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    Astern (adjective): toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). Athwartships: toward the sides of a ship. Aweather: toward the weather or windward...
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    A view into the holds of a container ship. The vertical cell guides organize containers athwartships....
    80 KB (7,904 words) - 06:58, 7 May 2024
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    Individual compartments are referred to by the tank number and the athwartships position, such as "one port", "three starboard", or "six center". A cofferdam...
    84 KB (8,940 words) - 18:10, 2 May 2024
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    joist, which runs horizontally from one side of the hull to the other athwartships. Carlin – similar to a beam, except running in a fore and aft direction...
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    around which the boat rolls. The principal output axis is the transverse (athwartship) axis about which the gyro rotates or precesses in reaction to an input...
    17 KB (2,456 words) - 22:44, 16 May 2024
  • Therefore this is the dimension across the vertical sides of a keel, the athwartships face of a frame, or the fore and aft face of stem or stern post. moulded...
    251 KB (31,530 words) - 13:14, 13 May 2024
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    superstructure razed and replaced by a large hangar for two aircraft and a fixed athwartships catapult. A crane was fitted on either side of the after funnel, and...
    32 KB (3,133 words) - 11:47, 6 April 2024
  • the forecastle drier and to allow easier operation of weapons. athwart athwartships At right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship. auxiliary...
    306 KB (38,471 words) - 11:10, 13 May 2024
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    They are, per hull: 1 No. 2,500 kilowatts (3,400 hp) bow thrusters in athwartship tunnels 2 No. 3,500 kilowatts (4,700 hp) azimuthing retractable thrusters...
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    function but extend on each side of the mast and provide support in the athwartships direction. The object of both is to prevent the masts from falling down...
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    safety of the breakwater Zeebrugge Mole. The aircraft was then lashed athwartships again and the submarine left the harbour, seemingly dwarfed by the 53 ft...
    21 KB (2,767 words) - 05:57, 6 January 2024
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    and during World War II with catapults on the hangar deck that fired athwartships, but they were unpopular because of their short run, low clearance of...
    29 KB (3,205 words) - 21:51, 21 August 2023
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    array of stays and shrouds. Each stay in either the fore-and-aft or athwartships direction has a corresponding one in the opposite direction providing...
    10 KB (1,047 words) - 12:13, 12 December 2023
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    array of stays and shrouds. Each stay in either the fore-and-aft or athwartships direction had a corresponding one in the opposite direction providing...
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  • orientation to simulate an explosion at the bow or stern of the ship and athwartship to simulate an explosion by the side of the ship. A video of a barge...
    11 KB (1,513 words) - 15:07, 14 January 2022
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    array of stays and shrouds. Each stay in either the fore-and-aft or athwartships direction had a corresponding one in the opposite direction providing...
    75 KB (7,929 words) - 20:28, 21 May 2024
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    Officer of the Deck/Watch will be found, also known as the conn. (b) An athwartships structure at the forward end of the cockpit with a deck, often somewhat...
    20 KB (2,596 words) - 14:48, 23 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for USS Hornet (CV-8)
    anti-aircraft guns were added for a total of 32 mounts. In addition, her athwartships hangar-deck aircraft catapult was removed. In June 1942, following the...
    33 KB (3,623 words) - 00:07, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for USNS Salvor
    propellers. Salvor is also configured with a bow thruster which provides athwartship thrust for additional control of the bow when the ship's speed is less...
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  • a diamond aigrette, sparkled in his best gold-laced hat, worn nobly athwartships like Nelson's; he had washed and shaved (a daily custom with him, even...
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