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Brown paper warrant
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One issued on a captain’s authority and revocable by him.
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Brown shirt, английский
Personnel working on a usn aircraft carrier flight deck wear colored shirts for easy identification. brown shirts are worn by plane captains and flight deck petty officers. brown-shoe: former usn slang for officers in naval aviation (cf. black-shoe). seldom used since khakis were introduced and all officers wear brown shoes.
Broom at the masthead, английский
[1] in the days of sailing ships, a long-handled broom worn at the masthead signified that the vessel was for sale and bids would be welcome. [2] there is a tradition (possibly apocryphal) that dutch admiral michael adriaansoon de ruyter hoisted a broom on his flagship to signify he had swept the british fleet aside during his daring raid in the thames estuary in 1667. [3] in the modern usn a broom is sometimes raised to the masthead to show that the vessel has been awarded a battle efficiency pennant.
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