- C-Rations
WWII rations. Precursor of MEA (meals ready to eat).
- Captains Gig
Captains gig- small boat reserved for the captain and his officers
- Captain's Mast
Held when needed for the captain to discipline any sailor put on report.
- CH
A measure of a small distance.
- Chain Locker
The compartment just forward of the Bos'n locker that holds the anchor chains.
- Chalk
Not for blackboards. Requisite part of sailors' equipment to mask out dirty spots on favorite white hat to pass for liberty call.
- Cherry Boysan
A West Pacific term for a sailor that never goes all the way with women in port.
- Chief
The holder of real "power" on the ship below the rank of Lieutenant JG.
- Chinese fire-drill
Total confusion! Related to an old U.S. Army term,
"SNAFU".
- Chinese landing
When a boat is brought along-side a ship "bow to
stern" rather than the accepted (traditional?)"bow to bow".
- Chit
Any request form. (also see "Red-Lined Chit")
- Chow
Anything "eatable", usually food served on the mess decks.
- Chow Hound
In Yiddish say "Fresser".
- Civies
Civilian clothes. Not allowed aboard ship. Had to be stored at the 'Y'.
- Clear the Deck
To move on the double out of the area you are at, especially if a mooring cable or line threatens to stretch too far.
- Color Coding Acronym for Electronic Component Values
"Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly, Get Some Now". Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Grey, White, Gold, Silver, Nothing. They represent, in order: Zero, one, two three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 5%, 10%, 20%.
- Combat Information Center
Combat: Combat Information Center (CIC). The nerve-center of any
warship.
- Commode
The toilet seat in the head.
- Cover
Your hat.
- Crossing the Line
The process whereby a "Pollywog" becomes a "Shellback" through a most memorable meeting with King Neptune and his court at the occasion of crossing the Equator. During this event, the ship is taken over by said king and existing shellbacks and the senior officers are customarily nowhere to be seen.
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