OAR-ASTB (Basic Nautical Terms)
ADRIFT - answer loose from moorings and out of control. Applied to anything lost or out
of hand
AFT - answer Towards the stern (tail) of a ship
ALL HANDS - answer The entire ship's company, both Officer and Enlisted
ALLOTMENT - answer An amount of money a sailor has coming out of regular pay
AYE, AYE - answer Response acknowledging the understanding of a
command/statement
Barracks - answer A building where sailors live when ashore
Below - answerDownstairs like the next deck below
Blackshoe - answerNon-aviation rate for Enlisted personnel as well as officers. A "shoe"
is a ship driver/Surface Warfare Officer.
BLUE NOSE - answerA sailor who has crossed either the arctic or antarctic circle.
BOW - answerThe forward part of a ship or boat
BRAVO ZULU - answerWell done
BRIGHTWORK - answerbrass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted
BROWNSHOE - answerAviation rate enlisted personnel
BULKHEAD - answerthe wall
BUNK - answera bed
BUOY - answeran anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of
an object
CARRY ON - answeran order to resume work or duties
CAST OFF - answerto throw off, to let go, to unfurl
CHAIN LOCKER - answercompartment in which anchor chain is stowed
ADRIFT - answer loose from moorings and out of control. Applied to anything lost or out
of hand
AFT - answer Towards the stern (tail) of a ship
ALL HANDS - answer The entire ship's company, both Officer and Enlisted
ALLOTMENT - answer An amount of money a sailor has coming out of regular pay
AYE, AYE - answer Response acknowledging the understanding of a
command/statement
Barracks - answer A building where sailors live when ashore
Below - answerDownstairs like the next deck below
Blackshoe - answerNon-aviation rate for Enlisted personnel as well as officers. A "shoe"
is a ship driver/Surface Warfare Officer.
BLUE NOSE - answerA sailor who has crossed either the arctic or antarctic circle.
BOW - answerThe forward part of a ship or boat
BRAVO ZULU - answerWell done
BRIGHTWORK - answerbrass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted
BROWNSHOE - answerAviation rate enlisted personnel
BULKHEAD - answerthe wall
BUNK - answera bed
BUOY - answeran anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of
an object
CARRY ON - answeran order to resume work or duties
CAST OFF - answerto throw off, to let go, to unfurl
CHAIN LOCKER - answercompartment in which anchor chain is stowed
