Примечания
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The term 'boat' is generally used to denote a small vessel that can be hoisted on board a ship. Early submarines were small enough to fulfill this definition. The camaraderie of the first 'boat sailors' and their pride in serving on board such unique vessels resulted in this term remaining in common use among submariners. The official U.S. Navy definition of a submarine is a ship, but submarine sailors, in accordance with tradition, continue to call their vessel a boat.
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Reactor Operators
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To maintain the watertight integrity of the compartments, each massive steel door between compartments has a central handle and a series of clamps that seal the door when the handle is turned. A door is 'dogged' when the handle is turned, thus sealing the door.
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SCRAM refers to 'safety control reactor ax man,' a term given to the man responsible for cutting the rope holding the control rods out of an experimental reactor core during a test at the University of Chicago. When the rods dropped back into the core, the reactor was shut down. Although the system for shutting down a nuclear reactor is now profoundly different, the term SCRAM, meaning a total and complete emergency shutdown, has been retained.
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The senior enlisted rating in the U.S. Navy is the boatswain's mate. Also called 'bo's'n,' the boatswain's mate has been in charge of the deck force of a ship since the days of sail. Setting the sails, heaving lines, and hoisting anchor required a coordinated team effort; the bo's'n's whistle signals coordinated the actions. When visitors to the sailing ships had to be hoisted aboard or lowered over the side, the bo's'n's pipe was used to order 'Hoist away' or 'Avast heaving.' As time passed, piping a senior naval officer aboard became an established naval honor. The tradition remains strong, even in the nuclear era.
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Preventive Maintenance
