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Hatch cover
Hawse pipe Steel pipe duct through
which the anchor cable is led overboard.
on the
Poop deck - A partial deck at the stern above the main deck,
derived from the Latin puppio for the sacred deck where the
pupi or doll images of the deities were kept.
Rudder - A swinging flat frame hung to the stern post of a ship, by
which the ship is steered.
Samson post - Short heavy masts used as boom supports, and
often used for ventilators as well.
Stem - The upright post or bar of the bow; forging, casting, or
plating forming extreme bow of ship and extending from keel to
forecastle deck.
Stern post - The after post to which the rudder is hinged and
placed on the skeg, with sufficient clearance for the propeller to
revolve.
Wheelhouse - a part of a boat or ship serving as a shelter for the
person at the wheel.
Windlass - An apparatus in which horizontall or vertical drums or
gypsides and wildcats are operated by means of a steam engine
or motor for the purpose of handling heavy anchor chair hawsers,
etc; a machine used to hoist the anchors by winding in the anchor
chain.
extreme beam
extreme draught
flat plate
offset bulb plate
equal angle
unequal angle
channel
tee A rolled shape, generally of mild steel, having a cross
section shaped like the letter T. In ship work it is used for
bulkhead stiffeners, bracket and floor clips, etc. The size is
denoted by dimensions of its cross section and weight per running
foot.
scupper Any opening or tube leading from the waterway through
the ships side, to carry away water from the deck.
tumblehome
An inboard
slant of a
side above
bilge. The
the top of the
shell slopes
ship's
the
amount
side
back toward
the
centerline
between the point of widest breadth and the deck at side
rake The
skew
back
tip
radius
pitch