OAR-ASTB (Basic Nautical Terms) Questions and Answers

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