- Paint Float
Paint float- huge floating scaffold used by Boatswain's mates to paint around
the outside of a ship.
- Payday stakes
The term you used before entering a poker game.
- Pea Coats
The blue seamans' coat that every officer swears is warm and comfy and every swabbie burns as soon as he leaves the Navy.
- Peach Fuzz
Before Captain's inspection the sailor gets a close look at his shave to make sure he is smooth and not showing peach fuzz.
- Phoenetic Alphabet (in the sixties)
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, Indigo, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Michael, November, October, Pisa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.
- Pig
Any "available" female. [Editors note: If my wife happens to read this it
must be emphasized that this item must be included in order to preserve
historical integrity!]
- Ping
One transmission of the Sonar.
- Ping Jockey
A Sonarman. The ratings STG for surface and STS for submarines.
- Piping
The design on the dress blues.
- Plimsole Line
The water line. Often new swabbies were sent to the bos'n's locker for a length of plimsole line.
- Plot
The compartment aboard a WWII warship where you found the MK-1A
main battery fire-control computer and star-shell computer.
- POD
Plan of the day. Executive officers daily notice of ships routine
(schedule).
- Pogey
A young, fresh-out-of-bootcamp sailor.
- Pogey Bait
Anything sweet or enticing to a "Pogey". Usually chocolate bars or
ice-cream.
- Pogue
One who pursues "Pogey's", usually laden with Pogey Bait.
- Pollywog
An unfortunate sailor that hasn't crossed the equator on a Navy ship yet.
- Poon
If you don't know, we ain't tellin...
- Port
The "left" side of the boat or ship when facing foreward.
It was the side of the boat opposite of the side upon which was mounted the
"steer-board", a flat board that was the primitive rudder.
The "port" side of the boat was almost always the side facing the dock so
as to avoid damage to the steer-board by contact.
- Porthole
A small round window. The glass is usually quite thick and circular because
pressure brought to bear will be supported equally by all points on the rim.
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