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spar deck

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spar deck [′spar ‚dek]
(naval architecture)
A deck fitted from bow to stern on a superstructure having heavier scantlings than those under an awning deck.


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Decatur wrote in his report, "I immediately fired her in her Store Rooms, Gun Room Cockpit and Birth [Berth] Decks, and remained on board until the flames had issued from the Spar Deck Hatchways and Ports.
Maritime Administration contracted with a Florida shipyard to add 41,000-square-foot spar decks to three Ready Reserve Fleet vessels--Cape Rise, Cape Race, and Cape Ray.
As you wander the open spar deck, workers pull copper pins that might date to the 18th century; nearby, huge hull planks are steamed and bent to match the tuck in the frigate's stern.
 
 
 
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