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Appendix I Glossary-Cont. - 12018_727
Appendix II Basic Reading List - 12018_729

Basic Military Requirements (BMR) - Requirement for military advancement
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TURN TO—Start working. UP  ALL  LATE  BUNKS—An  order  to  personnel entitled to sleep after reveille to get up. UPPER DECK—The first deck above the main deck. VEER—(1) To allow a line, wire, or chain to run out by its own weight. (2) To swerve. (3) Act of the wind in changing direction clockwise. VOID—An empty tank. WAIST—The amidships section of the main deck. WAKE—Trail left by a vessel, or other object, moving through the water. WARDROOM—Officers’ messing compartment. WATCH—(1) One of the periods (usually 4 hours) into which a day is divided. (2) A particular duty, as lifebuoy  watch. (3) The act of a buoy or other marker  in  indicating  the  position  of  a  sunken object. WATERTIGHT  INTEGRITY—The  degree  of quality of watertightness. WAY—(1) Horizontal motion of a floating body. (2) Launching track in a shipbuilding yard. WEATHER  DECK—Any  deck  exposed  to  the elements. WET DOCK—A basin formed by the construction of barriers with gates in a harbor of great tidal ranges to prevent ships from being stranded during low tides. Ships enter the basin at high tide, the gates are closed, and the water is retained in the basin when the tide ebbs. WHARF—Similar to a quay, but constructed in the fashion of a pier. WHIPPING—Binding on the end of a line or wire to prevent unraveling. WILDCAT—That portion of a windlass that engages the links of the anchor chain so that the anchor can be heaved in. WINDWARD—Toward the direction from which the wind is blowing. YARD—Spar set athwartships across the upper part of a mast. YARDARM—The  port  or  starboard  half  of  the horizontal crosspiece of the mast that is either the port or starboard yardarm. YAW—The act of a vessel when its heading is thrown wide of its course by a force from astern, such as a heavy following sea. AI-13







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