A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.

A corporate restructuring in which one part of a company is spun off as a new company, often.

Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.

A device consisting of two dissimilar conductors with their ends connected together. When the two junctions are at different temperatures, a small voltage is generated.

A coating of ice, generally clear and smooth. formed by the freezing of supercooled water on a surface.

Nautical slang for the spirit of the sea, usually in the form of a sea devil. Davy Jones's Locker is the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, articles lost or thrown overboard, and of men buried at sea.

The foremost sail; a triangular shaped foresail forward of the foremast.

The potential of a reversible oxidation-reduction electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode, corrected to the hydrogen electrode, in a given electrolyte.

The array of indicating marks and figure in relation to which the position of an index is observed, i.e. a scale plate on a recorder.

The upper surface of a column of liquid.

Installations character for RAdio Installations.

(1) The ratio of the speeds of a chemical reaction at two temperatures differing by 10

A form of thermal energy resulting from combustion, chemical reaction, friction, or movement of electricity. As a thermodynamic condition, heat, at a constant pressure, is equal to internal or intrinsic energy plus pressure times volume.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

Facing away from the wind.

Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

When the stock market opens above or below the close on the previous day, this is known as a.

An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is caused by a difference in concentration of some component in the electrolyte. This difference leads to the formation of discrete cathode and anode regions.