- Rack
Your bunk!
- Rank
What officers have.
- Rat Guard
A wide circular plate placed on mooring lines to keep rats
off the ship.
- Rate
What NCOs have.
- RCH
The smallest measure of distance known to man (sailors)
and distinguished by the color red.
- Relative bearing grease
The (fictional) object of a search conducted by boot squids
at the behest of their salty shipmates.
- Red-lined Chit
a chit that has a red border that eventually goes to the
captain of the ship to review and approve or disapprove.
Usually a red-lined chit is completed and submitted after
a regular chit has been submitted and disapproved by lower
ranking officer's review. This type of chit can have some
hostile responses especially from the XO after reviewing
and disapproving the regular chit. Oh well at least he
didn't throw me overboard !!!!!!!
- Revelee
Wake-up call. Grab your socks and drop your . . . .
- Riddle (which every destroyer sailor is asked at least once)
"What's green and has thirteen assholes? Answer:
The wardroom.
- Right arm rate
Until 1949, those deck-sourced petty officers ( Boatswain’s
mate, Gunner’s mate, Quartermaster, Signalman, Torpedoman, etc;)
who wore their “crow” on their right sleeve (as opposed to the
left sleeve for all other rates).
- Rock and Roll
Heavy seas...
- Rope Yard Sunday
A weekday afternoon in port when holiday routine is
observed.
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