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GLOSSARY:
ABAFT: ------------- FURTHER AFT THAN ANOTHER
ABEAM: ------------ ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE
ACK-ACK: ----------------- ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE
AFTERBODY: ------ THE REAR SECTION OF TORPEDO
AK: ------------ A CLASS OF VESSEL, FREIGHTER
AMIDSHIPS: --------------- MIDDLE OF THE SHIP
ASH CANS: ---------------------- DEPTH CHARGES
BETTY:--JAP. PATROL BOMBER or TORPEDO PLANE
BKR: ------------------------------------ BAKER
BLIP: -------------------- A RADAR INDICATION
BM: -------------------------- BOATSWAINS MATE
BROACHED: -------- BREAK THE SURFACE OF WATER
BULKHEADS: ------ WALLS DIVIDING COMPARTMENTS
BUNTING: ------------ FLAGS OR FLAG MATERIALS
CAN: ------------------------------ DESTROYER
CAN, FULL: ------------- A FULL BATTERY CHARGE
CCS: ---------------- CHIEF COMMISARY STEWARD
CDR: ------------------------------ COMMANDER
CEM: ---------------------------- COMMANDER
CMM: -------------------- CHIEF MACHINIST MATE
CMOMM: ----------- CHIEF MOTOR MACHINIST MATE
CO: ----------------------- COMMANDING OFFICER
COBBER: ------------------------ FRIEND, BUDDY
COMSUBPAC: -----------CMDR SUBMARINES PACIFIC
CON: ---------------------- CONTROL, STEERING
CPHM: ---------------- CHIEF' PHARMACISTS MATE
CQM: --------------------- CHIEF QUARTERMASTER
CSM: ------------------------ CHIEF SIGNALMAN
CSS: ----------- COMMANDER SUBMARINE SQUADRON
CTF: -------------------- COMMANDER TASK FORCE
CTM: ----------------------- CHIEF TORPEDOMAN
CY: ---------------------------- CHIEF YEOMAN
DD: ------------------------------- DESTROYER
DE: ------------------------- DESTROYER ESCORT
DIV: ------------------------------- DIVISION
DR: ----------------- DEAD RECKONING POSITION
DRI: --------------- DEAD RECKONING INDICATOR
DRT: ------------------- DEAD RECKONING TRACER
DUD: ------------------------ DID NOT EXPLODE
ECHO-RANGING: ------- UNDERWATER SOUND DEVICE
EM: ----------------------- ELECTRICIANS MATE
END AROUND: ------ RUN AROUND AHEAD OF TARGET
END RUN: ----------------- SAME AS END AROUND
ENG: --------------------- ENGINE, ENGINEERING
ENS: ----------------------------- ENSIGN RANK
F: ---------------------------------- FIREMAN
FBT: ----------------------- FUEL BALLAST TANK
FC: -------------------------- FIRECONTROLMAN
FIRE CONTROL: DIRECTING TORPEDOES or GUNFIRE
FISH: ------------------------------- TORPEDO
FIX: ------------ AN ACCURATE SHIP'S POSITION
FM: ---------------- FREQUENCY MODULATED SONAR
FWD: --------------------------------- FORWARD
GM: ---------------------------- GUNNERS MATE
GOONEY BIRD: ------- ALBATROSS FOUND ON MIDWAY
GQ: ------------------------ GENERAL QUARTERS
HEAD: --------------------------------- TOILET
IC: ----------------- INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
JK: ---------------- A SONAR LISTENING DEVICE
JP: ------------- AN AMPLIFIED SONIC RECEIVER
JUICE IN THE CAN: ---- AVAILABLE BATTERY POWER
Lt.: ------------------------------ LIEUTENANT
Lt. Cdr.: -------------- LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
Lt.jg: --------------- LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE
Matt: ------------------------ MESS ATTENDANT
MBT: ----------------------- MAIN BALLAST TANK
MC: -------------- INTER-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
MGC: ------------------------------ MEGACYCLES
MK: ------------------------------------ MARK
MM: -------------------------- MACHINIST MATE
MOMM: ------------------ MOTOR MACHINIST MATE
NAV: -------------------------------- NAVIGATOR,
NEGATIVE: -- 14,000 lb. NEGATIVE BALLAST TANK
NIP: ------------------------------- NIPONESE
OD: --------------------- OFFICER OF THE DECK
OTC: ------------ OFFICER IN TACTICAL COMMAND
PC: ---------------------------- PATROL CRAFT
PCO: --------------- PROSPECTIVE CMD. OFFICER
PhoM: -------------------- PHOTOGRAPHERS MATE
PhM: ----------------------- PHARMACISTS MATE
PIP: ------------- INDICATION ON RADAR SCREEN
POW: ------------------------ PRISONER OF WAR
PPI: -- PLAN POSITION INDICATOR/SURFACE RADAR
PRAU: -------------------------- SMALL VESSEL
QC: ---- ECHO RANGING PORTION OF A SOUND HEAD
QM: -------------------------- QUARTER MASTER
RAPID PURSUIT: -------- FULL SPEED ALL ENGINES
RELATIVE BEARING: --- BEARING FROM SHIP'S BOW
RM: -------------------------------- RADIOMAN
RT: ------------------------ RADIO TECHNICIAN
RUN: ------------- PATROL RUN, USUALLY 60 DAYS
S: ----------------------------------- SEAMAN
SANITARY TANK: ----------- A WASTE WATER TANK
SC: ----------------------------- SHIP'S COOK
SD (RADAR): ------- AIRCRAFT DETECTION DEVICE
SHEARS: --------- PERISCOPE SUPPORT STRUCTURE
SJ (RADAR): ------- SURFACE DETECTION/RANGING
SM: ------------------------------- SIGNALMAN
SONAR: --------- ELECTRONIC UNDERWATER SENSOR
SPIT-KIT: ----------------- SMALL PATROL BOAT
StM: ----------------------------------- STEWARD
TDC: --------------------- TORPEDO DATA COMPUTER
TM: --------------------------------- TORPEDOMAN
TOP-HAMPER: --------------------- SUPERSTRUCTURE
TORPEX: ------------ A TORPEDO WARHEAD EXPLOSIVE
TRIM: ----------- SUBMARINE LONGITUDINAL BALANCE
TRUE BEARING: ----- GYROCOMPASS BEARING/EARTH N.
VHF: -------------- VERY HIGH FREQUENCY
WOLF PACK:-------- USUALLY, GROUP OF THREE SUBS
XO: --------------- EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Y: ---------------- YEOMAN
ZIG ZAG: ---------- AN ALTERNATING COURSE
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