#ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight
supertype: vessel.craft__watercraft a craft designed for water transportation
subtype: abandoned_ship blockade-runner cargo_ship flagship Flying_Dutchman gas-turbine_ship hospital_ship hulk iceboat lightship Mayflower minelayer minesweeper nuclear-powered_ship passenger_ship pirate_ship school_ship shipwreck sister_ship slave_ship small_ship spaceship steamship supply_ship three-decker.ship transport_ship treasure_ship troopship warship whaling_ship wreck.ship
member of: fleet.steamship_company
part: ship_bay__bay a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
part: bilge_pump__bilgepump a pump to remove bilgewater
part: bilge_well__bilgewell (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
part: bulkhead a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
part: bulwarks__bulwark a fence-like structure around a deck
part: cargo_area__cargoarea__cargo_deck__cargodeck__cargo_hold__cargohold__hold__storage_area__storagearea the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
part: crow's_nest platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast
part: davit a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
part: deck any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
part: fin.stabilizer a stabilizer that resembles the fins of a fish
part: forecastle__fo'c'sle living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
part: funnel smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
part: ship's_galley__galley__caboose__cookhouse the area for food preparation on a ship
part: gyrostabilizer a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane
part: gyroscope__gyro rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
part: helm.steering_system steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
part: log.measuring_instrument measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
part: log_line__logline a knotted cord that runs out from a reel to a piece of wood that is attached to it
part: lubber's_hole hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
part: porthole a window in a ship or airplane
part: deadlight a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
part: ratline__ratlin a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
part: ridge_rope__ridgerope either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship
part: riding_bitt one of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor
part: screw_propeller__screw a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
part: sea_anchor__seaanchor__drogue restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
part: weather_sheet__weathersheet__sheet__tack__mainsheet__shroud a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
part: skeleton__frame__underframe the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
part: spar a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
part: stern__after_part__afterpart__quarter__poop__tail the rear part of a ship
part: escutcheon (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
part: skeg a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
part: superstructure structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
part: top.platform platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
part: topside (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
part: winch__windlass lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
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