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Watchstanding — Sailor holding a flexible machine gun to be mounted in one of the turrets on the PBY Catalina behind him. Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously around the… … Wikipedia
Chief mate — The Chief Mate is customarily in charge of the ship s cargo and deck crew. General Other names : Chief Officer, First Mate, First Officer. De … Wikipedia
Third Mate — Infobox shipping job name = Third mate othernames = Third officer photo = Life vest.jpg photo department = Deck department licensed = Yes epoch = location = watch at sea = Mate on watch watch at sea time = 8 12, 20 24 watch in port = Mate on… … Wikipedia
Chief Mate — Infobox shipping job name = Chief Mate othernames = Chief Officer, First Mate, First Officer. photo = Chief mate cargo handling.jpg photo cargo and deck crew. department = Deck department reports to = Captain. licensed = Yes epoch = location =… … Wikipedia
Second Mate — Infobox shipping job name = Second mate othernames = Second officer photo = Sekstant.jpg photo department = Deck department licensed = Yes epoch = location = watchstander = watch at sea = Mate on watch watch at sea time = 00:00 04:00, 12:00 16:00 … Wikipedia
Watch system — Main article: Watchstanding A watch system, watch schedule or watch bill is a method of assigning regular periods of work duty aboard ships and some other areas of employment. A watch system allows the ship s crew to effectively operate the ship… … Wikipedia
Ordinary seaman — This article is about a civilian occupation. For a military rank, see ordinary seaman (rating). Ordinary seaman Ordinary seamen swabbing the deck. General Department&# … Wikipedia
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Seamanship — is the art of operating a ship or boat. It involves a knowledge of a variety of topics and development of specialised skills including: navigation and international maritime law; weather, meteorology and forecasting; watchstanding; ship handling… … Wikipedia
SS Andrea Doria — was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home ported in Genoa, Italy. Named after the 16th century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the Andrea Doria had a gross tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200… … Wikipedia
