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67 relations: Able seaman, Automatic radar plotting aid, Boatswain, Brig, Celestial navigation, Chief mate, Compass, Deck department, Digital selective calling, Distress signal, Draft (hull), Electronic navigation, Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station, English language, Furl (sailing), Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Gyrocompass, Hawsepiper, Helmsman, Inmarsat, International Code of Signals, International Maritime Organization, International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Licensed mariner, Lifeboat (shipboard), Lookout, Man overboard, Maritime transport, MARPOL 73/78, Merchant Navy (United Kingdom), Merchant vessel, Meteorology, Morse code, Nautical chart, Nautical publications, Navigator, Navtex, Notice to mariners, Ocean current, Officer of the deck, Oil tanker, Passage planning, Physical security, Quartermaster, Radar, Reefing, Rescue craft, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Sailing Directions, ..., Sea captain, Seafarer's professions and ranks, Search and rescue transponder, SOLAS Convention, STCW Convention, Survival suit, Third mate, Tide, Tide table, Turning radius, Two Years Before the Mast, United States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Academy, United States Merchant Marine, United States Merchant Marine Academy, United States Naval Academy, Watchstanding. Expand index (17 more) »
Able seaman
An able seaman (AB) is a naval rating of the deck department of a merchant ship with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well acquainted with his duty".
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Automatic radar plotting aid
A marine radar with automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA) capability can create tracks using radar contacts.
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Boatswain
A boatswain (formerly and dialectally also), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a Petty Officer or a qualified member of the deck department, is the seniormost rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.
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Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.
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Celestial navigation
Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the ancient and modern practice of position fixing that enables a navigator to transition through a space without having to rely on estimated calculations, or dead reckoning, to know their position.
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Chief mate
A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer (except on passenger liners, which often carry both), is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship.
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Compass
A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions (or points).
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Deck department
The deck department is an organisational team on board naval and merchant ships.
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Digital selective calling
Digital selective calling or DSC is a standard for sending pre-defined digital messages via the medium-frequency (MF), high-frequency (HF) and very-high-frequency (VHF) maritime radio systems.
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Distress signal
A distress signal or distress call is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Electronic navigation
Electronic navigation are forms of navigation that ships, land vehicles, and people can use, which rely on technology powered by electricity.
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Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station is a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Furl (sailing)
Furling refers to stowing or dousing a boat's sail by flaking (folding), packing (like stuffing a spinnaker into a bag), or stowing it in part or whole using roller furling.
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Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is an internationally agreed-upon set of safety procedures, types of equipment, and communication protocols used to increase safety and make it easier to rescue distressed ships, boats and aircraft.
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Great Lakes Maritime Academy
The Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College is located on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan.
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Gyrocompass
A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used elsewhere in the universe) to find geographical direction automatically.
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Hawsepiper
Hawsepiper is an informal maritime industry term used to refer to a merchant ship’s officer who began his or her career as an unlicensed merchant seaman and did not attend a traditional maritime college/academy to earn the officer license.
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Helmsman
A helmsman or helm is a person who steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, or spacecraft.
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Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global mobile services.
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International Code of Signals
The International Code of Signals (ICS) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters.
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International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) until 1982, is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping.
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International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels.
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Licensed mariner
A licensed mariner is a person who holds a license issued by one or more countries to hold senior positions aboard ships, boats, and similar vessels.
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Lifeboat (shipboard)
A lifeboat is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.
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Lookout
A lookout or look-out is a person on a ship in charge of the observation of the sea for hazards, other ships, land, etc.
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Man overboard
"Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue.
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Maritime transport
Maritime transport is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) by water.
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MARPOL 73/78
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is short for marine pollution and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978) is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom, and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews.
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Merchant vessel
A merchant vessel, trading vessel or merchantman is a boat or ship that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.
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Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.
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Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment.
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Nautical chart
A nautical chart is a graphic representation of a maritime area and adjacent coastal regions.
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Nautical publications
Nautical publications is a technical term used in maritime circles describing a set of publications, generally published by national governments, for use in safe navigation of ships, boats, and similar vessels.
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Navigator
A navigator is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation.
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Navtex
Navtex (Navigational Telex) is an international automated medium frequency direct-printing service for delivery of navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent maritime safety information to ships.
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Notice to mariners
A notice to mariners (NTM) advises mariners of important matters affecting navigational safety, including new hydrographic information, changes in channels and aids to navigation, and other important data.
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Ocean current
An ocean current is a seasonal directed movement of sea water generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbing, temperature and salinity differences, while tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon.
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Officer of the deck
Officer of the deck (OOD) is a position in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps that confers certain authority and responsibility.
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Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.
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Passage planning
Passage planning or voyage planning is a procedure to develop a complete description of a vessel's voyage from start to finish.
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Physical security
Physical security describes security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to facilities, equipment and resources and to protect personnel and property from damage or harm (such as espionage, theft, or terrorist attacks).
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Quartermaster
Quartermaster is a military or naval term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.
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Radar
Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.
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Reefing
Reefing is the means of reducing the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself.
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Rescue craft
A rescue craft is a boat, ship or aircraft used in rescuing.
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Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast.
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Sailing Directions
Sailing Directions are written directions, describing the routes to be taken by boats and ships during coastal navigation, and port approaches.
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Sea captain
A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the merchant vessel.
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Seafarer's professions and ranks
Seafaring is a tradition which encompasses a variety of professions and ranks.
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Search and rescue transponder
A search and rescue transponder (SART) is a self-contained, waterproof transponder intended for emergency use at sea.
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SOLAS Convention
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international maritime treaty which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships.
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STCW Convention
The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 sets minimum qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships.
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Survival suit
An immersion suit, or survival suit (or more specifically an immersion survival suit) is a special type of waterproof dry suit that protects the wearer from hypothermia from immersion in cold water, after abandoning a sinking or capsized vessel, especially in the open ocean.
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Third mate
A third mate (3/M) or third officer is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship.
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Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.
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Tide table
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location.
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Turning radius
The turning radius or turning circle of a vehicle is the radius (or, depending on usage, diameter) of the smallest circular turn (i.e. U-turn) that the vehicle is capable of making.
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Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834.
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.
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United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the service academy of the United States Coast Guard, founded in 1876 and located in New London, Connecticut.
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United States Merchant Marine
The United States Merchant Marine refers to either United States civilian mariners, or to U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.
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United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (also known as USMMA or Kings Point) is one of the five United States service academies, located in Kings Point, New York.
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United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Watchstanding
Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_mate
