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Ship Construction
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Undergraduate 1
11/18/2015

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Verticle motion of a floating vessel is known as a
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Heave
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heave is motion along
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vertical axis
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pitching is angular motion about what axis
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tranverse
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rolling is angular motion about the vessel at what axis?
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longitudinal
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angular motion about longitudinal axis of a vessel is
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roll
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angular movement of a vessel about a horizontal line drawn from its bow to stern
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rolling
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Horizontal fore or aft of a vessel is known as
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surge
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horizontal transverse motion is known as
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sway
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angular motion about the vertical axis of a vessel is
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yaw
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body plan of a vessel is
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endwise view of the ships molded form
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the sheer plan is
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shows longitudinal side elevation
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the half-breadth plan is
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usually drawn port side only
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the best information on the location of the blocks when drydocking a vessel is contained in the
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ships docking plan
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to determine the weight capacity of a deck in a cargo hold you would refer to the
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deck capacity plan
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the type of welding employed in shipyards es primarily
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electric arc
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welded joint is considered
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100%
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what welding pattern is not used to permanently attach a stiffener to a plate
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tack
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the welds used to join shell plated in a flush construction are known as
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butt welds
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the welds used to attach stiffeners to a plate are called
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fillet welds
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which of the following weld faults can only be detected by a method that examines the eternal structure of a weld
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lack of penetration
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the smallest size of flaw that can be detected on a radiograph examination of a weld will be indicated by the
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penetrometer
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which of the following types of weld testing can be used to detect any internal flaws
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radiographic
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which of the following types of weld testing can be used to detect any internal flaw
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ultrasonic
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ultrasonic testing is used to determine the thickness of a vessel's shell plating and to
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test welds for subsurface defects
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which of the following is true concerning repairs on the hull of a vessel which is too be riveted and welded
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welding must be completed before the riveting begins
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Sometimes it is desirable to connects a member both by riveting and welding. which statement is true concerning this procedure
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the welding must be completes before the riveting begins
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rivets are made of
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mild steel
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a "liner"in a riveted construction of a vessel is a
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small plate which fills the aperture between riveted strakes and the vessel framing
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when riveted joints occur at the ends of plating they are called
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butts
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after riveting is completed the joints on the shell of a vessel are generally made water tight by
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caulking
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the "grip" of a joint represents the
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thickness of the connected members
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the distance between rivets in a row is known as the
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pitch
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how are riveted joints made watertight
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the plate edge is split close to an adjacent plate and mechanically forced into contact with the adjacent plate
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the type of joint formed when a third small plate is riveted over two plates butted together is called a
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strap joint
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the use of liners in riveted construction is eliminated by using
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joggled construction
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which of the following is not an item that requires the vessel to be dry docked
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verification of load line measurements
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while in drydock your vessel will be belt gauged. this process involves
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drilling or sonic testing the hull to determine the plate thickness
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a large basin cut into the shore closed off by a caisson and used for drydocking of ships is known as
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graving dock
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wale shores would be used when drydocking a vessel with
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excessive deadrise
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which of the following statements about a vessels stability while drydocking is true
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everyton of weight bearing on the blocks acts as if a ton of weight was removed from the keel
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the maximum length allowed between main transverse bulkheads on a vessel is referred to as the
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permissible length
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a carling is used aboard a ship
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to stiffen areas under points of great stress between beams
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the pillar shape that gives the greatest strength for the least weight is the
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circular type pillar
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the term "scantlings" refers to the
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measurements of structural members
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the usual depth of a beam bracket is
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2 1/2 times the depth of the beam
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the deck beam brackets of a transversely framed vessel resist
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racking stress
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the strength of a deck will be increased by adding
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deck beam brackets
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beams are cambered to
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provide drainage from the decks
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the space above the engine room is called the
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fidley
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a strongback refers to
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a bar securing a cargo port
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a fitting used to secure line or wire rope consisting of a single body and two protruding horns is called the
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bollard
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a partial deck in the hols is called the
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orlop deck
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by definition a spar deck is
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upeer or weather deck above the main strength deck
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the fore and aft run of deck plating witch strengthens the connection between the beams ans the frames and keeps the beams square to the shell is called the
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stinger strake
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which is not an advantage of double bottoms
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they are less expensive to construct because of the increased access space
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the inner bottom is the
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tank top
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a term applied to the bottom shell plating in a double bottom ship is
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outer bottom
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the terms ceiling and margin plate are associated with the
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tank top
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the purpose of a bilge well is to
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collect water to be pumped out
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limber is associated with
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drainage
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when using the term limber system one is referring to a
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drainage system
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which statement concerning solid floors is true
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they may have lightening limber of air holes cut into them
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the floors in a vessels hull structure are kept from tripping or folding over by
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bottom longitudinals
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which is an advantage of using watertight longitudinal divisions in a double bottom tank
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cuts down free surface effect
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the floors in a vessels hull structure are kept from tripping or rolling over by
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bottom longitudinals
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the margin plate is the
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outboard strake of plating on each side of an inner bottom
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vertical structural members attached to the floors that add strength to the floors are called
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stiffeners
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in ship construction frame spacing
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reduced at the bow and stern
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to rigidly fasten together the peak frames the stern and the outside framing a horizontal plate is fitted across the forepeak of a vessel. this plate is called
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breast hook
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battens are fitted in cargo holds across the frames of the vessel from the turn of the bilge upward. the purpose of these cargo battens is
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to prevent cargo from coming in contact with the vessels frames or shell plating
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what is the purpose of cant frames in steel vessels
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provide strength to shell plating at the stern
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panting frames are located in the
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fore and after peaks
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on a single screw vessel a function of the stern frame is
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furnishing support to the rudder propeller shaft and transom frame
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the terms cant frame and counter are associated with the vessels
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stern
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lighter longitudinal stiffening frames on the vessels side plating are called
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stringers
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reinforcing frames attached to a bulkhead on a vessel are called
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stiffeners
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in a transversely framed ship the transverse frames are supported by all of the following except
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web plates
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in a longitudinally framed ship the longitudinal frames are held in place and supported be athwartship members
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web frames
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in ship construction keel scantlings should be greatest
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amidships
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keel scantlings of any vessel are greatest amidships because
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of maximum longitudinal bending momnets
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bilge keels are fitted on ships to
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reduce rolling of the vessel
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which statement about the design of the bilge keel is correct
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they are joined to the shell plate with a weak joint
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bilge keels are more effective at dampening rolls as the
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rolls increase
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the extension of the after part of the keel in a single screw vessel upon which the stern post rests is called the
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skeg
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shell plating is
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the outer plating of a vessel
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shell plating that has curvature in two directions and must be heated and hampered to shape over specially prepared forms is called
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furnaced plate
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the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed end to end is called
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butt
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joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side is called a
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seam
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which arrangement of shell plating is used most on modern shipbuilding
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flush
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which is not an advantage of using welded butt joints in the shell plates
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reduces plate stress
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which of the following is not required to be approved by USCG before being used on inspected vessels
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steel plate used in hull construction
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a vessel is constructed with a steel hull and aluminum superstructure, what statement is true
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the aluminum structure is usually attached to a steel coaming by a method that insulated the two metals
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the term strake is used in reference
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to hull plating
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the strake on each side of the keel is called the
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garboard strake
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in vessel construction the garboard strake is
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located next to and parallel to the keel
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another name for the garboard strake is the
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A strake
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to reduce the number of strakes at the bow two strakes are tapered and joined at their ends by a single plate. this plate is the
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stealer strake
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owing to the greather girth of a ship amidships than at the ends certain strakes are dropped as they approach the bow and stern to reduce the amount of plating at the ends. these strakes are called
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drop strakes
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as the prop turns voids are formed on the trailing and leading edges of the propeller blades causing a low in propulsive efficiency pitting of the blades and vibration tese voids are called
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cavitation
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the distance that a ship moves forward with each revolution of its propeller is called
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pitch
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which of the following statements about a tunnel bow thruster is true
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it provides lateral control without affecting headway
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ordinarily the use of the bow thruster becomes ineffective
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over 3 knots of headway
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which statement about tunnel bow thrusters fitted to large vessels is true
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when going astern at slow speed they provide effective steering control
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circular steel structures that are installed around the propeller of a towboat are the
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nozzles
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kort nozzles are installed around the prop of some vessels to
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increase thrust of the propeller
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a kort nozzle refers to a
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hollow tube surrounding the propeller used to improve thrust
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the ratio of the height of a vessels rudder to its width is referred to as the
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aspect ratio
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a contra-guide is a type of
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rudder
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the projecting lugs of the rudderpost wich furnish support to the rudder are called the
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grudgeons
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the term pintle and gudgeon are associated with the
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rudder
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the horizontal flat surfaces where the upper stock joins the rudder are the
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rudder palms
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What is a cofferdam
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void or empty space separating two tanks
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a cofferdam is
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made by placing two bulkheads a few feet apart
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the perforated elevated bottom of the chain locker which prevents the chains from touching the main locker bottom and allows seepage water to flow to the drains is called
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manger
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flame screens are used to
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prevent flames from entering tanks
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which statement is true concerning protection of double bottom tanks against excessive pressure
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the total area of the vents or the overflow shall be at least 125% the area of the fill line
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what is used to prevent accidental flooding of a double bottom tank in the event of a pipe rupture due to collision
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a separate line fitted with a non return valve must be provided for each tank
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a spark arrestor
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prevents sparks from getting out of an engines exhaust system
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