Here's a collection of all the random little things that don't really fit anywhere
else yet.
-Bulwarks - the solid rail or wall that extends the ships' sides upward above the deck
-From the USCG Question bank:
-One function of a bulwark is to help keep the deck dry.
-The purpose of the freeing ports in a solid bulwark are to allow water shipped on deck
to flow off rapidly.
-Miscellaneous Hull Fittings: are exactly that, random things that exist as a part of the hull
-From the USCG Question bank:
-Permissible length: The maximum length allowed between main, transverse bulkheads
on a vessel
-Carling: used to stiffen areas under points of great stress between beams
-Circular Type Pillar: gives the greatest strength with the least weight
-Scantlings: measurements of structural members
-Beam bracket: angled brackets that join beams to other beams or to pillars
or shell plating. Typically 2.5 times as deep as the beam
-Chock: casting fitted at the side of a weather deck, used as a fairlead
-Companion way: set of interior steps on a ship leading up to a deck from below
-Dogs: fittings used to secure a watertight door
-Fidley: the space above the engine room
-Strongback: bar securing a cargo port
-Cleat: a deck fitting used to secure line or wire rope, consisting of a single
body with two protruding horns
-Stringer strake: fore and aft run of deck plating which strengthens the connection
between the beams and the frames and keeps the beams square to the shell
