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2. Chine (boating) - Wikipedia

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   Chine (boating) A chine in boat design is a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull. The chine typically arises from the use of sheet materials (such as sheet metal or marine ply) as the mode of construction.

3. Ship's boat - Wikipedia

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   The ship's boats could also be used as lifeboats and rescue boats when needed. Storage. During the age of sail the ship's boats of larger ships of the line would be stowed upon the deck, sometimes nested one atop the other. Boats would be deployed and recovered by davits with some vessels carrying a single small boat suspended astern. In the ...

4. Patrol Craft Fast - Wikipedia

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   The Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), also known as Swift Boat, were all-aluminum, 50-foot (15 m) long, shallow-draft vessels operated by the United States Navy, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the brown-water navy to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport South Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for ...

5. Skeg - Wikipedia

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   Skeg. A skeg (or skegg or skag) is a sternward extension of the keel of boats and ships which have a rudder mounted on the centre line. [1] The term also applies to the lowest point on an outboard motor or the outdrive of an inboard/outboard. [A] [B] In more recent years, the name has been used for a fin on a surfboard which improves ...

6. List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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   1 x MK 110 57 mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System. 1 x BAE Systems Mk 38 Mod 3 25 mm gun with 7.62 mm co-axial gun. 2 x M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns mounted on a MK 50 Stabilized Small Arms Mount (SSAM) 4 x crew-served M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns.

7. Boss (engineering) - Wikipedia

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   Boss (engineering) Two bosses in the form of cylinders on a mechanical part. The cylinder to the right is filleted near its base. In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a workpiece. [1] A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some motors use a precisely machined boss on ...