Naval Skills Unit 3 Chapter 1

Common nickname for aviation personnel onboard ship.	The length of line is normally measured in _________.	Most rope and line aboard ship is stowed in the Boatswain's _________.
Tapered steel tool used for separating strands of rope.	Name for two-stranded, left-laid, tarred hemp.	A pointed, round, tapered wooden tool designed for splicing fiber lines.
General term applied to both fiber and wire.	_________ down a line is to lay it out in long, flat rows.	The _______ knot is the best-known knot for bending two lines together.
The strongest and most expensive natural fiber rope.	To _______ down a line is to lay it down in a flat helical coil on the deck.	The ______ hitch is the best all-around knot for bending to anything round or nearly round.