Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 472 pages |
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aboard anchor attached bight boat Boatswain's Mate Boatswain's pipe boom brush buoy burtoning called canvas cargo chain color compartment compass course coxswain damage control davit deck delivering ship detachable link equipment eye splice fair lead fathoms fire control foam fueling gear grommet guys half hitch handling hatch hauling hawse pipe hawser head heaving high-line hitch hoist hose clamp hose messenger house-fall inboard jigger knot light manila mechanical advantage method mooring Navy nozzle oiler operation outboard saddle oxygen breathing apparatus paint painter pelican hook pendant port pull RANGEKEEPER receiving ship reeve rolling hitch saddle whip safe working load salvo sea anchor secured sennit shackle ship's shown in figure side signal slack slings snatch block span-wire starboard station stern stopper strain strand surface swivel tackle target thimble eye topping lift towing towline transfer trolley tucks turn valve vessel watch winch windlass