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ammunition anchor awnings block boat Boatswain's boom bowline buoys called canvas capstans cargo chain chock circuit cleat clove hitch coil command course coxswain crew davits DAYMARKS deck direction duties engine order telegraph equipment eye splice fathoms fiber fire flag forward fuzes gantline gear grommets gyrocompass half hitch hand handling hauling heaving helmsman hitch hoisting hose inches kink knot ladder load located lower magnetic compass Manual marlinspike means metal mooring lines mount naval Navy nylon officer operation outboard pelican hook personnel platform port primer projectile receiving ship rigging rolling hitch rudder running running rigging safety Seaman secured seizing shackle ship's shown in figure side signal slack sound span wire speed standing rigging starboard station steering stern stopper stowage stowed strands swing switch topping lift towing turns underway usually vessel watch weather whip winch windlass wire rope