passgeway

Answer 29

Hallway

Question 30

Quarters

Answer 30

Assembling of all hands for muster, instruction, and inspection

Question 31

Rating

Answer 31

A job specialty title

Question 32

Reveille

Answer 32

Wake up, start a new day

Question 33

Scullery

Answer 33

Place to wash dishes

Question 34

Scuttlebutt

Answer 34

Drinking fountain, a rumor

Question 35

Secure

Answer 35

Lock, put away or stop work

Question 36

Sickbay

Answer 36

Hospital or medical clinic

Question 37

Swab

Answer 37

Mop

Question 38

Taps

Answer 38

Time to sleep, end of day

Question 39

Tattoo

Answer 39

Five minutes before taps

Question 40

Topside

Answer 40

Upstairs

Question 41

Turn to

Answer 41

Begin work

Question 42

Working aloft

Answer 42

Working above the highest deck; generally performing maintenance on the ship’s mast

Question 43

Adrift

Answer 43

Loose from moorings and out of control. (Applied to anything lost, out if hand, or left lying about.)