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1.  What is the first requirement for those who sail in naval ships?

2.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. What is seamanship?

2. Which shipboard department is concerned with seamanship as its primary duty?

3.  What is meant by the statement "one is first a seaman, and then a technician"?

4.  Which officer is in charge of the deck department?

5.  What are the main duties of the ship's boatswain?

6.  What must a seaman apprentice accomplish in order to advance to pay grade E-3?

7.  What is marlinspike seamanship?

8.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. What is rope?

2. When does the term line come into use in the Navy?

3. Of what materials is rope made?

9.  What is the most common line used on board ship?

10.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. What is the strongest of the natural fibers?

2. What are its principal uses on board ship?

11.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. How is the length of a line measured?

2. How is the size of line identified?

12.  What is the name given to line larger than 5 inches in circumference?

13.  What is line under 1 3/4 inches in circumference called?

14.  What is marline, and what is it used for?

15.  What is seizing stuff?

16.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. Why is nylon line in common use in the fleet today?

2. What is a disadvantage of nylon line?

17.  What is the bitter end of a line?

18.  Where are most rope and lines stowed in a ship?

19.  What is the purpose of whipping a line or rope?

20.  Why should loose ends of line be whipped or tucked?

21.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. What is a fid?

2. What is it used for?

22.  What special safety precautions should be observed when handling wire rope?

23.  What is the difference between a knot, a bend, and a hitch?

24.  What is the best know for securing small stuff around a package?

25.  What is the bight of a line?

26.  What is the best knot for bending together two lines of different sizes?

27.  Answer each of the questions below in the space provided:

1. What is chafing gear?

2. What is always the rule when working with lines and wires?