Toward the shore

The formation of blisters on or below a metal surface from excessive internal hydrogen pressure; Formation of blister-like bulges on a ductile metal surface caused by internal hydrogen pressures. Hydrogen may beformed during cleaning, plating, corrosion, ...

Same as dew-point hygrometer.

Special vessels employed in exploration for, development of or continuous production of, subsea oil and gas.

The voltage developed across a cell by the current flow through the resistance of the cell.

When a vessel fills with water and sinks.

The rank held by a naval seaman.

The property that enables a material to undergo permanent deformation without rupture.

Brittle failure by cracking under the combined action of tensile stress and corrosion in the presence of water and hydrogen sulfide. See also environmental cracking.

Maximum speed, maintained by a winch when it is bearing the drum load (m/s)

Methane. Natural gas carried in great quantities by LNG tankers at his boiling temperature (-161).

In navigation, the smaller angle at which two position lines on a chart intersect. The fix will be more reliable as the angle approaches 90

A region of electrical contact between two different materials.

(1) Generic name for a large sea-going vessel. (2) To take an object aboard, such as cargo, or water. (3) To put items such as oars on the boat when not in use.

bucket rain gauge-A rain gauge where the precipitation collected by the receiver empties into one side of a chamber which is partioned transversely at its center and is balanced bistably upon a horizontal axis. When a predetermined amount of water has bee ...

Marine Spill Response Corporation

A popular term used for a length of wood or steel used in or for wall framing.

A rotating fitting used to keep a line from tangling.

The whole crew.