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Refers to the dress blue uniforms worn by enlisted sailors in the USN below the rank of E-7. The term is associated the Cracker Jack company (candy popcorn) mascot "Sailor Jack". Crackerjacks remain as the single, most identifiable naval uniforms worldwide.
1. A piece of fabric attached to a vessel and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the vessel along. 2. To use sail power to propel a vessel. 3. Take a trip in a ship. 4. In the USN, describes the tower-like structure on the dorsal (topside) surface of a submarine.
A USN sailor's white hat. Also known as a "Dog Dish".
(USN) Generic term for a rack of decorations, medals, and awards.
(USN) The Commanding Officer and Executive Officer (CO and XO).
In a ceremonial display, all hands appear in a line on deck or aloft and grasp the guardrails. Originally, in the days of sail, the crew grasped the rigging. The reasoning behind this tradition was to show that guns were not manned and no small arms were carried. In the USN is it referred to as "Manning the Rails".
A navy signalman. The nickname derives from the "bunting" of which signal flags were once made. In the USN the terms used for a signalman are "Flag Wagger" or "Skivvy Waver".
United States Navy.
Preliminary announcement made over the broadcast system to alert the ship's company just prior to an important type. The USN uses "now hear this".
(USN) Marine. Reportedly, due to the "high and tight" haircut favored by many Marines their head may be jar-shaped.
(USN) The traditional steps to prepare for leave ashore: Shit, Shower, Shave, and Shine Shoes.
Candy bars. This term was definitely borrowed from the USN.
Short for the USN naval air station at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Recently it has been closed, but the memory of Canadian Sailors painting ship at that locale will live forever.
(USN) The maximum speed of a ship. Faster than "full speed".
(USN) The weather deck right above the stern.
(USN) To scrub or otherwise clean the entire ship.
(USN) Naval Air Station
Somewhat derogatory term for a member of the USN, or more generally anything American. Short for "semi-intelligent". Pronounced "sem-eye".
(USN) Coffee. Derived from Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, who, on July 1, 1914, issued General Order 99 which banned alcoholic beverages aboard USN ships. Afterward, the strongest drink to be had was a "Cup of Joe".
Obviously, a member of the same ship's company. However, this term carries some derision because of its constant overuse by members of the USN.
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A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
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A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
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