Abaft
31aft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. abaft, astern, rearward. See rear. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abaft, rearward, behind; see back . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. astern, abaft, back. ANT.: fore, front …
32Spencer — Spen cer, n. (Naut.) A fore and aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of… …
33Spencer mast — Spencer Spen cer, n. (Naut.) A fore and aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; named after its inventor, Knight Spencer …
34Rudder — A rudder is a device used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, or other conveyance that move through a fluid (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw and p factor and is not the primary …
35USS Memphis (SSN-691) — USS Memphis (SSN 691), a Los Angeles class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News,… …
36USS Wahoo (SS-238) — See Wahoo for other ships of the same name.USS Wahoo (SS 238) was a Gato class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies. (The other was SS 565.) Wahoo earned six… …
37USS Sealion (SS-315) — USS Sealion (SS/SSP/ASSP/APSS/LPSS 315), a Balao class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific. She is sometimes referred to as Sealion II ,… …
38Aft — For the acronym, see AFT. Aft, in naval terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning towards the stern of the ship , when the frame of reference is within the ship. Example: Able Seaman Smith; lay aft! . Or; What s happening aft? Its antonym is …
39USS Plymouth (PG-57) — USS Plymouth (PG 57), a patrol gunboat, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 on Plymouth Bay, about 35 miles southeast of Boston. Plymouth s keel was laid… …
40USS Tangier (AV-8) — The second USS Tangier (AV 8) was a cargo ship, converted to a seaplane tender in the United States Navy during World War II. Tangier laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 51) as Sea Arrow on 18 March 1939 at Oakland, California …
