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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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butt strap
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted ends of the plating. The strap connections at the edges are called seam straps.
crutch
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a support for a boom. Also applied to the jaw of a boom or gaff.
rudder frame
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a vertical main piece and the arms that project from it which forms the frame of the rudder. It may be a casting, a forging, or a weldment.
chain riveting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the centers of the rivets are opposite each other and on a line perpendicular to the joint.
staggered riveting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the rivets in alternate rows are one-half the pitch or spacing ahead of those in the other rows.
zig-zag riveting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the rivets in alternate rows are one-half the pitch or spacing ahead of those in the other rows.
housing
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to an enclosure partially or wholly worked around fittings or equipment. That portion of the mast below the surface of the weather deck. Applied to topmasts, that ...
