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Tattletale
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A bight of (usually) colored manila tan 320 thread hanging between two fixed points on a working line. as the load increases, the line stretches, gradually tightening the thread, until it is taut, showing the line has reached its safe working load. not to be confused with telltale.
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Tattooing, английский
The mariners’ obsession with body decoration began in the 17th century among roman catholic sailors who believed that a tattooed crucifix would serve to identify their corpses and ensure a proper funeral with all the churchly rites of burial. a century later sailors often had a pig tattooed on one foot and a rooster on the other, the superstition being that since neither of these creatures can swim, in the event of shipwreck, they would rush ashore taking the seaman with them. it is believed they got the idea from polynesian natives, some of whom were tattooed with sacred pigs and other charms.
Task organization, английский
A temporary formation of warships, assembled under unified command to accomplish a specific objective, or constituted on a more permanent basis to carry out a complete mission. developed for the pacific campaigns of world war ii, task organization provides a unit commander with a flexible and efficient command and control structure and is the standard operational format of the postwar u.s. navy. the largest task-oriented entity is the fleet, identified by a single digit (e.g., 7th fleet). the next largest is a task force identified by adding a second digit (e.g., tf 71). each further subdivision is identified by a decimal point and a sequence number. for example (reading backward) te 71.12.4.10 refers to the tenth task element of the fourth task unit of the twelfth task group in the first task force of the 7th fleet. none of these formations has any prescribed structure and can be re-arranged or disbanded as operationally required.
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