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Shipbuilding

The design, construction and maintenance of both commercial and military ships and floating vessels in shipyards or other marine facilities.

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outer bottom

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the bottom shell plating in a double-bottom ship.

hatch cleats

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the clips attached to the outside of the hatch coaming for the purpose of holding the hatch battens and wedges which fasten the edges of the tarpaulin covers.

pitch

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the distance a propeller will advance during one revolution, the distance between the centers of the teeth of a gear wheel, the axial advance of one convolution ...

deep floors

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the floors at the ends of a ship which are deeper than the standard depth of floor at amidships.

step mast

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the foundation art which a mast is erected.

lagging

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the insulating material that it fitted on the outside of boilers, piping, etc.

fillet

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to the l1letal filling in the bosom or concave corners where abrupt changes in direction occur in the surface of a casting, forging, or weldment.