The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-22

The following extracts from the Nau.i-
cal dictionary will be of much benefit at
present to landlubbers, who have only
confused notions of the meaning Of terms
that are in constant use while the war Is
being fought:
AMIDSHIPS-The middle part of the ship.
| whether in regard to her length or
| breadth.
ANCHOR WATCH-A small number OF
men kept on duty at night while the ship
is at anchor in port, to be ready for any
thing which may suddenly turn up.
ARM AND AWAY-The order for the
small boats of ship to prepare for SER
| vice.
ARDOIS SYSTEM-Electric signal lights
carried on stay from the masthead
and made to show series OF red or
white lights.
ATHWART-Transve at right angles
| to the keel.
ARMOR INCLINED-A perpendicular
| belt running diagonaaly on board for a
short distance at the forward and after
| ends of the belt.
BACKING-The timber to which the ar
NOR plates are bolted.
| BARBETTE-A fixed circular belt of ar
NOR rigidly attached to the deck, pro-
tecting the turret, which revolves In
side. The guns fire over it. Guns are
mounted in barbette when they fire over
parapet and not through port holes.
| BATTLE LANTERN-A lantern supplied
for lighting up the decks during an en-
| gagement.
BERTH pECK-The deck next below the
| lower gun deck.
| BETWEEN DECKS-The space comprised
between any two decks.
BILGE-That part of the hull more nearly
horizontal than vertical.
BILGE KEEL-A projection on the bilge
| of a vessel parallel with the keel.
BOW CHASER-A gun mounted in the
| how to fire on a retreating vessel.
BREECH-That part of the gun abaft tho
| chamber.
BREECH BLOCK-A mass Of metal used
| to close breech of gun.
| BRIDGE-A platform extending across
| the deck above the rail, for the conven-
| fence of the officers in charge.
BULKHEAD-Any partition separating
apartments on the same deck.
| CAPSTAN-A machine used on board ship
| for raising heavy weights.
| CARTRIDGE-A case containing charge
of powder for a gun. Cartridges for
great guns are usually put up In serge
cloth bags; those for rapid-firers are put
up in copper cylinders.
CHAMBER-That part of the bore of
gun which receives the powder.
COMING TOWERING armored tower
forward, where the wheel, engine tele.
graphs, etc., are placed, and where the
captain is supposed to go to direct the
fighting of his ship in time of action.
CONVOY-A merchant fleet protected by
an armed force. The ships which delend
the merchant vessels while en- voyage.
CROSS TREES-The short arms extend
ing across the topmast.
CROWN-The roundup of the deck from
the level line.
CROWS NEST-A perch for lookout at
the masthead
CRUISER-A type just below the battle
ship and just above the gunboat An ar
mored cruiser has side or vertical armor,
and horizontal or deck armor. A pro-
tected cruiser has horizontal or deck ar
NOR only. An unprotected cruiser has
no armor.
DEAD Notwithstanding to the side
air ports. ri = ss
DEPTH OF HOLD-The perpendicular
height from the tops of the ceiling to
the top of the main deck.
DINGHEY-The smallest boat on war
ship; also dinghy and "dingy.
Ia
of the volume of water the hull of a ship
displaces.
DRAUGHT-The depth of the keel Of
ship below the surface of the water; also
spelled draft
ENSIGN-The national flag. Also the
lowest grade of commissioned officers in
the navy.
FALSE KEEL-A plank bolted to the main
keel, SO that when ship touches bot
tom the false keel will be injured anu
not the main keel.
tATHOM-A measure of six feet.
FIRST WATCH-The watch from to IL
midnight.
FLUSH DECK-A deck from stem to stern
without a break.
FORE FOOT-The forward end Of the
keel.
FORE ORLOP-That part of the ship next
forward of the hold and under the berth
deck.
FOREPEAK-The extreme forward hold
of the ship, where the paint room and
other storerooms are.
FRAMES-The several ribs which COM
pose the frame of ship. The floor plate
angle irons and reverse angle irons when
completed form rib.
FUNNEL-The large pipe for carrying off
the smoke, called often smokestack or
smoke pipe.
GANGWAY-A thoroughfare. The aper-
ture in the ships side where people en-
ter and depart.
GREAT GUNS-The heavy ordnance of a
ship-all guns above 6-inch caliber are
styled great guns; below that, guns are
now usually called rapid-firers or rapid