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acey deucy
Sailors' version of backgammon
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ash cans
Depth charges.
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battle surface
A surfacing operation during which the submarine is made buoyant by blowing suitable tanks and then held down by the bow and stern planes and motor power until she leaps upward. Ships thus handled come up flat, or nearly flat, instead of bow first, and suddenly.
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beach
Anything that isn't sea water. In this service it frequently describes a submerged extension of the shore.
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black gang
The engine-room crew, although there is no record of there having been a coal-burning submarine.
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bleed in
(To "bleed in" air or water.) To let in a small amount of air or water.
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blow ballast
To force water from tanks into sea with compressed air.
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boot
As on the surface ships, a recruit.
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broach
To surface without intent. To stick the bow out of the water when rising in periscope depth.
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captain
The commander of a boat regardless of his real naval rank.
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