- CV Aircraft Carrier
- DN Dreadnaught
- BB Battleship
- CC,CB Battlecruiser
- MO Monitor
- CA Heavy Cruiser
- CL Light Cruiser
- DD Fleet Destroyer
- DE Escort Destroyer
- FF Frigate
- PE Escort
- AO Fleet "Re-Fueler"
- AOE Fast Combat Support Ship
- ATF Fleet Tug
- ARS Salvage Ship
- APD Troop Transport
Naval Terms
Abeam:
Directly beside or at a right angles to the center line of the ship
"A" Deck:
Deck in a ship is the same as a floor(s) in a building, to hit the deck means to lie on the floor very fast."
Aft
Toward the stern or back of the boat.
Ahead
Towards the bow or in front also to move in a forward direction.
Astern
In the back of the ship or to move backwards, opposite of ahead."
Beam
The greatest width of the ship.
Bow
The front part of a ship.
Bridge
The place where a ship is controlled from
Bulkhead
This is what you call on land a wall.
Dead Ahead
Directly ahead or in front of you.
Dead Astern
Directly aft or behind you.
Flag Ship
The Ship from which a fleet or squadron of ships is commanded from.
Forward
To move toward the bow of the ship or a place in the front section of a ship.
Fouled
Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied."
Galley
The kitchen area of a boat.
Mess Hall
The dining room
Hatch
A door or doorway
Midship(s)
A location equally distant from the bow and stern the middle of the ship
Overhead
The Ceiling
Port
The left side of a ship when looking forward. Also a harbor.
Quarter
The sides of a ship that is aft of amidships or back right and left sides.
Ship
A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for Deep Space travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board."
Starboard
The right side of a boat when looking forward.
Stern
The after most part of the ship.
Scuttle Butt
means rumour or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water as in the water cooler
Head
For you land lovers you would call this the Bathroom.
Naval directional terms
The easiest way to think of this is to picture and old style analog watch and the front part of the ship is pointing at the 12 and youre talking about an object or want to tell someone a direction you would say this if that object or direction is at
- 12 O-Clock: Is the Bow also to move in this direction is to move Ahead, or Forward
- 1 and 2 O-Clock: Is called the starboard bow
- 3 O-Clock : Is starboard also if its right at 3 or right beside you then you can say that it is off your Starboard Beam
- 4 and 5 O-Clock : Is the Starboard Quarter
- 6 O-Clock : Stern or Aft also if it is centered right behind you it is Dead Astern
- 7 and 8 O-Clock : Port Quarter
- 9 O-Clock: Is Port or Portside if its right at 9 it is called the Port beam
- 10 and 11 O-Clock : Is the Port Bow
Fleet Formations
Line or Column Astern
if the flagship is in front with the rest of the fleet in a line behind it is called line astern formation also column astern works just as good.
Line or Column Ahead
if the flagship is in the back with the rest of the fleet in a line in front of it, this is called the line ahead or column ahead.
Line or Column Abreast
ships are arranged in a line running in a left to right row. the flagship is generally on the extreme left with the remain members of the fleet stretch out in a line to his right.
Comments
CVN
SSN
SSBN
SNAFU
FUBAR
There's a third, but I um, forgot it.
Those are universal military terms
Well umm no you see I was meaning Naval stuff in reference to Star Trek and with the advent of Matter Antimatter Reactors used in Star Trek I really I dont see any one fielding an Nuclear Powered Air Craft Carrier, if they did it would be somewhat archaic. Also just how would one use a Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine (SSN) or a Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBM) in space?
BOHICA
is the other one.
A.again
V.olunteer
Y.ourself
Words to live by.
Know why it's called the head? In the days of the sailing ships that used to be where you went to the bathroom. There were two spars along the bow, hooked to the main sprit (?) that the crew would sit on to take a dump. They'd then haul up a piece of rope with a sponge or cloth on it to "ahem" clean themselves.
If you watch the movie 'Captain and Commander at the Far Side of the World' there's a scene when they're near the arctic in a howling snowstorm...waves crashing hard on the bow...and if you look closely you can see one miserable sailor with his pants down sitting at the head.....<LOL>.
At least, that's one of the explanations. And ya'll thought Navy service was bad now!
DDE- Destroyer Escort
CGM- Missile Cruiser
All ahead full- just what it sounds like, essentially maximum "cruising" speed
Conn- Legal control of the ship's navigation orders, "I have the conn", not the same as having command of the ship itself
Crash/Emergency Stop- just what it sounds like.
Come about- ship movement order indicating a turn, "Reliant's coming about."
Flank Speed- Redlining the engines, basically