Boatswains Mate Flashcards
Dates and results of all the inspections (personnel, material, lower deck, locker, seabag) are entered in the what?
Section leaders notebook
Information about bunk and locker assignments is entered in what bill?
Watch quarter and station
command has two parts—a preparatory command and a what?
Command of execution
An order has as many as how many parts
Five
Safety precautions are located in what’s SERIES
OPNAVINST 5100
Personnel working aloft must wear safety harnesses with what assemblies?
Dynabrake
Two types of safety lines are used. One is a 6—foot—1 1/2-inch nylon line with a steel snap hook at either end. The other is a what size nylon line?
50 ft, 1 1/2 inch
Burning, welding, and blowtorch operations are not permitted on a s age or boatswain’s chair unless the bridles, stage lines, and gantlines are of what?
Steel wire
What dates back to the days of sail. It had definite practical uses in those days, many of which have now ceased to exist‘?
Boatswains pipe (originally termed a “call”)
The four correct positions of the hand for using the boatswain’s pipe are what?
Open, curved, closed, and clinched
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are made as an ordinary whistle is blown and are raised or lowered by the lung force exerted?
Smooth
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are sounded by ballarding the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, imitating a whistle rattled by a pee?
Rattled
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are made by a combination of the tongue slowly vibrating while the throat pulsates the lung pressure, causing the sound to undulate smoothly at equal intervals?
Undulating notes
are derived lrom using individual scores or combinations of scores?
Calls
call is piped to avast hauling and make fast and to annul an order just Piped
Belay
What is the pipe equivalent to ho heave ho heave by voice when the gang is heaving together on a line.
Haul
What call consists of“Passing the word” and a long (l0—second) “Veer, in the clinched position‘?
Pipe down
Mess call is the longest of the calls; it should cover no less than how long‘?
1 minute
What is the aristocrat of all the calls on the boatswain’s pipe?
Piping the Sid
If you have any doubt about how an announcement should be worded, ask whom?
OOD
What shows the sea watch stations that must be manned and the divisions required to man them
Ships organization and regulations manual
Keep pipe what distance from the microphone to avoid damaging the circuit
12 inches
What contains a complete chronological record of the ship’s history, from the time of commissioning to the day the commission pennant comes down and the ship’s active career terminates?
Ships deck log
The Ship’s deck log is submitted to the Chief of Naval Operations how often for permanent retention, and the copy is retained on board the ship for a period of 1 year, after which time it may be destroyed?
Monthly
The remarks in the Ship’s deck log are recorded daily by watches except when specifically directed otherwise by whom?
Chief of naval operations
You have two excellent guides in making out the ship’s deck log——lnstructions for Keeping Ship’s Deck Log, what instruction number? And the Watch ()l’lieer’s Guide
OPNAVINST 3100.7
One of the most important records that you, as a Boatswain’s Mate, are responsible for is what? This is a permanent record of your ground tackle and its use
Anchor log
Inspection is made of all the spaces and compartments except those carrying fuel oil, water, or other liquids and those designated as voids, collerdams, ballast tanks, or double bottoms how often‘?
Weekly
What is neither official nor required. But it‘ you maintain one, you will Find it of great assistance in planning work for your section and integrating the work load of your section with that of the division?
Work record
The 3-M System is covered in what instruction which is the ship’s 3—M Manual‘?
OPNAVINST 4790.4 (SERIES)
At first, most honors and ceremonies rendered by our navy were carried over from the what?
British navy
Tradition dictates that each ship constructed for the service be honored in how many historic ceremonial occasions
4
The first milestone in the history of a ship is generally simple ceremony that marks the what?
Laying of the keel
The regulations for at—sea disposition of remains casketed in a metal casket and inumed cremated remains (cremains) from a naval vessel or inumed cremains from a naval aircraft are set forth by what?
Bureau of medicine and surgery
What contains detailed info concerning burial at sea?
Navy Military Funerals, NAVPERS 15555 (SERIES)
What are those honors, except gun salutes, rendered by ships and boats when ships, embarked officials, or officers pass (or are passed) close aboard?
Passing honors
Close aboard means passing within 600 yards for ships and within how many yards for boats?
400
Passing honors are not rendered after sunset before what time international courtesy or except when requires?
0800
What term means a formal visit ofcourtesy requiring special honors and ceremonies?
Official visit
An informal visit of courtesy requiring no special ceremonies is a what?
Call
Passing the word and what else are used to indicate the arrival and departure of commanders. chiefs of staff. chief staff officers. and commanding officers for interested personnel?
Boat gongs
Side boys are not paraded on what day or between sunset and 0800 on other days?
Sunday
What line (made from the fibers of the abaca plant) formerly was authorized for use only where great strength was required
Manila
What lines made of nylon. armaid (kevlar). polyester (Dacron), and polypropylene have been substitute for manila in most applications?
Synthetic
All the Navy line what size in circumference or larger is required to be right laid?
1 3/4 inches
what lines have certain advantages over twisted lines. They will not kink or cockle (explained later). n will they flex open to admit dirt or abrasives?
Braided
what lines usually consist of an even number of parallel.tapelike groups of small braided into a yarns hollow. tubelike cord?
Hollow-braided
what lines are formed around a highly twisted yarn core, which rounds out and hardens the line?
Stuffer braided
What line is, essentially, two hollowbraided inside the other
Double braided
What line is made of eight strands -four right twisted and four left-twisted?
Plaited
Line 3/4 inches or less in circumference is called what and is designated as to size by the number of threads (or yams) that make up each strand?
Small stuff
When you need something stronger than marine, you will use what, which is a left-laid, three-strand. tarred hemp?
House line
What can be used for temporary whippings, seizing and lashings?
Rope yarns
Line is available in sizes up to what size?
21 inches
Remember that line composed of what is susceptible to mildew and rotting?
Vegetable (natural) fiber
Line from what sizes, which will be needed in various lengths on deck. should be opened,and a few feet of the end led out?
2-4 inches
A condition similar to a kink is the what. which actually is a kink in an inner yam that forces te yam to the surface?
Cockle
The strength of a line can be reduced by a much as 50 percent for knots and bends and what percent for hitches?
40%
When lines are properly secured with round tums on “H” bitts, the line will retain what percent of its strength?
90%
When lines are used on double bitts, figure eights the what percentage? reduce rope strength by only what percentage?
25 percent
The natural-fiber lines basically consist of what and have te same properties paper?
Cellulose
Bending strength decreases how many times as rapidly as BS?
5
If natural-fiber line exceeds what age or more, do not use the rope for critical operations or thos involving the lives of personnel?
5 years
The strength of line exposed to the atmosphere deteriorates about what percent in 2 years from weathering alone?
30%
Line loaded in excess of what percentage of its breaking strength will be damaged permanently?
75%
To minimize the hazard of pulling a line handler into a securing device when a line suddenly surges. have safety observers ensure that all the line handlers stand as far as possible with a minimum distance of at least what from the securing device being tended or worked?
6 ft
Where possible, position line handlers a minimum of what from the direction of the tension force?
90 degrees
Where the substitution of synthetic-fiber line for manila line is authorized, what provides the appropriate guidance for the substitution?
NSTM chapter 613
Before new three-strand synthetic-fiber line is used, it should be faked down on deck and allowed to relax for how long?
24 hours
Nylon loses what percentage of its strength from water being absorbed by nylon molecules?
15 percent
Polypropylene line may lose as much as what percentage of its strength in 3 months when exposed to tropical sunlight if the line is made without ultraviolet inhibitors?
40 percent
If a polypropylene line has had ultraviolet inhibitors added. it should meet what military specification?
MIL-R-24049
What do not cause synthetics to deteriorate, but they may make them slippery?
Oil and grease
Nylon rope, on parting, is stretched nearly what if it’s original length?
One half
Polyester rope is stretched nearly one-third of its original length and is equally dangerous as rope, which stretches what percentage?
6 percent
The eyes in mooring lines are normally how long, depending on the size of fittings (bollards, bitts. or cleats) used?
6-10 ft
The rule of thumb for the preferred length of the eye is how many times the diameter of the fitting: this prevents uneven loading of the eye?
Five
what eye splice can be performed on new line only. It retains up to go prcent of the average new strength?
Standard
Synthetic line should not be stowed on a what?
Powered stowage Drum/Reel
what property of friction of synthetic fibers is lower than that of slip more easily than manila?
Coefficient
To ensure the longest life, use a line within its what?
Safe working load
What is a bight of six-thread manila hanging from two measured points on this point is stretch to a certain percentage of its elastic length. When reached, it becomes taut.waming that there is danger ofexceeding the SWL ofthe line?
Tattletale cord
The two most commonly used stoppers are what?
Crisscross and rattail
What is defined as the lowest BS encountered in all of the test samples broken?
Minimum BS
Line manufacturers usually publish average Bss, which may be what percentage higher than the minimum BSs?
10-25
The actual BS of a line can be anywhere from the minimum BS to what percentage higher?
35 percent
Ships are moored to piers, wharfs, quay walls, and nested with other ships by what?
Mooring lines
A spring line leads at an angle of about how many degrees from the ship to te pier and and-aft movement?
45
How many mooring lines is standard moor?
6
No synthetic line used mooring line will be used without the what?
Tattletale cord
Since what type of stretches only 6 percent at minimum breaking strength. tattetale cords cannot rope be used to determine the strain on these mooring lines?
Four strand aramid fiber
All te mooring lines larger than 5 inches have messengers of 1 1/2 inches in circumference, and must how feet long attached o them so that the heaving line does not part during delivery to the pier?
12-18
what consists of a padded weight attached to the end of a nylon shot line
Bolo
The main object of what is to protect the ship from contact with the pier or another ship?
Fenders
What according to a seamans use of the term is usually a bent line to itself?
Knot
What ordinarily is used to join two lines together?
Bend
Frequently it is necessary to bend together two lines that must reeve around a capstan or winch drum. The best knot for this purpose is what? Page 2-25) Reeving line bend 57. What has m
Reeving line bend
What has many uses in fancy work. but it also has practical applications, such as keeping the end of a line from coming unlaid?
Double Matthew Walker
What is a knot used bend a line to a becket or eye?
Fishermans bend
What on a bight comes in handy whenever you need and eye in the center of a line?
Bowline
What lines primary use is a substitute for the boatswains chair?
Spanish bowlines
In the days of sailing ships, what knots were set at the top of the masts, secured to the eyes of the other knots?
Masthead
what is of the most useful and most important hitches used on deck?
Rolling hitch
What is used on logs, spars planks, or other comparatively rough surfaces material?
Timber hitch
What hitch, single or double, is used to secure a rope to a hook
Blackwell hitch
What may be used to hoist almost any bulky object. but it is particularly useful in hoisting barrels. drums, and boxes without tops?
Barrel hitch
Closed drums and boxes, as well as numerous other items, can be hoisted by means of the what?
Bale sling
What is composed of four sets of turns taken at right angles to each other?
Monkey fist
What knot is generally thought of as merely a means to shorten a line, but in an emergency, it can also used to take the load of weak spot in the line?
Sheep shank
What is made from various materials and serves mainly as decorative coverings in areas where an enhanced appearance is desired?
Ornamental work
What is usually thought of as strictly omamental work, but it serves, many useful purposes. such as keeping the leathers on lifelines or as the finishing touch on lanyards?
Turks head
what is used to cover boat hooks. bucket bails, handrails for ladden and so forth
Cox combing
What is generally used on stanchions but can also be used in many other places where a round core is to be covered?
Cross pointing
Making what is a simple and fast way of covering a handrail or stanchion?
Fox and geese
What is made of small cord. such as cod line or Belfast cord, and is used to form omamental lines or lanyards?
Dennis
A square sennit must be made with how many strands or it will not come out square?
8
A Russian sennit is from any number of strands divisible by 4. but do not use fewer than what or it will not show to the best advantage?
16
what are used when two lines or two parts of a single line are to be married permanently?
Seizing a
what is light and is used where strain is not too great?
Flat seizing
what is actually seizing and is used wherever a temporary eye is needed in the middle of a a round line?
Throat seizing
A hook is what to keep slings. straps, and so forth. from slipping out of the hook and strengthen the hook if there is the danger that the load will bend it?
Moused
what is stronger than fiber and can be used where conditions such as high temperatures would damage fiber?
Wire core
A temporary eye splice may be put in wire by using what?
Wire rope clips
There may be some accommodation ladders made of still in service, but for ease of handling, the steel Navy has changed to what?
Aluminum
On ships that do not have outriggers, what can be used to support the accomodation ladder over the side to attach it to the upper platform?
J-bar davit
What on an accommodation ladder are posts that slide out from the lower platform and act as fenders to keep the ladder in the proper position of the side of the ship?
Shoes
What are the various devices attached to the hull that assist in handling the ship?
Deck fittings
what is a device consisting of a double-ended pair of projecting homs used for belaying a line or wire?
Cleat
what are heavy vertical cylinders. usually arranged in pairs.which are used for making fast lines that have been led through chocks?
Bitts
when constructed in pairs, each bitt is sometimes called what?
Barrel
What is a heavy fitting with smooth surfaces through which mooring lines are led?
Chick
How many chock types are there?
3
What is a plate with an “eye” attached, welded to the deck to distribute the strain over a large area, and to which a block can be hooked or shackled?
Padre
What is a strong cylindrical upright on a pier, over which the eye (or bight) of a ship’s mooring line is placed?
Bollard
The most common ship fender is a pneumatic fender made of rubber, about how long and 3 feet in diameter?
4 ft
What are used to protect a fender system from damage due to the motion of moored ships and. where necessary. to provide clearance between a ship and a wharf or pier?
Camels
What is a hardwood seat attached to a double bridle of stout line?
Boatswains chair
What is stout plank to the underside of which two short wooden homs are attached athwartships a either by nailing bolting on, a foot or two from either end?
Stage
What is taken when the ship is going into or out of port or approaching an anchorage are the depth of water?
Soundings
Most accurate means for obtaining soundings is?
Hand lead
The lead line or hand lead consists of narrow block of lead weighing how many a attached to a marked line?
7-14
Lead lines often are marked at each what over the of depth used most and may range markings around the more important depths
Half fathom
Canvas, often called what. is a general name for a class of strong. heavy. plain cloth woven of cotton linen?
Duck
what is the canvas encountered most often, but occasionally you see the terms ounce duck or army duck?
Numbered duck
Canvas usually is made up in bolts from 85-100yds, but is issued by the linear yard, in widths from what length?
22-72 inches
what usually gives the amount of each type of canvas you should carryat all times?
Allowance list
After used. sal needles should be dried carefully and oiled or stowed in a container of what to prevent them from rusting?
Powdered chalk
What hook has a swivel eye. It is used to hold the ends of two pieces of canvas being sewn together?
Sailmakers or bench hook
What reduces the wear on the sail twine while sewing is being done, and it retards deterioration?
Beeswax
What is the stitch most commonly used for joining two pieces of canvas?
Round stitch
What is used when a strong seam is required, as on a paulin or a sail?
Flat stitch
what stitch is used mend tears in light and medium canvas
Baseball
What stitch is used to mend in heavy or painted canvas?
Herringbone
A Seanad may be any size desired, but 1 foot in diameter and what in length is about average?
36 inches
What are the ropes around the edges of awnings and sails whose purpose is to take the strains of the stops clews and reef points and the like?
Bolts ropes
What are canvas or synthetic coverings spread over the decks of a vessel to protect the crew from sun and weather?
Awnings
What is designated by weight as light, medium, and heavy, and ranges from 6 ounces per square foot to over 10 ounces per square foot?
Rigging leather
The Naval Ships Technical Manual (NSTM).chapter 581. that what is the used in states equipment anchoring and in mooring with anchors?
Ground tackle
what anchors are easy to stow and, for this reason. were adopted by the Navy?
Stock less
The Mk 2 anchor, with its long flukes, has the greatest holding power. It is made in the how many-pound size for use aboard the larger aircraft carriers?
60,000
What anchors are used as bow and stem anchors?
LWT
What anchors are used by some older submarines and for special purposes, such as moorings for buoys and torpedo-testing barges?
Mushroom
What are found on the crown of the old-fashioned anchors, on the flat of te crown of the stockless anchors. and on the shank of the lightweight anchors?
Serial numbers
Anchor chains fumished in time of war have been of all types: wrought iron: BBB close link steel: die- lock chain. forged and welded, stud and cast steel. What is standard in the Navy today?
Die-lock chain
The lengths of chain that are connected together to make up the ship’s anchor chain called what?
Shots
standard shot is how long?
15 fathoms (90 feet)
What are used to attach the anchor to the chain?
Bending shackles
What minimize kinking or twisting of the anchor chain?
Chain Swivels
Although stoppers alone are more than adequate for holding the anchor, they should be backed up with the what?
Wildcat brake
Forged steel mooring shackles are used to attach the anchor chain to what?
Mooring buoys
All mooring shackles, regardless or size, have a standard mortise (opening) of what?
7 inches
What. with two links attached at each end, are used to moor with two anchors?
Forged steel swivels
A cable jack. consisting of lever mounted on an axle and two wheels, is used to handle anchor chain a in what sizes and above?
2 3/4 inches
What is used in clearing a hawse fouled by the anchor chain?
Clear Hawse pendants
What is a fiber rope pendant, fitted at one end with a thimble and a dip shackle large enough to engage a link of the anchor chain is used to moor or clear a hawse?
Dip ropes
The bitter end of the anchor chain is secured to a padeye in the chain locker by a safety anchor shackle. The padeye, welded to a specially reinforced bulkhead. is rated at how many times the breaking strength of the shackle?
1.75
Anchor chain larger than how many-inches-wire diameter is overhauled, wire brushed, and placed in a good state of preservation as often as the inspection required by NSTM, chapter 581. indicates that it is necessary?
1 1/2
At least once every how often all anchor chain (including shackles, shackle pins, and detachable links). regardless of size, are examined, overhauled, and placed in a good state of preservation?
18 months
Who is in charge on the forecastle while the ship is anchoring and weighing anchor?
1st LT
Under normal conditions, a ship usually anchors to a scope f chain between how many times the depth of the water?
5 and 7
The anchor is reported as what when the shan is in te hawsepipe and the flukes are against the ship’s side?
Housed
When the ship is about what distance from the mooring buoy. a boat containing a buoy party of three or four personnel, in addition to the boat’s crew, is lowered to the water?
1,000 yes
What method of mooring to buoy is a simple and rapid means of easing the bitter end of the chain a (controlled by an easing-out line) down to the mooring buoy by letting it slide on the wire shackled to the buoy?
Trolley
In general. when hauling more than how many fathoms of chain. do not exceed about half speed on the anchor windlass?
60
what provides the latest guidance conceming authorized synthetic towing hawsers and end fittings?
NAVSEA
Although many types of sled targets have been developed, the catamaran-hulled what is the prevalent target used by the U.S. Navy?
Williams target tow-sled
what term everything from refloating stranded vessels to wreck removal?
Salvage
World War II provided example of the value of salvage operations. a prime organization during this period salvaged and reclaimed ships and equipment worth over how much?
2 billion dollars
what provides emergency salvage services to vessels and aircraft in distress
Rescue salvage
what consists of salvaging ships, removing wreckage, and general salvage work
Harbor salvage
What is concemed with refoating vessels stranded or sunk in exposed locations along a coast
Offshore salvage
what consists of services rendered to an amphibious assault force and is not limited to salvage alone?
Combat salvage
What is the most prevalent type of salvage requiring Navy assistance?
Offshore salvage
What is caused the varying degree of buoyancy of a stranded vessel?
Pounding
What is usually the best type of vessel available immediately for dispatch to aid a stranded vessel
Tug
What is a towline harness designed to permit a towing vessel to maintain fire control over heading and position?
Liverpool bridle
what provides the most effective force that can be used for refloating stranded vessels?
Beach gear
who must ensure coordination in all phases of the refloating operation?
Salvation Officer
What is an uncommissioned, waterborne unit of the fleet not designated as a service craft and is capable of limited independent operation?
Navy boat
The allowance of boats for forces afloat is established by whom?
Chief of naval operations (CNO)
Boats that are assigned for the personal use of flag officers are referred to as what?
Barges
Boats assigned for the personal use of chiefs of stam: for squadron. group, and division commanders. who are not of flag rank: and for the commanding omcers of ships are referred to as what?
Gigs
Every Navy ship. regardless of class, is required to have boat bill that is tailored to that ship’s needs. a Regulations and guidelines for the boat bill are set forth in what instruction?
OPNAVINST 3120.32
