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Glossary A Access Holes: These are temporary openings cut in ship’s structure to allow access and shifting of equipment into position during construction. Accommodation: All spaces on a ship such as living spaces for the crew, including navigation, radio, and similar spaces when incorporated in the same deckhouse. Accuracy control: The usage of statistical methods to monitor, control, and continuously improve shipbuilding design details and work methods so as to maximize productivity. Aft: The portion of the ship towards or near the stern. After body: The portion of the ships hull aft of amidships. Afterpeak: The compartment of the stern, aft of the aftermost watertight bulkhead. Air and drainage holes: Holes which are cut in the structure, usually transverse webs, to ensure the free escape of air to the vents and free drainage of liquids to the pump suction wells. Amidships: The point, which is exactly at halfway between aft and forward perpendiculars. Anchor: A device, usually made of steel, used to hold a ship against the movement of current, tide, and wind. Angle or angle bar: A structural stiffener made of a web and a flange. Appendages: The portions of the vessel extending beyond the main hull outline, including such items as rudder, shafting, struts, bossings, and bilge keels. Aperture: A recess in which the propeller is located. Assemble: A process of joining parts together. Assembly: an assembly of parts. These assembled parts form blocks. Athwartship: Across the ship, perpendicular to the fore and aft centerline. Auxiliary machinery: The mechanical equipment required by a ship apart from the main engine such as pumps, motors, generators, etc., B Back gouging: The forming of a bevel or groove on the back of a partially welded joint to assure complete penetration upon subsequent welding from that side. Ballast tank: A watertight compartment used to hold ballast. Bars: Basic structural members of a ship, usually steel, of certain standard shapes; a shape