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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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chain pipe
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Pipe for passage of chain from windlass to chain locker.
inner bottom
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Plating forming the top of the double bottom; also called tank top.
shell landings
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Points on the frames where the edges of shell plates are located.
shifting boards
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Portable bulkhead members, generally constructed of wood planking and fitted fore and aft in cargo holds when carrying grain or other cargo that might shift to one side when the ...
skewed blades
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Propeller blades that are curled back within a plane normal to the shaft line.
raked blades
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Propeller blades that slope aft when viewed from the side.
cathodic protection
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Protection of a ship's hull against corrosion by superimposing on the hull an impressed current provided by a remote power source through a small number of inert anodes. Also ...
