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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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batten
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Long, thin, strips of wood, steel, or plastic, usually of uniform rectangular section used in the drafting room and mold loft to lay down the lines of a vessel, but sometimes ...
swash bulkheads
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Longitudinal or transverse nontight bulkheads fitted in a tank to decrease the swashing action of the liquid contents. Their function is greatest when the tanks are partially ...
gudgeons
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Lugs cast or forged on the stern post for the purpose of hanging and hinging the rudder. Each is bored to form a bearing for a rudder pintle and is usually bushed with lignum ...
registered breadth
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Measured at amidships at its greatest breadth to outside of plating.
bulkhead stiffener
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Members attached to the plating of a bulkhead for the purpose of holding it in a plane when pressure is applied to one side. The stiffener is generally vertical, but horizontal ...
frame lines
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Molded lines of a vessel as laid out on the mold loft floor for each frame, showing the form and position of the frames.
