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61USS Whitley (AKA-91) — was an Andromeda class attack cargo ship named after counties in Indiana and Kentucky. She served as a commissioned ship for 10 years and 10 months. Whitley (AKA 91) was laid down on 2 May 1944 at Oakland, Calif., by the Moore Dry Dock Co. under… …
62Splice the mainbrace — is an order given aboard naval vessels to issue the crew with a drink. Originally an order for one of the most difficult emergency repair jobs aboard a sailing ship, it became a euphemism for authorized celebratory drinking afterward, and then… …
63USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Eisenhower. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) USS Eisenhower, en vue aérienne (1998) …
64USS Eisenhower — USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Eisenhower. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) …
65ГРОТА-БРАСЫ — (Main brace) брасы грота рея. Самойлов К. И. Морской словарь. М. Л.: Государственное Военно морское Издательство НКВМФ Союза ССР, 1941 …
66splice — spliceable, adj. /spluys/, v., spliced, splicing, n. v.t. 1. to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands. 2. to unite (timbers, spars, or the like) by overlapping and binding their ends. 3. to unite… …
67Jean-Paul Leblanc — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Leblanc. Jean Paul Leblanc est un homme d affaires et un homme politique canadien. Biographie Jean Paul Leblanc est né le 16 août 1923 dans le quartier de College Bridge, à Memramcook, au Nouveau… …
68Drunkenness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Drunkenness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 drunkenness drunkenness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 intemperance intemperance Sgm: N 1 drinking drinking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 inebriety inebriety inebriation Sgm …
69splice the mainbrace — to drink intoxicants The mainbrace was the rope which held the mainsail in position, and a vessel was in peril if it broke. In rough weather splicing it, or mending it by joining up the severed parts, was a hazardous operation and the… …
70splice — v. & n. v.tr. 1 join the ends of (ropes) by interweaving strands. 2 join (pieces of timber, magnetic tape, film, etc.) in an overlapping position. 3 (esp. as spliced adj.) colloq. join in marriage. n. a joint consisting of two ropes, pieces of… …
