- Fanfare
A double winch driven by an electric motor and brake to stream fanfare noisemakers aft of the screws to decoy acoustic torpedos away from the screws.
- Fathometer
Depth finding Sonar with the monitor unit usually mounted in the pilothouse.
It is maintained by the sonarmen.
- Fids
Wooden marlinspikes.
- Fighting Neckerchief
The black silk neckerchief with four or five one ounce lead sinkers sown into it for use as a weapon in places of liberty such as New York.
- Fish
See "Torpedo"
- Flake Down
As in to "flake down a line". To lay out a line flat on the deck in a coiled rectangular pattern to assure safety when paying out the line when it will be used so that no sailor's leg or foot gets caught in a loop.
- Fore
Front. Not just a golfing term, "Arnie".
- Foul Weather Gear Locker
The best place in the ship to sleep undetected (under a pile of coats) by officers or higher ratings who are all looking for those with nothing to do to make them work.
- Frap the lines
To tie the mooring lines together with small line in order to prevent chaffing
and to facilitate the placement of rat guards (and of course the navy would
do it anyway just because it looks nice.)
- Freshwater Navy
US Coast Guard.
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