A platform on a mast used to aid in gun laying.
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LANDING STAGE
A platform attached to the shore for landing or embarking passengers or cargo. In some cases the outer end of the landing stage is floating. Ships can moor alongside larger landing stages.
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SPONSON
A platform jutting from ship’s deck for gun or wheel
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PIER
A loading platform extending at an angle from the shore.
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CHAINS
Small platforms built into the sides of a ship to spread the shrouds to a more advantageous angle. Also used as a platform for manual depth sounding.
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MONKEY BRIDGE
A high platform above the wheelhouse offering better visibility to the operator while maneuvering.
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FLYING BRIDGE
The platform forming the top of the pilot house
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DECK
A platform in a ship corresponding to a floor in a building
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MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT
A movable drilling platform used in offshore oil exploration and production. It is kept stationary by vertically movable legs or by mooring with several anchors. After drilling for oil it may be replaced by a production platform or a submerged structure.
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PLATFORM ERECTION
In the alignment of inertial navigation equipment, the alignment of the stable platform vertical axis with the local vertical.
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BEAKHEAD
1. The ram on the prow of a fighting galley of ancient and medieval times.
2. The protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship of the 16th to the 18th century, usually ornate, used as a working platform by sailors handling the sails of the bowsprit. It also housed the crew's heads (toilets).
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