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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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transverse framing
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A system of hull stiffening in which the stiffening members run across the deck, or decks, down the sides, and across the bottom.
bilge and ballast system
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A system of piping generally located in the holds or lower compartments of a ship and connected to pumps. This system is used for pumping overboard accumulations of water in holds ...
steaming profile
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A systematic outline of the power requirements during a typical voyage.
mast
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A tall vertical or raked structure, usually of circular section, located on the centerline of a ship and used to carry navigation lights, radio antennae and, often, cargo booms. ...
skin tank
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A tank for liquid cargo or ballast one or more of whose boundaries is the side or bottom plating of the hull.
trimming tank
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A tank located near the ends of a ship. Seawater (or fuel oil) is carried in such tanks as necessary to change trim.
topside tank
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A tank, triangular in section, usually used for ballast in bulk carriers, formed by the deck outboard of the hatches, the upper shell plating and a longitudinal bulkhead sloping ...
