- Darkened ship
System used to insure no light escapes the ship while underway at night.
- DASH
Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter - A small remotely controlled helicopter that
would drop a homing torpedo over a target and then follow it in to make sure
that it was operating normally.
- Datum
Datum: The last known contact position, either surfaced or submerged,
of a "target".
- Davy Jones' Locker
Under the ocean, as in "went to Davy Jones' locker". Drowned or sunk.
- DC
Damage control or "discarded clothing"; clothing found with name stamped on it but that man was no longer assigned to the ship...name was "lined through", stamped with a red "DC" stamp.
- Deck
Floor.
- Deck Ape
Any ships member of the "deck force".
- Deck crawler
A needle gun.
- Deep Six
Throw "over the side", get rid of.
- Degaussing
When a ship leaves port it can go over the degaussing range
to demagnetize the hull.
- Dip Colors
Military ships passing each other dip the National flag,
and the topside crew stands at attention.
- Dog Down
As in to "dog down a hatch or a door". To watertight a
door or hatch by closing the one big lever or separate
dogs around the door in the proper order.
- Dog robber
A flag officer’s personal aide, the flag lieutenant.
- Double Up
Taking a clove hitch around the bollard when no more
slippage is allowed and the ship is secured.
- Dress Blues
The blue uniform with piping on the headpiece and
wrists.
- Dress Canvas
One’s best uniform.
- Dress Whites
Any clean white uniform worn with the black silk
neckerchief.
- Dungarees
Blue, bell-bottomed, close weave, light denim pants.
Precursor to the sixties bell-bottomed fashion, which
looked a lot better on a pretty girl. Originally for
emergency flotation if ship sinks and you have no raft,
etc.. Flipping wet pants over head to fill with air
gives a few minutes of floatation aided by the extra
room in the tied-off, bell-bottomed legs.
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