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Appendix I Glossary - 14325_624
Appendix II Basic Reading List - 14325_627

Basic Military Requirements (BMR) Revised Edition
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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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