Navy Vocabulary
Terms
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- adrift
- Loose from moorings and out of control
- aft-end
- Near or toward the stern of the vessel
- all hands
- The entire ship's company, both officer and enlisted
- allotment
- An amount of money a member has coming out of his regular pay
- aye-aye
- Reply to an order or command meaning "I understand and will comply"
- barracks
- Building where Sailors live
- below
- Downstairs
- brightwork
- Brass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted
- bunk or rack
- Bed
- buoy
- An anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object
- carry on
- An order to resume work or duties
- cast off
- To throw off; to let go; to unfurl
- chain locker
- Compartment in which anchor chain is stowed
- chit, chit book
- Coupon or receipt book
- chow hall (mass deck)
- Place to eat
- colors
- Raising or lowering of the national flag, ceremonies held at 0800 and sunset for hoisting and hauling down the national ensign
- deep six
- To dispose of by throwing over the side
- ensign
- National flag; commissioned officer between the rank of Chief Warrant Officer and Lieutenant Junior Grade
- fast
- Snugly secured
- Fathom
- A unit of length equal to 6ft used for measuring the depth of water
- field day
- General cleaning day, usually te day before an inspection
- first lieutenant
- Officer responsible to the XO for the deck department/dicision aboard ship, or the command maintenance
- flag officer
- Any commissioned officer in paygrade 0-7 or above
- galley
- kitchen
- gangway
- An opening in a bulwark or lifeline that provides access to a brow or accommodation ladder; an order meaning to clear the way
- gear locker
- Storage room
- geedunk
- Candy, gum or cafeteria
- general quarters
- Battle stations
- ground tackle
- All the equipment used in mooring or anchoring a ship
- hatch
- Door
- head
- Bathroom
- jack box
- Access box to sound-powered phone circuitry
- ladder
- A device to allow movement of personnel one level to another; stairs
- leave
- Authorized vacation
- liberty
- Permission to leave the base usually for not more than 48 hours
- lifeline
- Lines erected around the weatherdecks of a ship to revent personnel from falline or being washed over the side
- overhead
- ceiling
- passageway
- hallway
- quarters
- Assembling of all hands for muster, instruction and inspection
- rating
- A job specialty title
- reveille
- Wake up, start a new day
- scullery
- Place to wash dishes
- scuttlebutt
- Drinking fountain; a rumor
- secure
- Lock, put away or stop work
- sickbay
- Hospital or Medical clinic
- swab
- Mop
- taps
- Time to sleep, end of day
- tattoo
- Five minutes before taps
- topside
- Upstairs
- turn to
- Begin work
- working aloft
- Working above the highest deck; generally performing maintenance on the ship's mast