Maritime Style Sheet (with NATO phonetic alphabet)

Maritime Style Sheet

A Alpha
admiral (rear a.; vice a., etc.)

Admiralty, the

admiralty law

admiral of the fleet

adze

aftercastle

aircraft carrier

amphora (pl. amphorae)

art deco

Atlantic ferry

B Bravo
bareboat

baroque

battlecruiser 

battle fleet

battle line

battleship

bayman

beachcomber

beachfront

beachgoer

beach grass

beachhead

beachside

Bermuda rig

bilge keel

bilgewater

Blackwall hitch

blockade-runner

blue water (n.)

blue-water (adj.)

boatbuilder/-ing

boat hook

boathouse

boatload

boatman

boatneck

boat people

boat shoe

boatswain

boat train

boatyard

boltrope

bomb-ship, -ketch, etc.

bosun

bowline

box ship; box boat (container ship)

break-bulk freighter

breakwater

bumboat

buntline

bycatch

bylaw

by-product

C Charlie
cable-laid rope

cable length

canal boat

capital ship

carrick bend

carvel-built

carvel construction

cat-o’-nine-tails

cat’s-paw (knot)

centerboard

centerline

chain pump

charter party

-class: King George V-class (e.g.)

clinker-built

clinker (or lapstrake) construction

close-hauled

clove hitch

coastwise

compound engine

Coriolis effect/force

counterclockwise

countercurrent

court-martial (n., v.)

crash-land

crisscrossing

cross-braced

crow’s nest

D Delta
day-tripper

deadrise

deadweight tonnnage

deck chair

deckhand

deckhouse

deep-sea

deep-water

depth charge (n.)

depth-charge (v.)

depth sounder

displacement tonnage

dive-bomber

dockhand

dockland

dockmaster

dockside

dockworker

dockyard

downrange

downriver

downstream

downwind

dry-dock (v.)

dry dock (n.)

dugout

E Echo
ebb tide

en echelon [roman]

escort carrier

F Foxtrot
ferryboat

ferryman

figure eight

fireship

fisherman’s bend

fishing boat

flight deck

floatplane

floodgate

floodplain

flood tide

floodwater

floodway

flying jib

focsle

fore and aft (adv.)

fore-and-aft (adj.)

fore-and-after

forecastle

foredeck

forefoot

fore gaff-topsail

foreland

foremast

forepeak

forereach

foresail

foresheet

foreshore

forestay

forestaysail

foretop

foretopman

fore-topmast

frame-first construction

freeboard

freshwater (n., adj.)

full speed

full-rigged ship

G Golf
gaff rig; gaff-rigged (adj.)

gaff-topsail

gale force winds

gangplank

gangway

granny knot

gappling chain, ~ hook

great galley

gunboat

gunboat diplomacy

gun-deck (OED)

gun-founder, gun-foundry (OED)

gunpoint

gun-port (OED)

gunpowder

gun room

gunrunning, -er

gunship

H Hotel
half hitch

harbormaster

harborside

Harbor (as in Boston, or any named)

hawsehole

hawser-laid rope

headland

headroom

headsail

headwater

headway

headwind

helm-deck

helmsman

high tide

high water

high-water mark

home port (n.)

homeport (v.)

horsepower (indicated horsepower, etc.)

hurricane force winds

I India
ice age

ice ax

iceberg

iceblink

iceboat

icebound

ice cap

ice-cold (adj.)

icefall

ice field

ice floe

ice fog

icehouse

iceman

ice-out

ice pick

ice sheet

ice storm

ironclad

J Juliet
jolly boat

jury rig (n.)

jury-rig (v.)

K Kilo
keelboat

keelhaul

keel-rope

keelson

kunlun bo

L Lima
laborsaving

land breeze

landing craft

landmark

land mass

landward

lapstrake construction

lateen sail

lay-up (n)

layover

leeboard

lee gauge

lee shore

leeward

leeway

Liberty ship

lieutenant commander

lieutenant junior grade

life belt

lifeboat

life buoy

lifeguard

life jacket

lifeline

life preserver

life raft

life ring

lifesaver, ~ing

life vest

lightship

line-ahead (adj.)

line-abreast (adj.)

line officer

line of sight

line squall

load line (n.)

load-line (adj.)

logboat

long-range

long-time

longship

longshoreman

loose-footed

low water

low-water mark

lubber line

lubber’s hole

lugsail

M Mike
made mast (OED)

main deck

main gaff-topsail

mainland

mainmast

mansail

mainsheet

mainstay

maintop

main-topmast

main yard

man-of-war

manrope

masthead

mast-step (OED)

matériel

merchant cruiser

merchant shp

merchantman

midatlantic

Middle Ages

minelayer

mine-laying

mizzenmast

mizzen sail

Morse code

mortise-and-tenon (adj.)

motor schooner

motorship

N November
navaid

Navy Cross

navy yard

noncombatant

noncommissioned officer

Northeast Passage

Northwest Passage

O Oscar
oarlock

oceanfront

oceangoing

ocean liner

off course

offload

offshore (adj., adv., prep.)

orlop deck

outrigger

overhand knot

P Papa
paddleboat

paddle steamer

paddle wheel(-er)

pilot cutter

point-blank (adj./adv.)

pole mast

poop deck

porthole

port of call

port of entry

port of trade

promenade deck

propeller

PT-boat

purpose-built (adj.)

Q Quebec
quadruple-expansion engine

quarter rudder

R Romeo
radio beacon

retour ship

right(s)-of-way

riverbank

riverbed

riverboat

river-craft

riverfront

river plain

riverside

riverward

rolling hitch

round ship

round-trip

roustabout

rowboat

rowing boat

rowing machine

rowlock

rudderpost

running light

running rigging

S Sierra
sailboard

sailboat

sailcloth

sailmaker

sailing school (n.)

sailing-school (adj.)

sail training

sail training ship

Saint Elmo’s fire

saltwater (n., adj.)

schoolship

sea anchor

seabag

sea bass

seabed

Seebee

seabird

sea biscuit

seaboard

seaborne

sea breeze

sea buoy

sea captain

sea change

sea chest

seacoast

seacraft

sea dog

sea duty

Sea Explorer

seafarer, -ing

sea fire

seafloor

seafood

seafront

seagirt

seagoing

sea green

seagull

sea king

sea-lane

sea lawyer

sea legs

sea level

sealift

sea lion

sealskin

sea-maid

seaman

seamanlike

seamanship

seamark

sea mile

seamount

seaplane

seaport

sea power

seaquake

sea room

sea rover

sea scallop

seascape

sea serpent

seashell

seashore

sea serpent

seasick

seaside

sea slug (sea cucumber)

sea snake

sea stores

seatrain

sea trout

sea turtle

sea urchin

seawall

seaward(s)

seawater

seaway

seaweed

seaworthy

sea wrack

shallow-draft (adj.)

shear-hook

sheepshank

sheerstrake

sheet bend

shell-first construction

ship biscuit

shipboard

shipborne

ship breaker

shipbuilder/-ing

shipfitter

shiphandling

shiplap

shipload

shipman

shipmaster

shipmate

ship of state

ship of the line

shipowner, -ing

shipping lane

shipshape

ship’s papers

ship timber

ship time

shipway

shipworm

shipwreck (n., v.)

shipwright

shipyard

shoal-draft (adj.)

shoal water

shorebird

shorefront

shore leave

shore patrol

shoreside (adj.)

shroud-laid rope

sick bay

side-wheel (-er)

single-handed (adj./adv.)

single-hander

sister-ship

slave owner

slave ship

slipknot

sloop of war

snagboat

spar torpedo

spritsail

squall line

square rig

square-rigged

square-rigger

square knot

square sail

standing rigging

staysail

steamboat

steamboat Gothic

steam boiler

steam chest

steam engine

steamer rug

steamer trunk

steamfitter

steamship

steam turbine

steering oar

stempost

sterncastle

stern chase (n.)

stern chaser

sternmost

sternpost

stern sheets

sternward

sternway

stern-wheel(-er)

stevedore knot

streambed

streamside

sundeck

surgeon’s knot

T Tango
tabernacle mast

tall ship

the Crown

the equator

thole pin

tideland

tidemark

tide pool

tidewater

timber hitch

tonnage: gross register tonnage, etc.

topcastle

topgallant

topgallant mast

top-hamper

top-heavy

topmast

topsail

torpedo boat

torpedo-boat destroyer

torpedo bomber

torpedo tube

trade route

trade wind

training ship

transatlantic

transoceanic

transpacific

transship

treenail

triple-expansion engine

turboelectric

Turk’s head

tween deck

U Uniform
ultra large crude carrier (ULCC)

UN (adj,)

undertow

underwater

under way (adv.)

underway (adj.)

upriver

upstream

U.S. (adj,)

V Victor
very large crude carrier (VLCC)

V-bottom hull

Victory ship


W Whiskey

waterborne

watercourse

watercraft

waterfront

water gate

water gauge

water level

waterline

waterlog

waterman

watermark

waterpower

water privilege

waterproof

water rat

water-repellent

water-resistant

water right

waterscape

watershed

waterside

water ski (n.)

water-ski (v.)

water-skier

waterspout

water taxi

watertight

waterway

waterwheel

water wings

waterworks

waterworn

waybill

waypoint

way station

weather gauge

weather-leech

whale catcher

whaleback

whaleboat

whalebone

whale shark

whaleship

wharf boat

wharfmaster

windage

windblown

wind-borne

Windbreaker (™)

windchill

windjammer

windlass

windproof

windscreen

windshield

wind tunnel

windward

wing and wing (adv.)

wolf pack

X X-ray

Y Yankee

yacht club

yachtsman

yardarm

yardarm-to-yardarm

year-round

Z Zulu