| azores current | A slow and constant branch of the north atlantic current, which itself is part of the gulf stream. b |
| baboon watch | Usn slang for those assigned to anchor or harbor watch while the rest of the crew relaxes or goes ashore on liberty. |
| back the anchor | To increase the holding power of an anchor by planting a smaller one ahead of it, and connecting the two with chain or cable. |
| back to battery | [1] usn term describing the re-alignment of a gun muzzle to its firing position. [2] usn slang for a return to duty after illness or injury. |
| back water | [1] command to oarsmen to reverse the usual method of rowing, usually to slow down the boat. [2] water thrown back by the turning of a paddle- wheel or propeller. подпор; оборотная вода; |
| backrope | A guy that secures the dolphin striker, counterbalancing the pull of the bowsprit. |
| backspring | Mooring line leading aft from the bow to a cleat or bollard ashore. |
| backstaff | Obsolete instrument for determining the sun’s altitude while facing away from it, thereby avoiding eye damage. invented in 1590 by john davis and sometimes called davis’ quadrant. |
| bad conduct | Behavior violating regulations or disturbing others. if consistent, it justifies a “bad conduct” discharge from the usn or an “snlr” (services no longer required) discharge from the rn. neither is... |
| bad hat | This british slang for a dishonorable or untrustworthy person goes back to the days when seamen were expected to make their own headgear from tarred canvas or woven straw. the clumsy sailor who co... |
| bad relief | A person who is late in taking over the watch. |
| badan | Small sailboat used in the gulf of oman. characterized by straight stem and sharp stern with a false sternpost. |
| badgerbag | Nickame for neptune. |
| badra | An australian double-rigged fishing dugout. |
| baffle zone | An cone-shaped area in the water roughly 30° on either side of the stern of a ship or submarine where its acoustic baffle and propeller noise create a blind area known as the sonar gap in which a ... |
| baghla | A fast-sailing two-masted lateen-rigged vessel used in the red sea, persian/arabian gulf, and indian ocean for both commerce and piracy. also bagala. |
| baie de chaleur fireship | The large inlet of baie de chaleur lies at the boundary of the canadian provinces of quebec and new brunswick and has been listed as one of the “thirty most beautiful bays of the world.” it is the... |
| bail out | [1] to parachute-jump or eject from an aircraft in distress. [2] to empty a boat of water by bailing. [3] to rescue someone from a predicament. |
| balandrina | A sloop-rigged peruvian fishing boat. |
| baldheaded | Said of a sailing ship underway without topmasts or headsails. |
| baleira | A brazilian whaling boat propelled by sails or oars. |
| balener | A whaling vessel similar to a brig. from the french baleine = whale. |
| balinger | [1] a 15th century european sloop-ofwar. [2] a trading vessel found in the philippines and moluccas. |
| ballam | A dugout fishing boat used on the malabar coast of india. |
| ballast bag | A waterproof bag laid on the floor of a hold, and filled or emptied by means of a pump and hose. ballast-shooting: the illegal practice of throwing ballast overboard while in port. |
| ballistic bulkhead | A strengthened barrier to protect crew and equipment from the effects of gunfire. |
| ballistic correction | [1] adjustment to the aim of a gun. [2] regulation of a gyro-compass. |
| ballistic damping | A gyro-compass error caused by the momentum of its damping fluid during a sudden change of course or speed. |
| ballistic missile submarine | A military submersible designed and armed to attack strategic land targets with conventional (e.g., tomahawk) or nuclear missiles. |
| balok | A lug-rigged malayan trading vessel. |
| baltic bow | One which recedes sharply to ride over ice and crush a pathway by the ship’s own weight. |
| baltic exchange | The world’s oldest global marketplace for the matching of ships and cargoes, founded in 1744 at the virginia & baltick coffee house in london and still uk based. it provides six daily indices of s... |
| baltimore clipper | A lengthy, tall, and speedy 19th century schooner with sharply raked stem and masts, used extensively by american slavers and smugglers. |
| baluk | A six-oared istanbul harbor rowboat. |
| bamboozle | Was originally a piratical term for hoisting a false national flag to deceive potential prey into thinking they were friendly. it has entered common usage to mean getting the better of someone by ... |
| bandanna | This bright cotton scarf, popular with sailors and pirates as a head covering or neckerchief, was originally purchased by seamen from hindu merchants whose name for tie-dyed material was bandhnu.<... |
| banderole | - A small streamer flown at the masthead to indicate wind direction.
- Скульптурный или нарисованный орнамент в виде ленты с надписью
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| bangkong | Variation of the prahu, favored by dyaks. |
| bank effect | Phenomenon encountered in narrow channels, where the nearest bank tends to create a cushion which repels the bow, and a suction which attracts the stern, making steering difficult. |
| bank fires | To conserve fuel by allowing the furnace to burn down low, then cutting off the supply of oxygen by covering the fires with ashes and closing the doors of the furnace and ash-pit. since the fuel i... |
| bar shot | A pair of cannonballs or half-balls joined by a bar. when fired from cannon, it would open up and spin around its center to slice through enemy rigging (cf. chain shot, star shot). |
| baratarian | A pirate-privateer-smuggler operating in the mississippi delta and the gulf of mexico. |
| barbary coast | [1] the littoral of north africa, extending from egypt to the atlantic, inhabited chiefly by and named after the berbers. [2] the waterfront district in san francisco. renowned for the many saloon... |
| barbary piracy | Piracy and the slave trade had long been major sources of revenue for states on the barbary coast. during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, corsair galleys and sailing ships ranged well bey... |
| barbary states | Formerly, algiers, morocco, tripoli, tunis, and some minor states along the barbary coast, nominally under ottoman rule, but effectively independent under rulers known as pasha, dey, or bey. |
| barbary wars | By the late eighteenth century, most european nations found it easier to pay exorbitant ballista 34 “tribute” (protection money) than try to stamp out the corsair trade. only the french and britis... |
| barcap | Barrier combat air patrol. |
| bare boat | Charter party term indicating that only the vessel is chartered. the charterer appoints master and crew, and assumes all operating expenses. |
| bare poles | Masts with sails removed or fullyfurled. |
| barge boards | English term for bilge boards, socalled because they were a feature of dutch barges. |
| barnacle | - A small shellfish prone to attach itself to the underwater hull of ships.
- Человек, крепко держащийся за свое место или должность
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| barrage balloons | Unmanned, lighter-than-air, gas-filled blimps, anchored by steel cables to winches on the ground. their purpose was to create genuine and psychological hazards which would deter lowlevel air attac... |
| barricoe | A small cask, keg, or barrel. from the spanish bareca. (see also breaker.) |
| barrier/barricade | A net suspended transversely across an aircraft carrier’s deck, to prevent aircraft which miss the arrester wires from crashing into parked planes or going over the side. |
| barrier cap | A combat air patrol forward-deployed to intercept incoming air attacks before they reach the carrier group. |
| barrier ice | Ice which has broken off the outer edge of an ice sheet. |
| barrier patrol | A detachment of warships, possibly accompanied by aircraft, deployed to intercept hostile air, surface, or submarine forces before they reach a designated line. |
| barrier reef | A partially-submerged coral outcrop, running roughly parallel to the shore and separated from it by deep water. bartley’s ordeal: in february 1891, james bartley, an apprentice seaman, was on his ... |
| footnote reading | “james bartley—1870–1909. a modern jonah.” this story was headlined in newspapers and found its way into numerous other publications, both secular and religious, the latter including serious bible... |
| base ring | See carriage. опорное кольцо; опорное кольцо (окрайка); |
| base speed | The speed made good by a zigzagging vessel. |
| baseplate | - See bedplate.
- Metal casting which supports and holds a flat bottom rail on a sleeper.
основная плата;; подложка; |
| basic seamanship | When an apprentice seaman first comes on board he or she has to begin by learning three fundamentals of the mariner’s trade. these are [1] to know the ropes. [2] to box the compass, and [3] to ide... |
| batavia mutiny | The dutch east india company’s voc batavia left holland on her maiden voyage to batavia (now jakarta, indonesia) in company with seven other ships of various sizes. she was the finest indiaman afl... |
| bathymetric chart | A map showing bottom contours by means of lines and color-coding. |
| bathymetric current | A deep flow that does not reach the surface. |
| bathyscaphe | A small submersible designed for deep ocean exploration. bathy-thermograph: a device for measuring water temperature at various depths. |
| batsman | Person who directed pilots landing on an aircraft carrier before the introduction of automated techniques for high-speed aircraft. so-called because he signaled the incoming pilots with a pair of ... |
| battalion landing team | For amphibious landings, the united states marine corps assembles task organized teams, typically consisting of an infantry battalion reinforced with an artillery battery; a platoon each of tanks,... |
| batteau | Former type of north american riverboat, usually pole-propelled. |
| battery reference plane | An arbitrarily chosen plane, usually within the ship, from which angles of elevation are measured. see deckplane and naval surface fire control. |
| battle bowler | World wars i and ii rn slang for an anti-shrapnel steel helmet, whose shape resembled a bowler hat. (also tin hat.) |
| battle dress | Usn term for flash-protective and splinter-resistant clothing for wear in combat. the rn term is “anti-flash gear.” |
| battle efficiency | Ability to meet exacting standards of combat readiness. the usn holds an annual battle efficiency competition and the winning unit is entitled to paint a white “e” on each side of the bridge and f... |
| battle fatigue | - See combat fatigue.
- Психическая травма, полученная в ходе боевых действий
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| battle flags | In the days of sail it was common practice for warships to wear at least two and often three oversized ensigns, one on each mast. this served to identify their nationality in the smoke and confusi... |
| battle group | See strike group. |
