Who's that power source?
Old Ironsides
What is wind?
This machine compresses refrigerant vapor as part of a ship’s refrigeration or air-conditioning cycle.
What is a compressor?
This compass error results from magnetic influences aboard the ship itself.
What is deviation?
Named for the shield of Zeus, this naval combat system integrates sensors, computers, and weapons to detect and engage threats.
What is Aegis?
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What is GREETINGS!
USS Wasp
What are boilers?
This device removes particles and contaminants from fuel, oil, or water.
What is a filter?
These two terms describe the direction toward which a current flows and its speed.
What is set and drift?
This type of kill is scenario based and fictitious, but is used as valuable training for the crew.
What is a constructive kill?
A sailor crossing the equator for the first time traditionally goes from being a "pollywog" to one of these.
What is a shellback?
USS Jimmy Carter
What is S6W nuclear reactor?
This "expansion tank" is the ultimate heat sink for any naval vessel.
What is the ocean?
This route follows the shortest path between two points on the surface of a sphere.
What is great circle route?
This term describes a missile’s ability to guide itself after launch without further guidance from the launching platform.
What is fire and forget?
These three motions make a ship rotate: roll, pitch, and this side-to-side change in heading.
What is yaw?
USS Zumwalt
What is a gas turbine engine?
This automatic electrical device opens a circuit when excessive current flows through it and can usually be reset.
What is a circuit breaker?
This angle describes an object’s direction measured clockwise from the ship’s bow.
What is relative bearing?
This antiship missile shares its name with a traditional whaling weapon.
What is a harpoon?
This forward part of a ship’s upper deck commonly contains anchor-handling equipment. Spell it.
What is forecastle?
USS Triton
What is Twin-S4G Nuclear Reactors?
This phenomenon occurs when an electrical current takes an unintended path through air between conductive parts, potentially releasing intense heat and light.
What is an arc flash? (Or arc blast)
This chart projection shows rhumb lines as straight lines but increasingly distorts scale toward the poles.
What is the Mercator Projection?
This missile flight phase occurs near the target, following the midcourse phase.
What is terminal phase?
Commissioned in 1968, this is the only active-duty U.S. Navy ship currently held captive by a foreign government, though it remains a commissioned vessel in the U.S. fleet database.
What is the USS Pueblo?