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Naval architecture
The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.
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outer bottom
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the bottom shell plating in a double-bottom ship.
hatch cleats
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the clips attached to the outside of the hatch coaming for the purpose of holding the hatch battens and wedges which fasten the edges of the tarpaulin covers.
pitch
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the distance a propeller will advance during one revolution, the distance between the centers of the teeth of a gear wheel, the axial advance of one convolution of the thread on a ...
deep floors
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the floors at the ends of a ship which are deeper than the standard depth of floor at amidships.
step mast
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the foundation art which a mast is erected.
lagging
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the insulating material that it fitted on the outside of boilers, piping, etc.
fillet
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to the l1letal filling in the bosom or concave corners where abrupt changes in direction occur in the surface of a casting, forging, or weldment.
