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A vessel cut down or reduced by a deck.

A line officer one rank lower than a vice-admiral and one rank higher than a commodore.

A man-o'-war, unfit for sea duty, stationed at a navy yard for recruiting seamen.

(See Hydraulic-recoil Carriage.)

This projectile is obsolete, and was once used for incendiary purposes.

(See Charge.)

To reshape to its original form.

The instrument used in reforming.

A book issued by the Navy Department giving the names of the commissioned and warrant officers in active service and on the retired list of the navy of the United States, and of the Marine Corps, together with their respective numbers in their grade, States from which appointed, dates of promotions, length of sea and shore service, etc.; also a list of the vessels belonging to the navy.

An officer, petty officer, seaman, etc., belonging to the permanent military forces maintained by Government.

That part of a gun between the trunnions, and only applies to old-fashioned ordnance.

The relative rank between officers of the navy and army is as follows:

Admiral with General; Vice-Admiral with Lieutenant-General; Rear Admiral with Major-General; Commodore with Brigadier-General; Captain with Colonel; Commander with Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant-Commander with Major; Lieutenant with Captain; Lieutenant Junior Grade with First Lieutenant; Ensign with Second Lieutenant.

Officers of the Marine Corps take rank with officers of similar grade in the army.

The place appointed where several ships are to join company; also a name sometimes applied to a recruiting station on shore.

(See Naval Reserve.)

The refuse left in the gun after the charge has been exploded.

A piece of ordnance having the inside of the barrel furrowed with spiral channels, which give to the projectile a rotary motion about an axis, and by which great precision of aim is obtained. The rifled guns in use in the U. S. Navy are the 5-in., 6-in., 8-in., 10-in., and 12-in. (See Charge.)

An old style of flat-bottom boat from which rockets were fired during a naval engagement with forts.

A certain place in a navy yard in which wornout vessels are moored.

Authority given a naval commander to cruise wherever he may desire.

A series of established rules whereby the business on board ship may be carried out systematically, whether at sea or in port, in warm or cold climates, etc. These rules embrace the care and preservation of the vessel, the airing and washing of clothes and bedding, holy-stoning of decks, arrangement of meal and smoking hours, drills, etc.