Tanks extending from the bottom or inner bottom up to or higher than the lowest deck
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FREEBOARD DECK
Deck to which freeboard is measured
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SHELL PLATING
The plates forming the outer side and bottom skin of the hull
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SLOP TANK
A tank in a tanker into which the residue of tank washing are pumped.
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TWEEN DECK
The space between any two adjacent decks
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FARDAGE
A wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry
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HOLDING GROUND
The bottom ground of an anchorage. The expression is usually used with a modifying adjective to indicate the quality of the holding power of the material constituting the bottom
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UP FLOW
The operation of an ion-exchange unit in which solutions are passed in at the bottom and out at the top of the container.
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FLUSH DECK
The upper deck of a vessel that extends unbroken from stem to stern.
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FOOT
1. the lower edge of any sail. 2. the bottom of a mast. 3. a measurement of 12 inches.
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DAVY JONES LOCKER
An idiom for the bottom of the sea.
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