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A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the earth's surface. Fog differs from cloud only in that the base of fog is at the earth's surface while clouds are above the surface.

A sound signal device (not necessarily mechanically operated).

A series of sound signals required by COLREGS to prevent collisions at sea.

Said of a vessel when forced to heave to or lie at anchor due to fog.

A faintly-colored circular arc similar to a rainbow but formed on fog layers containing drops whose diameters are 100 microns or less. Also called mistbow, white rainbow.

A metal whose luster has been reduced because of a surface film, usually a corrosion product layer.

A device for issuing fog signals, used for giving a warning of a vessel's presence in fog. These signals are also made by lighthouses.

See foehn.

A crane with a boom consisted of several sections, being capable of moving the weight positions though folding the boom.

A sea with waves approaching from the stern of the boat; a sea in which the waves are moving in the same direction as the vessel

Flag/Ownership/Management

Freedom Of Navigation

Federation Of National Associations of Shipbrokers & Agents

Finding Of No Significant Impact (Environmental Assessment)

A device for mounting cylinders.

A unit of illuminance; equal to one lumen per square foot.

The amount of work done in raising one pound one foot.

A unit of illuminance or illumination equal to one lumen per foot'. This is the illuminance provided by a light source of one candle at a distance of one foot.