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Were in the Navy! | Navy Terms

  1.) Knee-Knocker – a high step

  2.) Midrats – midnight rations

  3.) "Dogging the door/hatch" – closing and locking a door, especially during General Quarters

  4.) Ladder – stairs

  5.) Sick Bay – hospital

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  6.) Galley – the kitchen

  7.) Head – the bathroom (the term comes from old sailing days when sailors did their business on their ship's bow and hoped a wave would wash it overboard)

  8.) Brig – the jail

  8.) CV – cruiser voler (French word for "to fly")/aircraft carrier

  9.) Hangar Bay – area of the ship where planes are stored and worked on

  10.) Flight Deck – area of the ship where planes take off and land

  11.) Ready Room – meeting space for pilots before a mission

  12.) Berthing – the area of the ship where sailors sleep

  13.) Mess Hall – where sailors eat

  14.) Scuttlebutt – gossip by the water fountain

  15.) General Quarters - To Battle Stations!

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