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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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joiner door
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A light door fitted to staterooms and quarters where air and watertightness is not required. Made of wood, light metal, and metal-covered wood. Metal joiner doors with pressed ...
warp
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A light hawser or tow rope; to move a vessel by means of lines or warps secured to some fixed object.
diagonal line
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A line cutting the body plan diagonally from the centerline, representing a plane introduced for line fairing purposes.
forward perpendicular
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A line perpendicular to the base line and intersecting the forward side of the stem at the designed waterline.
after perpendicular
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A line perpendicular to the base line intersecting the after-edge of the stern post at the designed water line. On submarines or ships having a similar stern, it is a vertical ...
beam line
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A line showing the points of intersection between the top edge of the beam and the molded frame line.
molded deck line
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A line showing the points of intersection between the top edge of the beam and the molded frame line.
