A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

An instrument which measures the transmissivity of the atmosphere between two points for the determination of visual range.

National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program.

(1) A second method of propelling a vessel. On a sailboat this would be the engine. (2) Machinery fitted in steam and motor vessels which is not part of the main propelling machinery. (3) a support group, e.g., Coast Guard Auxiliary

National Strike Force Coordinator

Sink by filling with water.

Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

A federal government agency involved in rural development, marketing and regulatory programs, food safety, research, education and economics, food, nutrition and consumer service, farm and foreign agricultural services, and natural resources and environme ...

The amount of air that a filter can handle. Expressed in CFM.

See biological corrosion.

An obsolete term describing oil or grease coatings used to provide temporary protection against atmospheric corrosion.

On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

Pacific Maritime Association.

A kind of navigational buoy

A term used for lighting appliances; the ratio of lumens received on a flat surface to the light output, in lumens, from a lamp; used to evaluate the effectiveness of luminaries in delivering light.

A nautical version of the national flag of the country usually flown at the stern. (2) Adopted by the United States Navy in 1862, the rank of a young officer equivalent to that of midshipman. The flag carried by a ship as insignia of her nationality.

Setting rate within a conference tariff that is different from the rate(s) for the same items established by other conference members.

Marine Rescue Sub-Centre

To sail a boat closer to the wind - to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets

Is the ratio in absolute units of the actual gas temperature to the critical temperature.