ship crew
Seafaring work team
The people who work aboard a ship, responsible for its operation and maintenance.
A ship crew typically includes officers (captain, mates, engineers) and ratings (deckhands, stewards).
The term emphasizes the collective unit rather than individual roles: The ship crew prepared for departure.
Sometimes shortened to simply crew.
- bosunShip's deck crew chief
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- crewmenShip's working personnel
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- helmsmanOne who navigates vessels
lookout · first mate · engineer · captain · petty officer · steward · stoker · quartermaster · cook · mess hall · purser · first officer · camaraderie · medic · sailors · able seaman · bunks · below decks
- crews
- maritime groupsport authority, coastguard, navy, merchant marine, shipping company
- merchant marine personnelsailors, seafarers, captain, deckhands, navigators
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
- Navieswarships, ships, cruiser, battleship, sailors
- naval personnelsailors, seamen, captains, admirals, officers
ship crewship captain
Commander of a vessel
commanding officer · shipowner · admiralty · fleet commander
ship crewdockworkers
Port freight handlers
landlubbers · longshoremen · harbor master · ground crew · home office