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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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standing rigging
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fixed rigging supporting the masts such as shrouds and stays. Does not include running rigging such as boom topping lifts, vangs and cargo falls.
stays
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fixed wire ropes leading forward from aloft on a mast to the deck to prevent the mast from bending aft. Backstays lead from aloft to the deck edge well abaft the position of the ...
tripping bracket
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Flat bars or plates fitted at various points on deck girders, stiffeners, or beams as reinforcements to prevent their free flanges from distorting under compression.
gasket
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Flexible material used to pack joints in machinery, piping, doors, hatches, etc, to prevent leakage of liquids or gases.
seam
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fore-and-aft joint of shell plating, deck and tank top plating, or a lengthwise edge joint of any plating.
longitudinals
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fore-and-aft structural members attached to the underside of decks, flats, or to the inner bottom, or on the inboard side of the shell plating, in association with widely spaced ...
