Kingfisher had deck structures and hatchway coamings of East India teak . This was one of the relatively rare appearances of teak in an American-built clipper, other than in small turned stanchions .
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Taken to a shed in Clevedon she emerged after four years with a replaced deck, restored skylight, cabin top, cabin interior and coamings, while the engine was shifted forward to improve her balance.
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The turn had prevented the missile from striking the ship's side perpendicularly and penetrating; instead it hit the deck coaming at an angle, near the port Seacat launcher, skidded on the deck, and exploded.
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The door would have been on the other side of the frame, with " dogs " ( latches ) that ran up these wedges, forcing a rubber gasket on the edge of the door up against the coaming.
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If the current cargo is not the same as the residue remaining on the barge deck, the residue should be swept up against the barge coaming and in some cases may be shoveled and placed into a container or bag.
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The hull, constructed of steel bulkheads and stringers with Duralumin skinning on the sides and bottom, but fabric on parts of the upper decking, housed the crew in a cockpit near the nose, who were protected by a raised coaming.
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Above decks is the wheelhouse, mounted on the forward cabin's coaming; aft of that, the exposed breezeway; and, mounted on the after cabin's coaming, a Zodiac launch as well as a food locker and barbecue.
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Above decks is the wheelhouse, mounted on the forward cabin's coaming; aft of that, the exposed breezeway; and, mounted on the after cabin's coaming, a Zodiac launch as well as a food locker and barbecue.
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Robert C . Ashby of the legal staff of the transportation department cited one such problem : the ledges on cabin doors that impede wheelchair transit are coamings, devices to keep water from flowing into a compartment, and are governed by the international rules.
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According to the investigation board the capsizing of " Finn-Baltic " was a direct result of cargo shifting, caused by the bottom layer of the ore concentrate becoming saturated with water and centrifugal force, sliding against the port side coamings and capsizing the vessel.
