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2. Block (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   This kind of block makes a loaded line easier to hold by hand, and is sometimes used on smaller boats for lines like main and jib sheets that are frequently adjusted. A single, large, sail-powered warship in the mid-19th century required more than 1,400 blocks of various kinds.

3. Shackle - Wikipedia

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   This longer version of a D-shackle is used to attach halyards to sails, especially sails fitted with a headboard such as on Bermuda rigged boats. Headboard shackles are often stamped from flat strap stainless steel, and feature an additional pin between the top of the loop and the bottom so the headboard does not chafe the spliced eye of the halyard.

4. List of nautical units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Shackle: Length: Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms. [2] Toise: Length: Toise was also used for measures of area and volume Twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU: Volume: Used in connection with container ships and ports

5. Ship-to-Shore Connector - Wikipedia

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   The Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), also known as the LCAC 100 class, [6] is a system proposed by the United States Navy as a replacement for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). [7] It will offer an increased capacity to cope with the growing weight of equipment used by the United States Army and Marine Corps. [ 5 ]

6. Shackle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Certain restraint devices, such as handcuffs, legcuffs or thumbcuffs; As part of a land vehicle, a shackle is a link connecting a leaf spring to the frame; A nautical unit used for measuring the lengths of the cables and chains (especially anchor chains), equal to 15 fathoms, 90 feet or 27.432 meters.

7. List of United States Coast Guard cutters - Wikipedia

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   65 87' Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat (WPB) 66 83' patrol craft - 230 hulls, not named. 67 82' Point-class patrol boat (WPB) ... USCGC Shackle (WYTL-65609)