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Aweather: toward the weather or windward side of a ship. [10] Aweigh: just clear of the sea floor, as with an anchor. [11] Below: a lower deck of the ship. [1] Belowdecks: inside or into a ship, or down to a lower deck. [12] Bilge: the underwater part of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides [13]
Ship Bottom is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,098, [11] a decrease of 58 (−5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,156, [20] [21] which in turn had reflected a decline of 228 (−16.5%) from the 1,384 counted in the 2000 census. [22]
Port – Naval term for "left side of ship" when on board a ship and facing forward, opposite of starboard. "Port" is the same with respect to a ship regardless of where a person is located or which way a person is facing, whereas "left" might be ambiguous. Portholes – military issue eyeglasses, or the wearer of glasses. See also BCGs & RPGs.
[6] [8] By 1941, the route was extended east to the intersection with Long Beach Boulevard in Ship Bottom. [9] In the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route S40 was renumbered to Route 72. [7] [10] By 1969, Route 72 was moved to a new alignment to the south between US 9 and the Manahawkin Bay Bridge; the old alignment became Route 180.
In place of the afterdeck, a ship may be built with a poop deck, that is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or "aft", part of the superstructure of a ship; a poop deck is usually higher up than an afterdeck. A ship may have its superstructure or aftercastle located in the stern and thus not have an afterdeck. The stern and ...
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It was quickly found necessary to heighten the funnels by some 15 feet (4.6 m) to clear the flue gasses from the aft superstructure. The Australian ships, Australia and Canberra had them raised a further 3 feet (0.91 m). Between 1930 and 1933 the aircraft and catapult were added, as was a high-angle HACS director for the 4-inch guns.