SEAM Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers

SEAM Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers below the waterline is frequently encountered on vessels traveling at faster speeds and on those with high block coefficients. The arguments for and against installing a bulbous bow are best left to textbooks on naval architecture, however, it should be noted that, like most immersed hull form quirks, this feature is typically designed to lessen the vessel's resistance to motion in specific circumstances - Answer-bulbous or projecting bow a compartment located under the windlass where the anchor chains are stowed. It is usually subdivided inside by a longitudinal bulkhead. - Answer-Chain Locker the extreme forward lower compartment or tank usually used for trimming or storage in a ship. - Answer-Forepeak Tank is a storage space for the materials used by deck crew. It is supervised the bosun and contains a wealth of stores ranging from rope to paint brushes. - Answer-Boastwain's Store a bulwark after the bow and above the forecastle deck. - Answer-Fashion Plate a V-shaped timber or plate connecting ship timbers or stringers of opposite sides where they run into the stern - Answer-Breast Hook uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel. - Answer-Second Deck- the uppermost continuous deck that is capable of being made of watertight; freeboard deck. - Answer-Upper Deck- a partial deck above the main deck at the bow of a ship over a forecastle - Answer-Forecastle Deck- any several plated fitted in a ship's bottom to prevent surging of bilge water when the ship is rolling or pitching. - Answer-Wash Plate- the first watertight bulkhead in the forward part of a ship designed to keep out water in the event of a collision - Answer-Collision Bulkhead- a structure similar to keelson between the turn of the bilge and the lowest deck beams of a ship. - Answer-Side Stringers- longitudinal stiffening members formed in a closed roundedtriangular shape (peak being the fore end) by the side stringers on both sides and the collision bulkhead at its end. - Answer-Panting Stringers- a beam fitted athwartship in the bow or stern of a vessel to prevent panting of the sides - Answer-Panting Beams-