US Navy Recruit Training Command - Keel Yearbook (Great Lakes, IL)

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To men who will 'ggo down to the sea in shipsw a knowledge of basic seamanship is fundamental. Although some seamanship skills can he mastered only from long experience at sea, the foundations upon which these skills are based form an important part of recruit training. Emphasis here is placed upon teaching the recruit the language of the sea and the names and uses of the tools of his new trade. Among the suhjects taught to the recruit are marlinspike sea- manship and knot tying, steering and sounding, anchoring and mooring, and the recognition of various types of ships, their characteristics and structures. Ho learns the principles of ship- board organization and something of thc role he will later play as a memhcr of his ship's company. He receives practical instruc- tion in the use of the sound-powered telephones by means of which personnel stationed in various parts of his ship may communicate with each other. By the time he completes recruit training the recruit will have learned many of the fundamentals of seamanship which will stand him in good stead on hoard ship.