1.) Knee-Knocker – a high step


    2.) Midrats – midnight rations


    3.) "Dogging the door/hatch" – closing and locking a door, especially during General Quarters


    4.) Ladder – stairs


    5.) Sick Bay – hospitalThis book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    6.) Galley – the kitchen


    7.) Head – the bathroom (the term comes from old sailing days when sailors did their business on their ship''s bow and hoped a wave would wash it overboard)


    8.) Brig – the jail


    8.) CV – cruiser voler (French word for "to fly")/aircraft carrier


    9.) Hangar Bay – area of the ship where planes are stored and worked on


    10.) Flight Deck – area of the ship where planes take off and land


    11.) Ready Room – meeting space for pilots before a mission


    12.) Berthing – the area of the ship where sailors sleep


    13.) Mess Hall – where sailors eat


    14.) Scuttlebutt – gossip by the water fountain


    15.) General Quarters - To Battle Stations!