GLOSSARY. - CONT - TM-55-1915-200-100030

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A box, or compartment to stow things in.

LOCKER

Direction indicating instrument which seeks magnetic

MAGNETIC COMPASS

north.

First complete deck running the full length of a vessel.

MAIN DECK

Long pole or spar which sustains yards, booms, other

MAST

rigging, navigation lights, antennae, and radar scanner.

Group of persons eating together; the meal so taken; to

MESS

supply with messes or to eat them.

See AMIDSHIPS.

MIDSHIPS

Term used to indicate the general form and dimensions

MOLDED

of the hull as determined by the lines to the inside of the

shell plating.

Lying with both anchors down; also tied to a pier or

MOORED

anchor buoy.

Cables or lines used to tie up a vessel.

MOORING LINES

Metal eye permanently secured to a deck or bulkhead,

PAD EYE

to which lines and cables may be secured.

Left side of a vessel looking forward; opening in a ship's

PORT

side; harbor for embarkation and discharge of cargo.

Drinkable water, meeting standards set by the US Public

POTABLE WATER

Health Service.

An electrical

thermometer

for

measuring

high

PYROMETER

temperatures.

Pertains to stowage area for ship's flares.

PYROTECHNICS LOCKER

General area from the middle of a vessel to the extreme

QUARTER

stern.

RANGE LIGHT

A white light on the mast in the forward part of a vessel.

A process for reducing dissolved solids, including salt, in

REVERSE OSMOSIS

water. This process produces potable water from

seawater.

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