Glossary of Shipbuilding Terms

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases 

The following pages are a glossary of shipbuilding terms from United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation publication The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles G. Davis (1918), a long out-of-print book that we have republished that is available on Amazon. These definitions will be very handy when reading the works of such authors as Davis, Howard I. Chapelle, V.R. Grimwood, and others I will reference in this blog. In some cases, I have added further clarification to a definition in the form of editor's notes. These are in italic, contained in parentheses, and attribute the modern author of the clarification.

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "A"

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "B"

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "C"

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "D"

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "E" & "F"

Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "G" & "H"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "I," "J" & "K"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "L"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "M"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "N"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "O," "P" & "Q"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "R"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "S"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "T"
Shipbuilding Terms and Phrases "U" - "Z"