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P., letter from, 407 Lundin decked, 406 Lundin housed power lifeboat, 395 management in a surf, 432 man overboard, 441 marking of boats and rafts, 400 metal, 389 motor boats, 394 nested, 411 oar, parts of, 424 oil, use of, 439 parts of a, 389 pontoon rafts, 399 power lifeboat, 389 radio, 395, 418, 440 rafts, 396, 414 releasing gear, Mills, 419 Raymond, 422 Steward, 421 Yankee, 422 riding out a gale, 438 Rouse sea anchor, 438 rowing, 424 to seaward, 433 running before a bro¬ ken sea or surf to the shore, 434 Boats, running out a line, 432 sailing, 443 sampans, 427 schooner-rig, 446 sculling, 427 Seamen’s Act of 1915, 394 single-banked, 428 sliding gunter, 446-449 slinging by a crane, 420 sloop rig, 445 special types, 405 sprit sail rig, 444-452 standing lug, 443 stations, 376 stowage, 402 types of construction, 386 under oars, 423 water breaker, 389 whale boat, 426 wood most used, 388 Bobstay, 46, 191 Boiler stool, 46 Boilers, types of, 32 Bolderston, Capt., 714 Bollard, 46 Bolsters, 46 Bolt rope, 78 wire, 205 Booby hatch, 46 Boom, 46, 180 rests, 166 Bore, 728 Bosom piece, 46 Boss, 46 Bossing, 46 Bottomry bond, 764 Boundary plank, 47 Bow frame, 47 Bowditch, 456, 459, 795, 810 Bowline, 85 French, 86 on a bight, 88 Spanish, 88 two bowlines, 91 Bow plating frames, 56 Bow port, 47 Bowsprit, 47 to take in, 188 Box hauling, 775 Braces, 198 Bracket, 48 Bradlee and Co., 175 Breaching, 48 Breadth, moulded, 27 registered, 27 Breakwater, 48 Breaming, 917 Breasthook, 48 Bridge, 48 bell time, 568 captain’s orders, 540 design, 533 docking telegraphs, 538 dodgers, 535 Bridge, engine telegraphs, 537 keeping watch, 539 Kent- Chadburn clear view screen, 535 log book, 567 Me Nab direction in¬ dicator, 537 relieving watch, 540 routine, 541 running light indica¬ tors, 538 telephones, 538 turbine telegraphs, 538 wind shields, 535 Bridge piece, 48 British Corporation, 39 Brodthage,Capt. G. M., 356 Brown, Capt. rules, 639 mooring swivel, 639 ranging, 637 securing in locker, 638 stream, 635 strength of, 633 swivel piece, 639 INDEX 933 Camber, 49 Campbell, Mr. G. W., 926 Cannery ships, 11 Cant frame, 49 Canvas, 202 seams, flat seam, 203 round seam, 000 sewing, 203 stitching, 204 work, awnings, 219 boat covers, 220 bridge dodgers, 220 crow’s nest dod¬ gers, 220 mast coats, 220 oil bags, 220 tarpaulins, 219 ventilator covers, 220 windsails, 220 Cap, carried away, 788 Spanish, 000 Cape Fear, S. S., 733 Capstans and warping winches, 49, 235 Careening, 917 Cago battens, 49 Cargo book, 256 capacity sheet, 254 deadweight, 255 discharge at a port of disaster, 759 gear, 166 care of, 167 5-ton, 154 kinds of, 2 Cargo-lights, 257 Cargo, measurement, 255 boom, efficiency, 157 permeability of, 736 ton, 20 winches, types, 211 winches, placement and use of, 277 fittings, 156, 157 Cargo booms, guying of, 159 Cargo boom, lattice, 158 Carlings, 47, 49 Carriage of live stock, 322 Carswell, Mr. J. S., 221 Cask, to calculate capacity, 266 Cast-steel ship, 70 Catch ratline, 191 Cathead, 49 Cat’s paw, 92 Cattle slings, 322 Caulking, 923 Caulking-steel, 43 Cavitation, 675 Ceiling, 49 Cellular double bottom, 47, 49 Cementing, 915 Chain cables, 632-639 hoists, 145 locker, 49 Channel bar, 41 Charles Pratt, S. S., 364 Charter Party, 761 Charts, data on, 494 Checkered plate, 49 Cheek plates, 49 Chocks, 49 Chrome steel, 65 Circulating pump, 49 City of Atlanta, S. S., 733 Clark, Capt. Arthur H., 9 Classification, 36, 760 Cleanliness, 886-887 Cleanout door, 49 Clearance, 766 Clearing plug, 49 Cleat, 50 Clements, Capt. Ned, 532 Climax, Ship, 208 Clinches, inside, 98 outside, 98 Clinometer, 724 Clipper Ship Era, 9 Club, jumbo, 180 topsail, 181 Coaling at sea (also see stowage), 693 Coaming, 50 Coffee-slinging, 173 Coffer dam, 50 Coil of rope, 78 Coir rope, 74 Colliers' Weekly, 633 Collins, Mr. Elmer, 529 Collins, Mr. F. A., 633 Collision, 730 backing out, after, 73Q chocks, 50 concrete vessels in, 733 ice and derelicts, 735 mats, 735 stand by, 731 straight stem vs. clip¬ per stem, 733 unwritten rule, 730 water-tight doors, 734 Colloidal fuel, 32 Columbus, 455, 622 Columns, 41, 50 Commissioner of Docks, N. Y., regulations for hazard¬ ous cargo, 278 Commissioner of Naviga¬ tion, 24 Companion, 50 Compartment, 50 Compass, adjustment, 458 binnacle, 454 boxing, 460, 463 deviation, 455 dry, construction of, 455, 457 error, 456 gyro, 467 latitude error on gyro, 470 liquid, 457 lubber line, 471 Compass, lubber’s line, 460 merchant service card, 467 origin of, 453 origin of points of, 454 pelorus, 462 points versus degrees, 461 problems, 465 relative bearings, 463 “ Scientific," the, 466 variation, 455 Compensation, 50 Composite construction, 50, 71 Composite construction, 50, 71 Composition of forces, 148 Concrete ship, 71 Conditions of classification, 37 Constitution, U. S. Frigate, 150 Construction, methods of, 68 Convoys, 728 Copper, 65 Cost comparison, motor and steam vessels, 8 Cranes, kinds of, 165 Creasing stick, 206 Cringle, 106 Cross head, 50 Crown (a), 100 Cruiser stern, 4 Curtin, John, 209 Cyclops, Collier, 308, 694, 697 Davit (see boats), 45, 50 Davie, Mr. H. M., 714 Dead eye, 50 light, 60 rise, 50, 62 Deadweight capacity, 20 Deck and Boat Book, U. S. Navy, 432, 439 Decks of a vessel, 50 Deck, A. B. S. designations, 51 Decks, care of, 922 Deck, freeboard, 51 machinery, 221 plugs, 922 Deflection, 51 Delaware, U. S. S., 469 Demurrage, 761, 762 Department of Commerce, 247, 272, 372 Department of the Inte¬ rior, 310 Depre, Capt. C. F., 745 Depth by A. B. S. rules, 27 Depth, of hold, 27 moulded, 27 registered, 27 Derelict, 539 934 INDEX Derricks, 51, 156 Design, elements of ves¬ sel, 1 Diagonal ties, 51 Diamond plates, 51 Diaphragm, 51 Diesel motors, 34 Dinger, Commander H. C., 699 Direction cable, 530-531 Displacement, 21 scale, 22 Docking, 676, 915 Dog, 51 Dolphin striker, 192 Donald McKay, Ship, 9 Donkey boiler, 51 Doppler effect, 724 Draft, 27 by A. B. S. rules, 28 forced, natural, 32 Drills, fire and boat, 373 Drinking water, 888 Drop stroke, 42 Drowning, rescuing from, 879 restoring apparently drowned, 000 Dry dock, work in, 919 Duct keel, 57 Dudley, Mr. J. S., 69 Dew valve, 222 Dyson, Admiral C. W., 33 Eagle Oil Transport Co., 344 Eagle Point, The, 608 Ecuador, S. S., floating of, 745 Edge strip, 51 Edward Sewall, Ship, rounding Cape Horn, 779 Eldredge, John, 483 Electric drive, 33 Engineering, 734 Engineering and Mining Journal, 109 Engineer's Society of Wes¬ tern Pennsylvania, 83 Engines, types of, 33 Equipment tonnage, 25 Escape holes, 51 Europa, The, 611 Euphroe, 219 Everett, Mr. H. A., 31 Expansion bend, 51 hatch, 55 plans, 52 Eye bolt, 52 Eyebrow, 52 Fabricated ship, 52, 68 Factor of safety, 52, 64 Fairlead, 52 Fair^water cove, 918 Faraday, Michael, 530 Fawcett, Wm., 302 Faying surface, 52 Ferro-concrete, 71 Fid, 49, 52, 102 Fiddley, 52 Fire, 749 aero-automatic fire alarm, 752 alarm, 749 automatic sprinklers, 752 carbon dioxide, 753 causes of, 751 detectors, 751 Diesel motor versus coal and oil, 756 drill, 375, 381 floating oil, 754 general alarm, 373 Grinnell automatic sprinkler, 753 Lux fire extinguishing system, 753 prevention, 751 Rich system, 752 room, 66 stations, 749 smoke helmets, 756 sulphur, 755 tetrachloride extin¬ guishers, 754 warp, 664, 749 what to do, 749 Fisherman’s cable, 80 Fishing a spar, 150 Flemish horse, 180, 195 coil, 689 Floating dock, 916 Floodable length, 26, 738 Floors, 45, 53 Florida, S. Carl H., 19 Herman Frasch, S. S., 755 Hitch, blockwall, 92 clove, 90 double blockwall, 92 half (hitch), 89 marling, 93 midshipman’s, 92 rolling, 90 round turn and two half hitches, 90 timber, 90 timber and half hitch, 90 Hitch(es), two half hitches, 89 Hoffman, Dr. Frederick L., 876 Holding down bolts, 56 Holds, 241 beams, 55 beam system, 55 bow and stern parts, 245 cargo battens, 242 cargo parts, 245 divisions, 244 ladders, 242 light conduits, 243 Hold-limbers, 241 pillars, 242 rose boxes, 243 shifting boards, 244 smothering lines, 243 stanchions, 242 stringers, 242 strums or strainers, 243 trunks, 245 ’tween decks, 243 typical no. 1, 242 water lines, 243 wings of, 241 Holladay, Mr. L. L., 69 Holmes’ Practical Ship¬ building, 7, 39, 64 Hong Kong Obs., 824 Hooks, kinds of, 174 safety, 172 Horses, carriage of, 322 Horsepower, 1, 675 Hostler, Capt. H. C., 571 Hot-bulb engines, 34 Houseline, 78 Howes, Capt. Fred., 208 How Wooden Ships Are Built, E. Cole Estep, 73 Hughes, on Admiralty, 733, 756 Hulk, 56 Hull, efficiency" 56 number, 56 parts of, 45 wooden, 72, 73 Humphrey, Dr. W. J., 799 Hyland, Mr. John L., 735 Ice doubling, 56 Ice, signs of, 736-737 Illegal traffic, 766 Imo, S. S., 614 Imperator, S. S., 7 Imperial Japanese Mari¬ time Corporation, 39 Inspection, certificate, 760 Insulation of holds, 56, 296 Insurance, 36 lines, 690 Insured property, 757 Intercostals, 56 International Conference on Safety at Sea, 385, 394, 734 International Rules, 574 Invermark, Bark, 714 Invoice, 761 Irwell, Lawrence, 522 I sherwood, Mr. J. W ., 68 Isherwood system, 4, 54, 68 Italian Lloyd, 732 Jacks, hydraulic, 165 Jack staff, 56 Jacobs, Mr. Fred B., 11 Jacob’s ladder, 109 James, Baines, Ship, 9 Jansen, Mr. A. W., 625 Jeffries’ marine glue, 923 Jetsam, 748 Jettisoning, 747 Jib boom, 56 Jib guys, 191 Jib martingale, 192 Jobson, Mr. C. D., 467 Joggle, 57 John A. Matheson, schoon¬ er, 712 Johnson, Mr. Eads, 362 Jones, Mr. Bradley, 470 Journal of American So¬ ciety of Naval Engineers, 34 Jury masts, 789 Jury rudder, 705 Karlowa, Capt. R., 709 Keel, 44, 57 bar, 000 blocks, 000 false, 000 Keelson, 53 middle line, 44 side, 57 Keen, Commander E. V. W., 665 Kelvin, Lord, 475 Kindler, Capt., 715 King post, 57, 151, 168 Knight heads, 47 Knee, 58 Knot — the measure of dis¬ tance, 487 Knots, 85 bag, 89 bowline, 85, 86, 88, 91 crabber’s eye, 93 figure of eight, 89 granny, 88 Japanese, 93 manrope, 100 masthead, 93 Mathew Walker, 100 overhand, 89 reef, 88 shroud, 99 square, 88 stevedore’s, 93 stopper, 99 wall, 99 Knotting a rope yarn, 95 Knuckle line, 58 Koko Head, Barkentine, 1 1 Kolster, Dr., 526 La Boyteaux, W. H., 532, 576, 608, 748 Lake steamer, 6 Lambert, Mr. Walter D., 478 Lanyards, 50, 58 tarred hemp, 79 Larboard, 767 Larry, 305 Larsen, Capt. C. T., 11 Lashings, 82, 95 Lashing, rose, 95 936 INDEX Lattice work, 58 Lay, 77 days, 761 Laying up, 928 Lea, Mr. Robert B., 721 Lead lines, 79 hand, 471 marking hand, 471 Lecky, Capt., Wrinkles in Practical Navigation, 459, 692, 795, 797 Length by A. B. S. Rules, 26 between perpendicu¬ lars, 25 floodable, 26 on load water line, 26 over all, 25 for tonnage, 26 registered, 26 Leviathan, S. S., 7 Lidgerwood Mfg. Co., 221, 227 Life Saving, Royal Society, 881 Lifts, 180 Ligan, 748 Lightening Ship, 9 Lightening holes, 58 Lighthouses, data on, 506 Lignum vitae, 58 Limber, board, 58 chains, 58 holes, 58 Limbers, 58 Limit in size of vessels, 8 Linear dimensions, 25 Liners, 1 Living quarters, 887 Lloyds’ Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 30, 38, 39 Loading Certificate, 765 Loadline, 28 Locking hoop, 58 pin, 58 Log, the, 484 chip, 485 Cumming’s, 488 Dutchman’s, 485 harpoon, 491 leaving, 486 line-marking, 485 Navigator and Sal., 488 Nicholson, 489 Sperry and shoal water alarm, 492 tachometers, 488 taffrail, 489 Log book, 761, 766 Log lines, 79 Longitudinal framing, 68 Lordship Manor, S. S., 754 Louvre, 58 , Lovett, W. J., “ Applied Naval Architecture 671, 718 Lower deck beams, 44 Lower yard fittings, 193 Lucke, Dr. C. E., 34 Lug pod, 58 Lynam, Capt. E. V., 713 Machinery, propelling, 31 Magazine, 58 Maintenance book, 637, 920, 929 Majestic, S. S., 7 Manganese steel, 65 Manger, 58 Manifest, 761 Manila fibre, tensile strength, 74 Manila rope, use of, 79 Mann, Lieut.- Com. R. R., 493 M archbanks, Capt. D. Co., 68 Newport, Schoolship, 50, 195, 199, 424, 648, 748 New York Produce Ex¬ change, 281 New York Underwriters, the, 31 Nickel steel, 65 Nichols, Capt. C. M., 781 Norske Veritas, 39 Oakum, 80, 81 Officer of the watch, 539 Ohio, S. S., 713 Oil fuel, 249 storm, 717 Oil-tight riveting, 60, 249 Oil use of, 706-717 Oliver, Capt., 713 Olympic, S. S., 408-412 Oracle, The, 280, 458, 692 Oriental Naviaation Co., 280, 458, 692 Outreach, 60 Overhang, 60 Oxter plate, 60 Pacific Marine Review, 483, 742 Pacific Steam Navigation Co., 745 Paint formulas, 909-914 Painting ship, 891-908 Pair masts, 169 Palms, roping, 206 seaming, 206 Panama R. R. Co., 291 Panhandle State, S. S., 469 Panting beams, 44 stringers, 60 Paravanes, 728 Parbuckle, 165, 185 Parcelling, 107 Parral carried away, 788 Parrall, 60 Passenger vessels, bag¬ gage, 383 Passenger vessels, certifi¬ cate of Inspection, 372 Passenger vessels, mails, 383 Passenger vessels, 3, 372 Passenger vessels, order and discipline, 372 Passenger Act of 1882, 372 Passenger list, 761 Peaks, 245 Permissible factor, 27 Physics of the Air, Hum¬ phreys, 799 Picard, G. S., 741 Pidding ton' s Horn Book, 826 Pigeon holes, 49 Pilots, 531 Piloting, 492 Pilot rules, 574, 597-606 Piloting, through fog, 520 Pintles, 54 Pitching, 725 Plating — deck, 44 shell, 41 Plimsoll mark, 29 Plimsolh Samuel, 28 Plummer block, 60 Plymouth Cordage Co., 76, 124 Pneumercator gauge, 251 Polar Sea, S. S., 298 Poop, 60 Port, 767 Port charges, 765 Porter, Lieut. J. O., 614 Portland cement, use of, 747 Port light, 60 Power tonnage, 24 Practical Shipbuilding, Holms, 245, 248 Pratique, 765 Preparing for sea, 570 Preventer guys, 159 stays, 161 Pricker, 206 Prindle, Edwin J., letter of, 741 Prinzess Irene, S. S., 740 Prize money, 756 Producer gas engines, 35 Propeller, arch, 61 post, 45 shaft, 000 Protest, 762 Pulsford, Mr. Ernest, 227 Pumps, 303 air bound, 240 air chambers, 239 air pipes, 238 bilge, 237 care of, 238 circulating, 236 connections, 239 distribution boxes, 238 fire, 51 kinds used on board ship, 237 laying up, 240 location, 239 lubrication, 240 packing, 240 pistons, 240 roses and boxes, 238 sounding pipes, 238 steam connections, 239 suction pipes, 238 Purchases, 137 Purchases, efficiency, 138 Quadrant, 61 Quarterdeck, 61 Quartermasters’ stores, 79 Quarter pillars, 61 Rabbet, 61 Radio compass bearings, 526 Rafts (see boats), 414 Rake bunkers, 61 of masts, 61 Rattle down, to, 192 Ratlines, 79, 156, 191 Reciprocating engines, 33 Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 37, 38 Reducing gears, 33 Reeder, Capt. W. H., 621 Reefing, fore sail, 211 Refrigerating machine, operations of a, 295 Register, the, 760 Regis tro Navale Italiano, 39 Repairs in port, 757 at sea, 757 Republic, S. S., 732 Resolution of forces, 148 Respondentia bond, 764 Responsibility, officer of the watch, 539 Reversed frame, 42 Ribs, 44 Rider plate, 61 Right of approach, 767 Right of search, 766 Rigger’s vise, 119 Rigging, 189 carrying away, 787 for a moderately heavy lift, 168 sails of, 200 setting up, 190, 192 screw, 119 spanker of, 201 spanker boom of, 198 swiftered in, 193 Rivets, top, 43 swell neck, 43 types, 43 Rockefeller, S. S. John D., 363 Rods, 41 Roe bling'sSons Co., J. A., 116 Rollers, 728 Rolling, 720 chocks, 62 period, 724, 725 Rope, 74 acid, det imental, 82 bolt, 76 cable laid, 77 jaw, long, short, 7 largest, 84 lay of, 77 life of, 83 Manila, 84 INDEX 938 Rope, metallic, 74 notes on care of, 81 open a coil, to, 81 plain laid, 76 re-made, 84 rules for getting strength of, 128 tables, 123 Working Value of, 76 Rope-walk, 84 water laid, 77 Roping sails, 204 Rope, yarn, knotting, 95 Rose boxes, 62, 303 Rosen, Mr. S. S., 295 Roundline, 78 Roundhouse, 62 Rouse, Capt. Fred., 438 Row and Davis, oil heating system, 357 Rucker, Dr., 295 Rubber, 206 Rudder, 62 action of, 545 arms, 62 balanced, 62 bow, 62 design, 546 gudgeons, 45, 54, 919 jury, 705 Kitchin reversing, 548 parts of, 544 pintles, 919 types of, 546 Ru, Capt. K., 716 Rules of the A. B. S., 37 Rules of the road, 574-618 Rules of the road, notes on, 606-618 Running rigging, 195, 196, 197, 199 Runners, 200 Russel-Ranken steering recorder, 556 Rust, explanation of, 891 Safety on board ship, 876 Safe working loads, hooks, bolts, shackles, 175 Sagamore, the, 608 Sail hook, 206 Sail needles, kinds of, 205 Sail, notes on handling, 782 Sailer, handling, 15, 768 Sailing, bracing yards, 785 broaching to, 782 casting, 793 craft, 9, 11, 17, 18 fore-and-aft canvas, 786 goosewing a sail, to, 780 heavy weather, 778 man overboard, 789 nearing other vessels, 790 records, 9 Sailing, scudding, 781 squalls, 787 taking in sail, 780 topsail splits, 780 ship rigging, 179 Sailmaker, amount he can sew, 204 Sails, bending, 207, 216 bending a course in heavy weather, 218 buntlines, 213 care of, 218 clew garnets, 212 clew irons, 210 clewlines, 212 cringles, 206, 210 draft of a lower topsail, 215 earings, 206 eyelets, 209 fittings of a square sail, 209 five-masted bark, 10 fore-and-aft, 214 four-masted barken- tine, 12 gaff topsails, 216 gantline, 217 leathering, 214 leeches, 206 leech lines, 214 lizards, 213 machine sewing, 209 making, 215 Marconi rig, 216 middle stitching, 216 midship tack, 207 reefing gear, 213 reef joints, 210 reef tackles, 214 repairing, 216 roach, 216 roping, 207 spectacle irons, 210, 212 spilling lines, 213 square, 206 shifting, 218 ship, of a, 202 stowage, marking, 215 tabling, 207 taking in, 213 Salt water, loading, 21 j Salvage, 756 Samson cord, 79 Samson post, 62 San Fernando, S. S., 344 • San Florentino, S. S., 344 Santa Maria, S. S., 455 Santa Rosalia, S. S., 571 Savannah Line, 733 ! Sea anchors, 703 Sea cock, 62 Seafarer, The, 76 Sea kindly, 307 1 Sea letter, 760 j Seam, 62 j Seamanship, Luce's, 150 Seaworthy certificate, 760 765 Sea kindly, 719 Seizings, eye, 97 middle, 96 plain, 96 racking, 96 round, 96 throat, 97 Selvagee, strop, 94 Serving, board, 107 mallet, 107 Schooner, 14 baldheaded, 16, 179 disadvantages, 17 sails, masts, 14 square foresail, 776 Scofield, S. S. D. G., 364 S. course, 728 Scotia, the, 611 Screw aperture, 45 Scuppers, 54 blind, 62 Scuttle, 62 butts, 888 Shackles, 166 Sharpe, Mr. Geo., 745 Shaw, Capt., 713 Shear legs, 187 j Sheer, 62 Shear, 43 Shears, 164 Sheerstrake, main, 47 upper 47 Sheathing, 62 Sheets, 199, 212 Shell plating, 42 Shifting board, 62 Ship, deck plan, 773 maintenance, 891 Shipwreck, instructions by U. S. Coast Guard, 883 Shipping, 453, 461 Shipping and Engineering, 532 Ship’s business, 756-765 Ship’s papers, 759 Shoulder, 62 Shovelling flat, 62 Shrouds, 62, 186, 191 Signals, Continental Code, 557 engine room, 562 for working derricks or booms, 163 International Code, 558 lights, 562 Morse Code, 557 notes on, 557 rockets, 562 salutes, 563 semaphore, 560 U. S. Navy, 560 Weather Bureau Sta¬ tions, 562 Simmons, Mr. H. T., 305 Sirrah, S. S., 716 Sisal hemp, 74 tensile strength, 74 Slings, cargo, 161, 170, 171, 173, 174 Sloterdyk, S. S., 713 Sluice, bulkhead, 48, 251 Smith, Mr. David Wright, 574 Smoke boxes, 728 Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 363 Sole piece, 63 Sontay, S. S., 416 Sounding, “ blue pigeon,” 474 coasting lead, 474 deep sea lead, 475 drift lead, 475 hand lead, 472 machine, construction and use, 475 motor machine, 482 pipes, 63, 242 wells and tanks, 245 Sound, velocity of, 518 Southern Pacific Co., 291 Sovereign of the Seas, Ship, 9 Spar deck, 5 Spanish windlass, 98 Specie, carriage of, 384 Speed, 1 by revolutions, 487 sailing, 11 of waves, 726 Sperry, Mr. Elmer A., 469 Sperry Gyroscope Com¬ pany, 467, 721 Spitz, Samuel, 483 Splice, back, 105 chain, 105 cut, 106 eye, 102 eye in four strand rope, 104 long, 104 manila and hemp, 102 mariner’s, 104 short, 103 Split pillar, 53 Spraco paint gun, 892 Sprague, Capt. W. A., 550 Spring buffer, 63 Spunyarn, 78 St. Louis, S. S., 156, 739 St. Mary’s, Schools hip, 621 St. Paul, S. S., 734, 740, 922 Stability, 717 Stafford, Mr. James, 209 Standard Oil Co., 347, 350 Standard, ship, 2, 68 ship, masts, 156 Standing rigging, 189, 194 INDEX Starboard, 767 Station Bill, 372-380 Stave of bowsprit, 61 Stays, 152, 169 Staysails, 209 Stays, preventer, 170 Stealer, 42 Steamers, 32 Steamer characteristics, 654 coming alongside a dock, 660 going alongside anoth¬ er vessel, 665- 670 handling, 654 handling in heavy weather, 701 heaving to, 702 hull appendages, 655 single screw, 671 triple screws, 674 turbine, 674 twin screws, 673 tying up to wharf, 664 Steel, 63 construction, 40 masts, 189 shapes, 40 Steering, 543 electric telemotor, 552 engines, 553 gear, 549 hand gear, 555 helm commands, 549 helm commands — Navy, 549 helm indicator, 556 length of trick at wheel, 556 lelemotor, 550 turning circle, 547 twin screws, 673 Stern, 44, 66 Stern, frame, 66 tube, 66 post 44 Stevenson, Mr. Thomas, 727 Steward’s department, boat stations, 376 Still engine, 36 Still, Mr. W. J., 36 Stoek, Mr. H. H., “ The Safe Storage of Coal,” 310 Stoke hold, 66 Stopper, 96 Stores list, 761 Stowage, 255 acids, 273 ammonia — liquid, 275 aqueous solution, 275 amorphous phos¬ phorus, 275 analysis of cargo work, 294 939 Stowage, aqua regia, 273 asphalt, 267 bananas, 301 Barden’s shifting boards, 281 beef, 298 beer and wine, 298 bi-sulphide of carbon, 275 “ blown up,” 269 Board of Underwriters, N. Y., 277 regulations for loading Calcium carbide, 277 regulations for constructing magazines, 277 Board of Underwriters, N. Y., rules for car¬ rying coal on deck, 313 Board of Underwriters, N. Y., regulations for gasoline, naphtha and for benzine, 280 brine coils in hatches, 298 carbonic acid — lique¬ fied, 276 carbon papers, 276 calcium carbide, 276 carbolic acid, 274 cargo diagrams, 270 case oil, 280 casks, 266 caustic potash, 275 caution, ore cargo, 310 chilled cargo, 298 chlorate of potash, 274 chocking pieces, 258 coal, 310 cotton, 265 damage due to rats, 295 dangerous cargo, 272 deck load of lumber, 268 dinitrobenzol, 276 dunnage, 258 eggs, 298 explosives, 274 fire risk due to rats, 295 fragile cargo, 292 freight rates, special cargo, 290 frozen cargo, 298 general cargo, 269 glue-pieces, 276 grain in bags, 282 grain cargoes, rules for stowage, 281 grain, loading, dis¬ charging, 283 grain, rules for loading steamers, sailing craft, 283 940 INDEX Stowage, hatches, 260 hazardous cargo, 278 heavy packages, 292 hides, 263 Hulett ore unloaders, 305 hydrochloric acid, 273 modorous felt, 276 jute, 264 Kentledge, 261 lampblack, 276 loading berth, 260 locomotive, loading a, 290 lumber, 268 mahogany, 269 manganese ore, 308 matches, 276 Michener coaling and trimming gear, 314- 321 mild acids, citric, acetic, etc., 273 naphthalene, 276 nitrate of soda, 273 nitre coke, 274 nitric acid, 273 oiled materials, 276 ore carriers — cargoes, 304 ore trunks, 308 ore unloading, 305 loading, 305 order of, 260 peroxide of sodium, 275 phosphoric acid, 274 picric acid, 274 pilfering, 292 preparing for, 257 railway iron, 261 rats and cargo, 294 refrigerator ships, 295 rice, 289 roofing or sheathing felt, 276 scales of permissible loading, 261 screwing cotton and wool, 266 shifting boards, 281 shifting of ore cargo, 308 ship’s option, 291 silk, 265 special cargo, 289, 291 spontaneous combus¬ tion, 310 steel billets, 262 steel plates, 262 sugar, 262 sugar wet by salt water, 263 sulphuric acid, 273 sulphide of sodium, 275 Stowage, sulphide of po¬ tassium, 275 sulphur dioxide, 275 supercargo, use for, 272 supervision of, 293 sweat boards, 264 tallying, 271 tea, 265 tinned meats and fruits, 298 tobacco, 265 ton, the, 291 trimming ore cargo, 307 turn around, 304 • ventilation, 264, 301 wool, 266 Strainer, 62 Strake book, 66 Stresses, 149 Strakes, 42 Strand, 76 Stranding, 738-748 first steps after, 739 Stranded, rocking off, 747 Stranding, sand, to keep out of condenser, 739 things to remember, 748 treatment of ships ashore, 741 Stratton, Mr. E. Platt, 000 Stress, kinds of, 66 Stringers, 44, 45, 63, 67 Strum, 62 Struts, 46, 67 Stud, 67 Submarine Boat Corpo¬ ration, 52 Submarine bells, 522 sentry, 484 Surging, 49, 664, 677 Surveys, 759 Sytor, Chief Officer, 715 Tabernacle, 152, 167 Tables, chain, 174 cargo hooks, 174 shackles, 174 turnbuckles, 174 Tacking, barkentine, 772 fore and after, a, 774 missing stays, 772 square rigger, 769 Tackles, 137, 143 boom, 200 gun, 141 jiggers, 142 kinds of, 142 luff, 141 reef, 214 runner, 141 single whip, 140 sluing, 161 Spanish burton, 141 “ to fleet,” 143 to make up, 143 Tables, “ two blocks,” 142 twofold, 141 Tackles, watch, 141 Tail shaft, 918 Tanker, 3, 343 action in a seaway, 343 air valves, 351 outer and inner sea valves, 355 ballasting, 357 barge delivery line, 356 barges, 371 Baume table of de¬ grees, 370 bell- mouthed suctions 349 bilge suctions, 356 bunker, 346 care of tanks, 358 chief mate in charge of pipe lines and pumps, 347 cleaning tanks, 359 cofferdams, 345, 365 cylindrical tanks, 354 desk delivery line, 355 expansion trunks, 353, 364 fire precautions, 365 flash point of oil, 369 general remarks on, 363 hatches, 352 heating coils, 351, 357 hose connections, 353 hydrometers, 370 important points, 355 Isherwood System, 346 master valves, 350 molasses, 371 mooring lines, 353 numbering of tanks, 346 oil cargo, 368 oil, a live load, 354 oil hatches and gas trunks, 363 oil-tight construction, 345 oil wash, 359 pressure and vacuum valves, 353 prevention of explo¬ sions, 361 pumping out tanks, 356 pipe lines, 348 pump room, 347 repairs in dry dock, precautions, 360 sea delivery line, 355 shelter decked vessel, 363 short essay on design, 366 sounding tanks, 369 special design, 364 INDEX 941 Tanker, specific gravity of oil, 369 steam smothering lines, 351 steam valves, 351 steam valves, control of, 356 steaming tanks, 359 stripping lines, 349 subdivision of hull, 344, 365 suctions, location of, 348 summer tanks, 354 tanks, “ gas-free,” 360 testing tanks, 360 ullage, 353 valves, 349 valves, caution in use of, 350 valves, difference be¬ tween American and British, 351 valves, drop, 354 valve markings, 342 valve rods, 351 valve signals, 356 viscosity of oil, 371 viscosimeters, 371 Tanks, 45 Tanks, air lock, 248 double bot., deep, 246 fresh-water, 247 settling, 250 sounding pipes, 63, 245 swash, 701 swash plates, 247 trimming, 246 when loading, 259 wing, 247 Tarred fittings, 78 Taylor, Mr. Wilson- Barker, 418 Thomas, U. S. Army Trans¬ port, 713 Thoroughfooting a rope, 81 Three Brothers, Ship , 621 Three Island, steamer, 4 Thrust block, 67 Tides, data on, 512-517 Tide Water Oil C., 363 Tide rode, 656 Timenoguy, 199 Times, N. Y., 741 Tingley, F. G., 834 Tisdale, Lieut.- Com. Mah- lon S., 308 Todd & Whalls ' “ Seaman¬ ship,1' 307 Tom, 67 Tonnage, 19 Ton, cargo, 20 Tonnage, deck, 20 certificate, 760 equipment, 25 gross, 19 net registered, 19 power, 24 rules for, 19 under-deck, 19 Tons per inch scale, 23, 256 Top, details, 186 Topmast, fidded, 155 fittings, 153 sending up, 189 telescopic, 155 Topping lifts, 166, 195 Topside strakes, 42 Towing, 678-691 abandoning tow, 690 casting off, 689 engine, 680-688 hawsers, A. B. S. rules, 690 lines, 80 regulations, 690 spar, 728 taking vessel in tow, 688 Tramps, 1 Transatlantic trade, 7 Transom plates, 45, 67 Transverse construction, 44 Trautwine's Engineer's Pocket Book, 518 Trestle trees, 49, 52 Trim, 67 Trochoidal theory of waves, 725 Tuck plate, 67 Tugela, S. S., 714 Tumble home, 62, 67 Tungsten steel, 65 Tunnel well, 67 Turbines, 33 Turret-deck steamer, 7 Twin Brothers, Ship, 754 Twine, kinds of, 203 Types of vessels, 3 Under Sail, 86, 769 United Fruit Co., 302 Ultimate strength, 52 Uptake, 67 U. S. Army Transport Serv¬ ice, 660 U. S. Bureau of Animal In¬ dustry, Dept, of Agri¬ culture, regulations for transport of cattle and horses, 323 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 477 U. S. Coast Guard, 883 U. S. Consuls, 761 U. S. Department of Com¬ merce, 573 U. S. Hydrographic Office, 459, 487, 529, 712, 817 U. S. Inland Rules of the Road, 574, 577-596 U. S. Naval Institute, Pro¬ ceedings, 19, 308, 493, 699 U. S. Navigation Laws, 20, 372 U. S. Navy, 115, 469, 630 liquid compass, 458 testing anchor engines, 644 U. S. Public Health Service, 295 U. S. Steamboat-Inspection Service, 372, 374, 394, 417, 570, 571, 760, 918 U. S. Shipping Board, 21, 297, 917 U. S. Weather Bureau, 799, 800, 801, 809, 810, 817, 818, 819, 834, 845, 875 Vanadium steel, 65 Veritas Austro-Ungarico, 39 Van der Heuvel, Capt., 713 Vangs or downhauls, 200 Vessels, classes of, 24 limiting size, 2 Vicksburgh, U. S. S., 747 Vouchers, 765 Wale shores, 916 Walton's Know Your Own Ship, 23 Wake, 727 War, 766 Warming, 107 Washing down, 926 Wash plate, 67 port, 67 Waterbury Co., 124 Waterway, 67 Waves, 724 Wearing, 774 Wearing in heavy weather, 777 a schooner, 776 Weather, The Atmosphere, by F. J. B. Cordeiro, 795 barometer, 801 Beaufort scale, 7941 character of day, 809 data on cyclonic storms, 818-833 Weather deck, 67 Forecasting, by Com¬ modore A. B. Ben¬ nett, 799-810 ' jingles, 796 Weather on the oceans of the world, 835-875 942 INDEX Weather, pilot charts, 816 radio forecasts, 810 storm warnings, 797 winds, 810-816 wind-direction, 797 wind veering and haul¬ ing, 804 Welded ship, 69 Well deck 5 W ellman-Sea ver-Morgan Co., 305 West Avenal, S. S., 280 West Togua, S. S., 255 Whaleback, 6 Wheat Tariff Association of San Francisco, rules for grain, 281 Wheelhouse, 533 Whelps, 49 Whipping, French, 108 plain, 108 sailmaker’s, 108 Whistles, 612 White's Manual of Naval Architecture, 20 White, Capt. J. H., 357 Whitlock Cordage Co., 109 Winches, 2 electric, 226 Winches, freezing, 236 heavy duty, 230 herring-bone gears, 222 loading with a single, 234 operation and care of, 222 platforms, 153 raised bed, 232 repairs, 225 reverse lever, 229 side by side, 231 single friction drum, 228 two-speed, single fric¬ tion drum, 229 types of, 221 Windlass, general descrip¬ tion and use, 639 Wild cat, 67 Wilson- Barker, Capt., 418 Wire rope, 109 armored-rope, 111 deep sea towing, 110 eye-clamped, 120 eye splice, 118 long splice, 120 hawsers and mooring lines, 110 hemp covered, 115 Wire rope, how to measure, 128 relative strength, 111 running rope, 110 sockets, 122 splicing, 117 splicing tools, 117 standing rigging, 110 tiller or hand rope, 111 to take out kinks, 113 to uncoil, 112 use of, 116 Wolding, 150 Wooden construction, 71 Worcester, Schoolship, 418 Working load, 52 World's Markets, 292 Wrecking cable, 80 Yachting, 217, 921 Yacht routine, 563 Yards, 211 fittings, 179 of a ship 196 sprung, 150-788 Yarn 76 Yates, Capt. 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