Affordability Through Commonality (NAVSEA Program)

The top spoke (usually marked) on the steering wheel when the rudder is centered.

Cargo banned by general cargo workers for some reason. This ban could be because the cargo is dangerous or hazardous to health.

A member of the deck crew who is able to perform all the duties of an experienced seamen; certificated by examination; must have three years sea service. Also called Able Seamen and A.B.

Days All Purposes

In physics, the concept that as the speed of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) increases, the pressure within that fluid decreases. Originally formulated in 1738 by the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli, it states that the total energy in a ...

Any Safe Port in the World

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit of water, at or near the temperature of maximum density, one degree Celsius (or Centigrade [C]); expressed as a "small calorie" (the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram ...

A flexible roll or strip of insulating material in widths suited to standard spacings of building structural members (studs and joists). They are made from glass or rock wool fibers. Blankets are continuous rolls. Batts are pre-cut to four or eight foot l ...

A unit of luminous intensity; the magnitude to the candela is such that the luminance of the total radiator, at the temperature of solidification of platinum, is 60 candelas per square centimeter.

A forecast of weather elements of particular interest to aviation; including ceiling, visibility, upper winds, icing, turbulence, precipitation types, and storms.

Auxiliary

The quality, state or degree of being acid. In oils, acidity denotes the presence of acid-type constituents whose concentration is usually defined in terms of neutralization number.

The period of time excluding the first and last days.

A crane with a cantilever which is incapable of luffing. The cargo hook is fixed on the out end of the cantilever or hanged on a movable carriage along it.

CodeInternational Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk,IMO

Boiler Heating Surface(combined)

Brittleness exhibited by some steels after being heated to a temperature within the range of about 200 to 370

Tons Per Inch (Immersion)

A sail control used to change the athwartships lead of the jib sheet by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.