deck crew
Topside working sailors
Deck crew refers to the workers on a ship responsible for operations above the waterline—handling lines, maintaining the hull, operating deck equipment, and standing watch.
On smaller vessels, deck crew may include everyone except the engine room staff.
In film and television production, deck crew are the stagehands who move sets and equipment: The deck crew struck the set between scenes.
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- seamenNaval enlisted personnel
- able seamanCertified deck crew rank
- matesFriends or breeding partners
- deckhandsShip's manual laborers
rigging · mooring · anchor · ropes · swabbing · bosun · helmsman · gangway · fore and aft · port · starboard · man overboard · sea legs · maritime · nautical · vessel · ship · cargo
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- crews
- ship crewsailor, seaman, crewman, deckhand, first mate
- work crews
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- Navy Jobssailor, seaman, submariner, petty officer, ensign