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| the mission of the navy is to protect and defend the right of the United states and our allies to move freely on the oceans and to protect our country against her enemies. |
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I am a united states sailor.
I will support and defend the constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me.
I represent the fighting spirit of the navy and those that have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world.
I proudly serve my country's navy combat team with honor, courage and commitment.
I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all. |
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Stand Navy out to sea
Fight our battle cry
We’ll never change our course
So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y
Roll out the T.N.T.
Anchors Aweigh
Sail on to victory and
Sink their bones to Davy Jones hooray!Anchors Aweigh my boys
Anchors Aweigh
farewell to foriegn shores,
We sail at break of day day day day
Through our last night on shore
Drink to the foam
Until we meet once more
Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home!
blue of the mighty deep; gold of God's great sun, let these our colors be till all of time be done, be done.
on seven seas we learn navy's sten call:
faith, courage, service true, with honor over, honor over, all. |
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| honor, courage, commitment |
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| loose from moorings and out of control(applied to anything lost, out of hand or left lying about) |
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| near or toward the stern of the vessel |
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| farther aft, as in "abaft the beam." |
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| abreast; on a relative bearing of 090 or 270 degrees. |
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| on or in a ship or naval station |
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| a ladder resembling stairs that is suspended over the side of a ship to facilitate boarding from a boats |
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| aqueous film forming foam. |
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| that which is farthest aft |
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| that part of a ship resting on the bottom |
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| a hail or call for attention, as in "boat ahoy" |
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| generally speaking any area above the highest deck. |
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| by the side of the ship or pier |
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| an indefinite area midway between the bow and the stern;"rudder amidships" means that the rudder is in line with the ship's centerline. |
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| an area designated to be used by ships for anchoring |
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| the line, wire, or chain that attaches a vessel to her anchor |
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| across; at right angles to |
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| extra, or secondary, as in auxiliary engine; a vessel whose mission is to supply or support combatant forces. |
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| stop, as in "avast heaving" |
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| an anchoring term used to describe the anchor clear of the bottom(the weight of the anchor is on the cable) |
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| reply to a command or order, meaning "I understand and will obey" |
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| a blunt-ended craft, usually nonself-propelled, used to haul supplies or garbage; a type of motorboat assigned for the personal use of a flag officer |
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| the closing of any watertight fixtures |
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| a battery-powered lantern for emergency use. |
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| the extreme width(breadth) of a vessel as in a cv has a greater beam than a destroyer. |
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| to be located on a particular bearing, as in the lighthouse bears 045 degrees. |
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| provide assistance, as in "bear a hand with riggingthe brow" expedite. |
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| the direction of an object measured in degrees clockwise form a reference point(true bearings use true north as the reference, relative bearings use the ships bow as the reference and magnetic bearings use magnetic north as the reference |
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| to secure a line to a fixed point; to disregard a previous order or stop an action, as in "belay the last order or "belay the small talk. |
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| beneath , or beyond somthing as in lay below. |
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| bunk: duty assignment; mooring space assigned to a ship. |
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| lowest area of a ship where spills and leaks gather; to fail an examination. |
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| place or duty to which one is assigned. |
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| a stand containing a magnetic compass. |
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| list of persons excused from duty due to illness. |
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| cylindrical upright fixture(usually found in pairs) to which mooring or towing lines are secured aboard ship |
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| roughly equivelent to a pulley |
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| boatswain's mate of the watch |
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| a spar rigged out from the side of an anchored or moored ship to which boats are tied when not in use. |
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| a seat attached to a line fo hoisting a person aloft or lowering over the side |
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| a compartment usually forward where line and other equipment use by the deck force are stowed. |
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| a strong cylindrical, upright fixture on a pier to which ships mooring lines are secured. |
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| a spar usually movable used for hoisting loads |
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| black paint applied to a ships sides along the water-line. |
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| the forward end of a ship or boat |
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| member of a boats crew whose station is forward |
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| to bring out supplies or equipment from a stowage space. |
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| mooring line that leads from ship to pier or anothe ship if moored alongside) at right angles to the ship and is used to keep the vessel from moving laterally away from the pier or other ship. |
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| area in the superstructure from which a ship is operated |
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| bare (unpainted)metal that is kept polished |
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| to get crosswise to the direction of the waves(puts the vessel in danger of being flipped over by the waves) |
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| wide as in broad in the beam |
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| on the bow or quarter- halfway between dead ahead and abeam, and halfway between abeam and astern, respectively. |
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| simultaneously and to one side when firing main battery guns; sidewise, as in the curren carried the broadside to the beach |
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| gangplank, used for crossing from one ship to another and from a ship to a pier. |
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| a vertical partition in a ship(never called a wall) |
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| an achored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object |
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| bureau of naval personnel |
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| living compartment of a ships commanding officer |
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| floating buffer between a ship and a pier to prevent damage by rubbing or banging(in the water) |
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| a cylindrical navigational buoy painted green and odd numbered which in us water marks the port side of a channel from seaward |
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| to break loose as in the rough seas carried away the liflines |
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| material used to protect lines from excessive wear |
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| space where anchor chain is stowed |
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| nautical counterpart of a road map showing land configuration and water depths and aids to navigation |
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| the navigators work compartment |
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| to remove paint or rust from metallic surfaces with sharp pointed hammers befor apllying paint |
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| deck fittin through which mooring lines are led |
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| national ensign; the ceremony of raising and lowering the ensign |
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| a ship whose primary mission is combat |
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| a long narrow starred and striped pennant flown only on board a commissioned ship |
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| deck opening giving access to a ladder includes the ladder. |
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| interior space of a ship similar to a room ashore |
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| the act of controlling a ship also the station usually on the bridge from which a ship is controlled |
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| a ships desired direction of travel not to be confused with heading |
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| to protect; a shelter; headgear; to don headgear. |
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| enlisted person in charge of a boat |
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| a gift; somehing procured without payment |
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| to turn off all external lights and close all openings through which lights can be seen from outside the ship |
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| strong arms by means of which a boat is hoisted in or out. |
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| directly ahead a relative bearing of 000 degrees |
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| horizontal planking or plating that divides a ship into layers |
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| the upkeep and operation of all deck equipment. |
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| to free from harmful residue of nuclear or chemical attack |
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| to throw something overboard |
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| a small boat, sometimes equipped with a sail, but more commonly propelled by outboard motor or oars |
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| to lower a flag partway down the staff as a salute to, or in reply to a salute from another ship |
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| a line stretched between two ships engaged in replenishment or transfer operations under way. the line is marked at 20 foot intervals to aid conning officer in maintaining the proper distance. |
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| a main subdivision of a ships crew an organization coposed of two or more ships of the same type |
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| the water-space alongside a pier |
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| lever or bolt and thumb screws used for securing a water tight door; to divide a four hour watch into two two hour watches |
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| to set the dogs on a watertight door |
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| the 1600-1800 or 1800-2000 watch |
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| to double the mooring lines for extra strength |
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| the vertical distance from the keel to the waterling |
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| to display flags in honor of a person or event |
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| the speed at which a ship is pushed off course by wind and current |
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| a dock either floating or built into the shore from which water may be removed for the purose of inspecting or working o a ships bottom to be put in dry dock |
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| end of active obligated sevice |
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| reports recieved by the executive officer from department heads shortly before 2000 |
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| the national flag; an O-1 paygrade officer. |
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| second officer in command also calle xo |
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| the forward most part of the forecastle |
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| fleet or force master chief |
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| the act of making a lin, wire, or chain ready for running by laying it out in long, flat bights, one alongside and partially overlapping the other |
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| the after end of the main deck |
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| unit of length or depth equal to six feet |
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| a cushioning device hung over the side of aship to prevent contact between the ship and a pier or other ship |
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| a day devoted to general cleaning usually in preparation for an inspection |
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| shipboard piping system to which fire hydrants are connected |
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| the officer responsible in general for a ships upkeep and cleanliness boats ground tackle and deck seamanship |
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| 2000-2400 watch also called evening watch |
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| fleet admiral a rank above admiral no longer used |
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| any officer of the rank of rear admiral(lower and upper half) vice admiral or admiral |
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| vertical staff at the stern to which the ensign is hoisted when moored or at anchor |
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| an organization of ships aircraft marine forces and shorebased fleet activities all under one commander for conducting mahjor operations |
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| to fill a space with water; a rising tide |
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| the entire length of a ship as in sweep down fore and aft |
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| forward section of the main deck pronounced fohksul |
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| first mast aft from the bow |
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| entangled as in the lines are foul of each other, stormy |
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| a light spar set at an angle from the upper part of a mast(the national ensign is usually flown from the gaff under way) |
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| space where food is prepared(never called a kitchen) |
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| the opening in a bulwark or lifeline that provides access to a brow or accommodation ladder; an order meaning to cleat the way |
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| the condition of full readiness for battle |
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| boat assigned for the commanding officers personal use |
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| equipment used in anchoring or mooring anchors |
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| where the sides join the main deck of a ship |
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| a light line used to hoist a flag or pennant |
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| steadily and carefully, but not necessarily slowly. |
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| condition of a rudder that has been turned to the maximum possible rudder angle |
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| a red blue or gold diagonal stripe across the left sleeve of enlisted persons jumper, indicating four years service |
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| an opening in a deck used for access |
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| to pull in or heace on a line by hand |
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| any heavy wire or line used for towing or mooring |
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| the upper end of a lower mast boom; compartment containing toilet facilities; ships bow |
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| the direction toward which the ships bow is pointing any instant |
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| to throw as in heave a lin to the pier |
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| to haul in a line usually by means of a capstan or winch |
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| a line with a weight at one end heaved across an intervening space for passing over a heavier line |
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| person who steers the ship by turning the helm(also called the steersman) |
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| the line stretched between ships under way on which a trolley block travels back and forth to tgransfer material and personnel |
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| to bend a line to or around a ring or cylindrical object; an enlistment |
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| space on a surface that the painter neglected to paint. |
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| the shell, or plating, of a ship from keel to gunwale |
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| a lookout term meaning that a ship is so far over the horizon that only her superstructure or top hamper is visible |
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| superstructure of an aircraft carrier |
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| starred blue flag(representing the union of the ensigh) flown at the jackstaff of a commissioned ship not under way |
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| vertical spar at the stem to which th jack is hoisted |
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| a portable rope or wire ladder |
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| a structure built out from shore to influence water currents of protect a harbor or pier. |
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| any makshift device or apparatus; to fashion such a device. |
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| quit, cease, or stop, as in knock off ships work. |
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| a flight of steps aboard ship |
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| vessel especially designed for landing troops and equiped directly on a beach |
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| a large seagoing ship designed for landing personnel an or heavy equipment directly on beach |
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| any short line used as a handle or as a means for operating some piece of equipment ; a line used to attach an article to a the person, as a pistol lanyard |
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| to secure an object by turns of line, wire, or chain |
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| to float a vessel off the ways in a building yard; a type of powerboat, usually over 30 feet long. |
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| movement of a person as in lay aloft the direction of twist in the strands of a line or wire |
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| an area sheltered from the wind down wind. |
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| direction toward which the wind is blowing pronounced loo-ard |
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| leave and earning statement |
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| sanctioned abscence from a ship or station for a short time for pleasure rather that business |
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| a buoyant jacket desighned to support a person in the water |
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| in general the liners erected around the edge of a weather deck to prevent personnel from falling or being washed overboard more precisely the topmost line from top to bottom these lines are named lifeline housing lin and foot rope. |
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| any rope that isnt wire rope |
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| transverse inclination of a vessel when a ship leans to one side |
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| a ships speedometer; book or ledger in which data or events that occurred during a watch are recorded; to make a certain speed, as in the ship logged 20 knots." |
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| admonishment meaning to be alert or move faster |
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| person stationed topside on a formal watch who reports objects sighted and sounds heard to the officer of the deck |
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| locker under the charge of the master at arms; used to collect and stow deserters effects and gear found adrift |
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| compartment used for the stowage of ammunition |
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| the uppermost complete deck(an exception is the aircraft carrier, where the main deck is defined as the hangar bay rather than the flight deck which arguably fits the criteria of the definition) |
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| second mast aft from the bow on vessel with more than one mast. (on a ship with only one mast, it is usually referred to simply as the mast. the tallest mast on a vessel. |
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| the top of the tallest mast on a vessel |
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| to assume a station as in to man a gun |
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| ship desighned for combat |
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| tapered steel tool used to open the strands of line or wire rope for spicing |
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| the art of caring for and handling all types of line and wire |
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| a member of a ships police force |
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| a shipmate another sailor |
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| Master chief petty officer |
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| Master chief petty officer of the navy |
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| meal place where meals are eaten a group that takes meals together as in officers mess |
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| a line used to haul a heavier line across an intervening space |
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| the watch that begins at 0000 and ends at 0400 |
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| to make fast to a pier, another ship or a mooring buoy, also to anchor |
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| a large anchored float to which a ship may moor |
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| a roll call to assemble for a roll call |
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| two or more boats stowed one within the other two or more ships moored alongside each other |
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| a navigational buoy, conical in shape, painted red and even numbered, that marks the starboard side of a channel from seaward |
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| to repair or recondition; to overtake another vessel |
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| the underside of a deck that forms the overhead of the compartment next below. |
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| a group on teporary assignment or engaged in a common activity as in line handling party or a liberty party |
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| a corridor used for interior horizontal movement aboard ship(similar to hallway ashore) |
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| to feed out or lengthen a line |
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| small staff from which a commission pennant is flown |
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| enclosure on bridge housing the main steering controls |
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| branch of navigation in which positions are determined by visible objects on the surface, or by soundings |
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| to sound a particular call on a boatswains pipe |
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| vertical rise and fall of a ships bow and stern caused by head or following seas |
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| destroyer or helicopter responsible for rescuing air cres during launch or recovery operations |
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| a person who was assigned to the ships company when he or she was commissioned |
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| a person who has never crossed the equater |
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| to the left of the centerline when facing forward |
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| deck area designated by the commanding officer as the place to carry out official functions; station of the officer of the deck in port |
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| an enlisted assistant to the navigator |
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| stations for shipboard evolutions as in general quarters "fire quarter" living spaces |
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| a solid structure along a bank used for loading and offloading vessels. pronounced key. |
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| a hinged metal disk secured to a mooring line to prevent rats from traveling over the line into the ship |
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| to be at anchor as in the ship si riding to her anchor |
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| navigational lights shown at night by a moored vessel |
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| to be especially watchful at night, and during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority |
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| destroyer (arliegh burke class) |
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General Characteristics, Arleigh Burke class
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Builder: Bath Iron Works, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
SPY-1 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Lockheed-Martin |
| Date Deployed: July 4, 1991 (USS Arleigh Burke) |
| Propulsion: Four General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower. |
Length: Flights I and II (DDG 51-78): 505 feet (153.92 meters)
Flight IIA (DDG 79 AF): 509½ feet (155.29 meters). |
| Beam: 59 feet (18 meters). |
| Displacement: DDG 51 through 71: 8,230 L tons (8,362.06 metric tons) full load DDG 72 through 78: 8,637 L tons (8,775.6 metric tons) full load DDG 79 and Follow: 9,496 L tons (9,648.40 metric tons) full load. |
| Speed: In excess of 30 knots. |
| Crew: 276 |
| Armament: Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missiles; Tomahawk®; six MK-46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts); Close In Weapon System (CIWS), 5” MK 45 Gun, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) (DDG 79 AF) |
| Aircraft: Two LAMPS MK III MH-60 B/R helicopters with Penguin/Hellfire missiles and MK 46/MK 50 torpedoes. |
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| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA. |
| Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (USS Nimitz). |
| Unit Cost: About $4.5 billion each. |
| Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts. |
| Length: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters). |
| Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters); Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters). |
| Displacement: Approximately 97,000 tons (87,996.9 metric tons) full load. |
| Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour). |
| Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 - Air Wing: 2,480. |
| Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.). |
| Aircraft: 85. |
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| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co.; General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. |
| Date Deployed: Nov 13, 1976 (USS Los Angeles) |
| Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft |
| Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters) |
| Beam: 33 feet (10.06 meters) |
| Displacement: Approximately 6,900 tons (7011 metric tons) submerged |
| Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3 +kph) |
| Crew: 16 Officers; 127 Enlisted |
| Armament: Tomahawk missiles, VLS tubes (SSN 719 and later), MK48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes. |
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Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding: CG 47-50, CG 52-57, 59, 62, 65-66, 68-69, 71-73
Bath Iron Works: CG 51, 58, 60-61, 63-64, 67, 70. |
| Date Deployed: 22 January 1983 (USS Ticonderoga) |
| Unit Cost: About $1 billion each. |
| Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 80,000 shaft horsepower total. |
| Length: 567 feet. |
| Beam: 55 feet. |
| Displacement: 9,600 tons (9,754.06 metric tons) full load. |
| Speed: 30 plus knots. |
| Crew: 24 Officers, 340 Enlisted. |
| Armament: MK41 vertical launching system Standard Missile (MR); Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) Missile; Tomahawk Cruise Missile; Six MK-46 torpedoes (from two triple mounts); Two MK 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns; Two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems. |
| Aircraft: Two SH-60 Seahawk (LAMPS III). |
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General Characteristics, Super Hornet, E and F models
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| Primary Function: Multi-role attack and fighter aircraft. |
| Contractor: McDonnell Douglas. |
| Date Deployed: First flight in November 1995. Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in September 2001 with VFA-115, NAS Lemoore, Calif. First cruise for VFA-115 is onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. |
| Unit Cost: $57 million |
| Propulsion: Two F414-GE-400 turbofan engines. 22,000 pounds (9,977 kg) static thrust per engine. |
| Length: 60.3 feet (18.5 meters). |
| Height: 16 feet (4.87 meters). |
| Wingspan: 44.9 feet (13.68 meters). |
| Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight is 66,000 pounds (29,932 kg). |
| Airspeed: Mach 1.8+. |
| Ceiling: 50,000+ feet. |
Range: Combat: 1,275 nautical miles (2,346 kilometers), clean plus two AIM-9s
Ferry: 1,660 nautical miles (3,054 kilometers), two AIM-9s, three 480 gallon tanks retained. |
Crew: A, C and E models: One
B, D and F models: Two. |
| Armament: One M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon; AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM-9X (projected), AIM 7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, SLAM, SLAM-ER (projected), Maverick missiles; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW); Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM); Data Link Pod; Paveway Laser Guided Bomb; various general purpose bombs, mines and rockets. See the F/A-18 weapons load-out page. |
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| Primary Function: Electronic countermeasures. |
| Contractor: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. |
| Date Deployed: First Flight: 25 May 1968; Operational Capability: July 1971. |
| Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P408 engines (10,400 pounds thrust each). |
| Length: 59 feet 10 inches (17.7 meters). |
| Height: 16 feet 8 inches (4.9 meters). |
| Wingspan: 53 feet (15.9 meters). |
| Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight: 61,500 pounds (27,450 kg). |
| Airspeed: 500 Kts + (575 mph, 920 kmh). |
| Ceiling: 37,600 feet. |
| Range: 1,000 nautical miles+ (1,150 miles, 1,840 km). |
| Crew: Pilot and three electronic countermeasures officers. |
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| Primary Function: Airborne Command & Control, Battle Space Management. |
| Contractor: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corp. |
| Date Deployed: January 1964. |
| Unit Cost: $80 million. |
| Propulsion: Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines; (5,100 shaft horsepower each). |
| Length: 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 meters). |
| Height: 18 feet 3 inches (5.6 meters). |
| Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (28 meters). |
| Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 53,000 lbs (23,850 kg) 40,200 lbs basic (18,090 kg). |
| Airspeed: 300+ knots (345 miles, 552 km. per hour). |
| Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters). |
| Crew: Five. |
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| Primary Function: Force Protection, Organic overhead/mission tanking. |
| Contractor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. |
| Date Deployed: 1975 |
| Unit Cost: $27 million. |
| Propulsion: Two TF-34-GE-400B turbofan engines (9,275 pounds of thrust each) |
| Length: 53.3 feet |
| Height: 22.75 feet |
| Wingspan: 68.7 feet |
| Weight: Empty, 26,650 pounds; maximum takeoff, 52,539 pounds |
| Airspeed: 450 knots/0.79 Mach. |
| Ceiling: 40,000 feet. |
| Range: 2,300-plus nautical miles |
| Crew: One pilot, two naval flight officers |
| Armament: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER, AGM-84 Harpoon and AGM-65 Laser Maverick missiles, bombs, rockets, Mk46/Mk50 torpedoes. |
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| Primary Function: Varies with the particular military service. |
| Contractor: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (airframe); General Electric Company (engines); IBM Corporation (avionics components). |
| Propulsion: Two General Electric T700-GE-700 or T700-GE-701C engines; thrust: up to 1,940 shaft horsepower. |
| Length: 64 feet 10 inches (19.6 meters). |
| Height: Varies with the version; from 13 to 17 feet (3.9 to 5.1 meters). |
| Rotor Diameter: 53 feet 8 inches (16.4 meters). |
| Weight: Varies; 21,000 to 23,000 pounds (9,450 to 10,350 kg). |
| Airspeed: 180 knots maximum. |
| Range: Generally about 380 nautical miles (600 km); range becomes unlimited with air refueling capability. |
| Crew: Three to four. |
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