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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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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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superstructure razed and
replaced by a
large hangar for two
aircraft and a
fixed athwartships catapult. A
crane was ****ed on
either side of the
after funnel, and...
- 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...
- A view into the
holds of a
container ship. The
vertical cell
guides organize containers athwartships....
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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...
- 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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during World War II with
catapults on the
hangar deck that
fired athwartships, but they were unpo****r
because of
their short run, low
clearance of...
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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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Individual compartments are
referred to by the tank
number and the
athwartships position, such as "one port", "three starboard", or "six center". A cofferdam...
