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Able seamen generally serve as a ship's helmsmen, relying on visual references, compasses, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course as directed by the mate or other officer on the bridge. | helmsmen | compasses | Deck department | Boatswain | Chief Mate | Helmsman | Lookout | Able Seaman (rank) | Seafarer's professions and ranks | unlicensed member | deck department | merchant ship | standing watch | helmsman | lookout | gangway watch | Dayworker AB preparing a mast for painting | | mast | Knowing how to safely work aloft to maintain cargo rigging is a skillset required of an AB. | | lifeboats | windlass | winches | lifeboatman | boatswain | ordinary seaman | chief mate | Globe icon | United States | worldwide view | talk page | AB's were in high demand during World War II. | | World War II | Code of Federal Regulations | United States Merchant Marine | The Able Seaman's certification is printed on the back of one's Merchant Mariner's Document after completing training. | | Merchant Mariner's Document | United States Merchant Marine | Code of Federal Regulations | Perce Blackborow | John Brightman, Baron Brightman | Joseph Curran | Charles Lindley | Jack Lord | Alan Villiers | Tom Ayrton | Sailor Steve Costigan | Ben Jackson | back formation | March 3 | 2007 | March 3 | 2007 | | Nautical portal | Ordinary Seaman (occupation) | Boatswain | Deck department | Wikimedia Commons | International Labour Organization | 2000 | 12-05 | 2007 | 05-26 | v | Captain | Chief Engineer | Harbor Pilot | Deck Department | Chief Mate | 2nd Mate | 3rd Mate | Boatswain | Carpenter | Ordinary Seaman | Engine Department | 1st Assistant | 2nd Assistant | 3rd Assistant | QMED | Electrician | Oiler | Wiper | Pumpman | Steward's Department | Purser | Chief Steward | Chief Cook | Steward's Assistant | Categories | Marine occupations | Transportation occupations | Articles with limited geographic scope | USA-centric |
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