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2. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Boat building. Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull, with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires. [1]

3. SS Ohio (1940) - Wikipedia

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   6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. SS Ohio was an oil tanker built for The Texas Company (later Texaco). The ship was launched on 20 April 1940 at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania. The United Kingdom requisitioned it to re-supply the island fortress of Malta during the Second World War. [1]

4. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Iconic image of a helmsman at a ship's wheel: the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial. A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel or airship, in which a helmsman steers the vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm (the term helm can mean the wheel alone, or ...

5. Gig (boat) - Wikipedia

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   A gig / ˈɡɪɡ / is a type of boat. It was optimised for speed under oar, but usually also fitted with a sailing rig for appropriate conditions. The type was in use by Deal boatmen in the 18th century. It first occurred as a naval ship's boat after Deal boatbuilders recommended a different design to boats ordered from them by the Royal Navy ...

6. Outrigger boat - Wikipedia

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   Outrigger boat. Samudra Raksa ship, a replica of Javanese 8th century double outrigger vessel depicted in Borobudur bas relief. From 2003 to 2004 it sailed from Indonesia to Madagascar and to Ghana. Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of ...

7. Stanchion - Wikipedia

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   They are located throughout most city buses and are connected to seats, floor, roof, etc. The metal head bails in dairy barns that lock the cows in place while they are milked. The two lower members of a suspension bicycle fork that connect to the crown (also called fork legs). In yachting, metal bars that hold the life-lines around a boat's ...