Naval architecture

Naval architecture

The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.

Industry: Shipbuilding

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weathertight door

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to outside doors on the upper decks which are designed to keep out the rain and spray.

dolphin

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to several piles that are bound together, situated either at the corner of a pier or out in the stream and used for docking and warping vessels. Also applied to single piles and ...

A term applied to short metal or wood columns extending up from a base plate secured to a deck or bulwark rail or placed on a pier and to timbers extended up through and a short distance above a deck ...

bollards

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

floating dry dock

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A hollow floating structure of L- or U-shaped cross section, so designed that it may be submerged to permit floating a vessel into it, and that it may then raise the vessel and itself so that the ...

sister hook

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A hook made in halves and set on eyes facing each other in such a manner that it may be made to function as a link.

pilot house

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A house designed for navigational purposes. It is usually located forward of the midship section and so constructed as to command an unobstructed view in all directions except directly aft along the ...