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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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side keelson
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fore-and-aft vertical plate member located above the bottom shell on each side of the center vertical keel and some distance therefrom
bulwark
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fore-and-aft vertical plating immediately above the upper edge of the sheer strake.
shelter deck ship
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Formerly, a ship having two or more complete decks, with scantlings and weather deck closing arrangements based on the uppermost deck being a superstructure deck and the second ...
shelter deck
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Formerly, a term applied to a superstructure deck running continuously from stem to stern and fitted with at least one tonnage opening.
settling tank
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Fuel oil tanks used for separating entrained water from the oil. The oil is allowed to stand for a few hours until the water has settled to the bottom, when the latter is drained ...
face plate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Generally a narrow stiffening plate fitted along the edge of web frames, stringers, etc. to form the flange of the member.
general cargo
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Goods to be transported in a mixture of forms, but usually packaged in some way.
