A. L. |
Accommodation Ladder |
A. P. |
After Perpendicular |
A. P. |
Air Port |
A. S. |
Angle Stiffener |
A. T. |
Air Tight |
Abt. |
About (Approximately) |
Aft. B. |
After Body |
Amm. |
Ammunition |
Asst. |
Assistant |
Aux. |
Auxiliary |
B. C. |
Between Centers |
B. E. |
Beveled Edge |
Bel. |
Below |
BH. |
Bulkhead |
Bhd. |
Bulkhead |
B. L. |
Base Line. |
Bat. |
Batten |
Bev. Bd. |
Bevel Board |
B. K. |
Bilge Keel, same as Rol. K. |
Bkt. |
Bracket |
Boss. Fr. Aft. |
Bossed Frames Aft |
Boss Plt. |
Boss Plate |
Br. Dk. |
Bridge Deck |
Bt. Dk. |
Boat Deck |
C. &. R. |
Construction and Repair |
C. A. |
Center ? |
C. F. |
Cut From |
C. Fr. |
Cant Frame |
C. L. |
Center Line |
C. O. |
Cut Out |
C. P. |
Coaling Port. |
C.P.O. |
Chief Petty Officers |
C. R. S. |
Cold Rolled Steel |
Ck. |
Countersink. |
Ck. O. |
Countersink Other Side |
Car. |
Carpenter |
Circ. |
Circulating |
Coam. |
Coaming |
Compt. |
Compartment |
Const. |
Construction |
Cu. ft. |
Cubic feet |
D. T. |
Dust Tight |
D. P. C. |
Diameter ? ? |
Dblr. |
Doubler |
Det. |
Detail |
Dia. |
Diameter |
Diag. L. |
Diagonal Line |
Dis. |
Discharge |
Div. |
Division. |
Dk. |
Deck |
Dr. |
Door |
E. |
Engineering |
Eng. Rm. Bhd. |
Engine Room Bulkhead |
Elec. |
Electric |
Elev. |
Elevation |
Emerg. |
Emergency |
Eng. |
Engine |
Equip. |
Equipment |
Evap. |
Evaporator |
Exp. Jt. |
Expansion Joint |
Exp. T. |
Expansion Tank |
Exist. |
Existing |
F. |
Far |
F. B. |
Flat Bar |
F. Cant. |
Forward Cant Frames |
F. K. |
Flat Keel |
F. O. |
Fuel Oil |
F. P. |
Fore Peak |
F. P. |
Forward Perpendicular |
Ft. |
Feet or Foot |
F. T. |
Flame Tight |
F. T. |
Fume Tight |
F & N |
Far and Near |
F. W. |
Fresh Water |
Freebd. |
Freeboard |
Flg. |
Flange |
Fl. Pl. |
Flange Plate |
Focstle. Dk. |
Forecastle Deck |
Ford. |
Forward |
Fr. |
Frame |
Gals. |
Gallons |
Galv. |
Galvanizing |
Garbd. Stk.
|
Garboard Strake
|
Gird. |
Girder |
H. L. |
Horizontal Line |
H. P. |
Hawse Pipe |
H. R. |
Half Round |
H. T. S. |
Heat Treated Steel ? |
Hd. |
Head |
Hlf. Bdth. |
Half Breadth |
Hse. |
House |
I. |
I-Beam |
I. D. |
Inside Diameter |
In. |
Inch |
Incl. |
Inclusive |
Inb'd. |
In-Board |
In. Bot. |
Inner Bottom |
Ins. |
Inside |
Jt. |
Joint |
J. O. |
Junior Officers |
Jog. |
Joggle |
K. |
Keel |
K. P. |
King Post |
L. |
Line |
L. B. P. |
Length Between Perpendiculars |
L. Dk. |
Lower Deck |
L. H. |
Left Hand |
L. L. L. |
Light Load Line |
L. O. A. |
Length Over All |
L. W. L. |
Load Water Line |
Ldg. |
Landing |
Lg. |
? |
Lkr. |
Locker |
Long'l. |
Longitudinal |
Lub. |
Lubricating oil |
M. Dk. |
Main Deck |
M. H. |
Manhole |
M. L. |
Molded Line |
M. P. |
Mooring Pipe |
M. S. |
Mild Steel |
M. T. |
Flametight |
Mag. |
Magazines |
Marg. Plt. |
Margin Plate |
Med. |
Medical |
Min. |
Minimum |
Mk. |
Mark |
Mld. |
Molded |
Mld. Bdth. |
Molded Breadth |
Mld. Dpth. |
Molded Depth |
Mn. |
Main |
N. |
Near |
N. T. |
Non-Tight |
Nav. |
Navigation |
Nom. |
Nominal |
O. D. |
Outside Diameter |
O. S. |
Outside |
O. T. |
Oil Tight |
Offs. |
Officers |
Op. |
Operator |
Opg. |
Opening |
Opp. |
Opposite |
Ord. |
Ordnance. |
Out Bd. |
Out Board |
P. C. |
? |
P. D. |
? Diameter ? |
P. Dk. |
Poop Deck. |
P. Mk. |
Pitch Mark |
P. T. |
? |
P & S |
Port and Starboard |
Pant. Stg'r. |
Panting Stringer |
Perp. |
Perpendicular |
Pl. |
Plate |
Prot. Dk. |
Protective Deck. |
Q. A. |
Quick Acting |
Qtrs. |
Quarters |
R. |
Radius |
R. H. |
Right Hand |
Rad. |
Radius |
Ready S. Mag. |
Ready Service Magazine. |
Rm. |
Room |
Rivs. |
Rivets |
Rol. K. |
same as Bilge Keel |
S. A. |
Shaft Alley |
S. D. |
Supply Department |
S. P. |
Stern Post |
S. R. |
State Room |
S. T. S. |
Special Treatment Steel (armor plate) |
Salut.pwdr. |
Saluting Powder. |
Scr. Bhd. |
Screen Bulkhead |
Sergt. |
Sergeant |
Set. Tk. |
Settling Tank |
Shltr. Dk. |
Shelter Deck |
Sq. |
Square |
St. M. |
Set Mark |
Stbd. |
Starboard |
Stgr. |
Stringer |
Stiffr. |
Stiffener |
Suc. |
Suction |
Sw. Pl. |
Swash Plates |
T. |
Tons |
T. |
Top |
T. S. |
Top Side |
T. T. |
Tank Top |
Temp. |
Template. |
Tk. |
Tank |
Torp. |
Torpedo |
Trans. |
Transverse |
Trans. Gird. |
Transverse Girder |
Up. Dk. |
Upper Deck |
V. T. |
Voice Tube |
V. K. |
Vertical Keel |
Vent. |
Ventilation |
Vert. |
Vertical |
W. |
Weathertight |
W. C. |
Water Closet |
W. L. |
Water Line |
W. O. |
Warrant Officer |
W. R. |
Ward Room |
W. R. |
? |
W. T. |
Watertight |
W. T. Flt. |
Watertight F. ? |