Naval Terminology 1
Across
- 3. type of anchor used by submarines, buoys, and barges
- 4. strong mushroom shaped fitting on a pier eye or blight of a ship
- 7. back part of the main deck
- 9. widest part of a ship
- 10. all wires, ropes, and chains supporting masts or kingposts and operating booms and cargo hooks
- 11. all equipment associated with anchoring
- 12. speed of a ship is given in these terms
- 13. device welded to the deck used for fastening a line or wire
- 15. the large pipe through which the cable passes from the deck to the ship's side
- 16. the lengths of chain that make up an anchor cables
Down
- 1. the place where you sleep aboard a ship
- 2. operational on both sea and land
- 5. a ship's offensive weapons
- 6. the chain runs from windlass down into the chain locker
- 8. most Navy ships have these anchors (easy to stow and handle)
- 14. the backbone of a ship's structure