Glossary of Shipbuilding and Outfitting Terms

anchor angle attached bain marie beam bilge block boat boiler bolt bottom bowl brass bulkhead capacity carbon carbon steel cargo chain connection cover crucible steel Crusader cubic cubic foot cutter cutting edge cylinder deck Deck Department deep diameter drill drop-forged electric Engine Room Tools equal equipment feet fitted flange flat follows frame gage gear glass hammer handle hardie hole head heat heavy holder hole hook hose inches iron joint knurled length over-all lifeboats mast metal Millers Falls Morse taper Pans piece pipe thread piston plate plug pounds pressure pump rivets rope rowlocks rudder salinometer screw shaft shank shape ship ship's side socket square Stanley-Atha steam steel blade stern Steward's Department stuffing box surface tank taper term applied tool steel tube U. S. Std usually valve vessel weight approx welding width wire wire rope wood Wrenches