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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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wing tank
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Tanks located well outboard adjacent to the side shell plating, often consisting of a continuation of the double bottom up the sides to a deck or flat.
transverse stability
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
That branch of stability having to do with the tendency for a vessel to resist capsize.
longitudinal stability
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
That branch of the study of stability having to do with questions of trim and pitching
hull engineering
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
That collection of mechanical devices outside the engine room.
ship's service
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
That collection of systems outside the engine room required to operate the vessel.
reverse frame
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A bar forming the top member of an open floor, attached to the underside of the inner bottom.
tonnage opening
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A device formerly used to circumvent the tonnage measurement rules, consisting of a closure just short of meeting the definition of a watertight closing appliance, but ...
