what is centerboard (naval glossary)?
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A centerboard or daggerboard is a board that is lowered in the middle of a small sailboat to create a surface directing the boat forward when the wind hits the sail at an angle.  Also know as the keel
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Tabular Firing Table\nGraphical Firing Table\nGraphical Site Table
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BM stands for "Boatswain's Mate" (pronounced "Bosun's Mate"), and is a job description, rather than a rank.\n\nFor more info, check here:\nhttp://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/bm.htm\nhttp://www.npc.navy.mil/Enlisted/CommunityManagers/SurfaceCSOPS/BoatswainsMateBM.htm
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yea usaswimming \n\nhttp://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx
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xe·bec also ze·bec or ze·beck\n\nnoun\n\nA small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.
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ship maker?\nyahct maker?\nferry maker?\netc
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lol first of all wellcome back reporter, i missed you.ok a klub missile is a russian built anti ship anti submarine missle(n.a.t.o name ss-n-27).it's the state of the art modern missile capable of destrying any modern stealth ship or submarine, it's the only one of its kind in the world, here i'll give you the link to it,
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This says it better than I could\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_ship
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you can look up on the internet and search for the database of NAVY UIC's that has the command hierarchy and you willi find it
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Center of gravity of the displaced liquid is the center of bouyancy. The (resultant) weight of the vessel acts at the center of gravity(downwards) and the (resultant) bouyant force acts at the center of bouyancy upwards.\n\nIt is better to have the center of gravity lower than the center of boyancy. for stabality. The lower it is the more stable.\n\nThis is because, if the vessel is tilted, the weight and the bouyant force make a couple. This can be against the tilt or with the tilt. If center of bouyancy is lower than center of gravity, it will tilt more. And vice versa.\n\n YOu can find this out by drawing small diagram of the forces.\n\nAlso you can try this. \nTake a pencil. \nhold it vertical but little tilted. \nnow assume, the bottom end is center of bouyancy and top end is center of gravity.\n\nso, push up form the bottom and push down form the top. You will see that the pencil becomes horizontal. i.e you ship sinks.\n\nIf you assume the opposite - take the top to be the center of bouyancy. Pull the top up and the bottom down. The pencil straightens. YOur ship stabalises.
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frontispiece: \nfront illustration facing the title page of a book\n\nappendix:\nsupplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
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An acronym for "Sound Navigation And Ranging".\n\nSONAR is an instrument that detects reflected sound waves and is used to locate objects underwater, originally invented for detecting submarines by small warships.\n\nIt can be described as a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
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Yes, I read about it.\n\nHere's the Navy's official version:\nhttp://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm
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spaceship\nbattleship\nsportsmanship\nscholarship\nsponsorship\ncraftsmanship\nfriendship\ncensorship\npartnership\ntradesmanship\nmembership\nownership
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You mean a buoy. Is simply a marker like a sign on a highway.\nDefinition is: \n\n1.  A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.\n2. A life buoy.\n\nThe navigation aids booklet shows all different color systems for buoys. Captains and Navigators refer to charts and color codings to understand what each buoy means.\n\nA RED one means .... stay away from this point. Could be an underwater ROCK or Wreck, etc.
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A kind of pirate. More precisely "an early 17th century term that the English used for a buccaneer in the Caribbean".\n\nHave a look to other definitions:\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Afilibuster
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The longest acronym, according to the 1965 edition of Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary, is ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC, a United States Navy term that stands for "Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command."