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deck department

British  

noun

  1. the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering

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Initially, Velasco told investigators he did not recognize the person he saw that morning and said whoever did it did not belong to his deck department, which Mays did.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

While one of the Iron 9, Seaman Adriyanna Jones, thinks the group’s achievement will influence how female sailors are seen for years to come, she believes they also showed something about the deck department.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

“Sometimes deck department is overlooked as an essential asset, but recently there’s been a lot more acknowledgement towards how necessary we are to the ship.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

That changed with USS Gerald R. Ford last month - all the deck department sailors assigned to the boatswain’s mates bridge watch teams were women.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

In the same manner, therefore, that he had imprisoned the men of the deck department in the forecastle, Mr. Reardon now proceeded to imprison the men of the engine department in the sterncastle.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

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