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TB 55-1900-201-45/1
STRAKE - A course, or row, of shell or other plating.
STRINGER - A fore and aft member used to give longitudinal strength to shell plating.
STRINGER PLATE - (a) Deck plate at outboard edge of deck, connected to the shell of a ship by welding or with
an angle; (b) Web built up side stringers.
STEALER - In the shell planking toward the ends of a vessel, a strake introduced as a single continuation of two
tapering strakes.
TRANSVERSE FRAMES - Athwartship members forming the ship's ribs.
TRIPPING BRACKET - A small piece of steel placed beside a plate or shape to prevent its collapsing or folding
over.
VERTICAL KEEL - Row of vertical plates extending along center of flat plate keel.
WEB - The vertical portion of a beam, the athwartship portion of a frame.
WATERCRAFT - Propelled and nonpropelled craft used in river, harbor and coastwise operations.
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