Navy Terminology

3. Reply to an order or command meaning “I understand and will comply”
4. Bathroom or toilet
6. Lock, put away or stop work
11. Begin work
12. Five minutes before taps
15. Brass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted
16. To dispose of by throwing over the side
19. Candy, gum or cafeteria
20. An amount of money a member has coming out of his regular pay
21. Bed
22. Permission to leave the base (usually for not more than 48 hours)
24. Kitchen
25. Battle stations
27. Receipt book
29. Building where Sailors live
33. Any Commissioned in pay grade O-7 and above
37. Hallway
38. Mop
40. Near or toward the stern of the vessel
41. Hospital or medical clinic
43. Assembling of all hands for muster, instruction, and inspection
44. Raising or lowering of national flag, ceremonies held at 0800 and sunset for hoisting and hauling down the national ensign
45. The entire ship’s company, both Officer and Enlisted

1. Ceiling
2. Storage room
5. Loose from moorings and out of control (applied to anything lost, out of hand, or left about)
7. Place to eat
8. Bed
9. Working above the highest deck; generally performing maintenance on the ship’s mast
10. An order to resume work or duties
13. Coupon
14. Wake up, start a new day
17. Time to sleep, end of day
18. Compartment in which anchor chain is stowed
23. Upstairs
26. Drinking fountain; a rumor
28. An anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object
30. A job specialty title
31. Downstairs
32. National flag; Commissioned between the rank of Chief Warrant Officer and Lieutenant Junior Grade
34. A unit of length (equal to six feet) used for measuring the depth of water
35. An opening in a bulwark or lifeline that provides access to a brow or accommodation ladder; an order meaning to clear the way
36. Snugly secured
38. Place to wash dishes
39. Lines erected around the weatherdecks of a ship to prevent personnel from falling or being washed over the side
42. to throw off; to let go; to unfurl