A boatswain, also known as a bosun, is the senior crewman of the deck. He is responsible for the ship's hull and all its components, including its rigging, anchors, cables, sails, deck maintenance and ...

In the U.S. Navy, the abbreviation "BM3" indicates a petty officer third class, with the job of boatswain's mate. The job of boatswain's mate, called a rating in the Navy, dates to the time ...

(Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Evelyn P. Haywood/U.S. Navy photo) If you're a Navy veteran, there's a good chance you've heard this whistle. You might know it as the boatswain's call, boatswain's pipe ...

CLANK, CLANK, CLANK … The overwhelming power is hard to describe as a 30-ton Mark 2 Navy Stockless anchor and its over 1,000-foot chain is let go through the hawse pipe in the forecastle aboard the ...

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Ahmed El Haroun is the Military Times Sailor of the Year. (Navy) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Ahmed El Haroun almost didn’t join the Navy. An immigrant from Egypt, he was ...

When a port visit is in sight, Marines and sailors are quick to make plans on where they want to visit once they get on land. Thankfully, the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) has dedicated sailors ...

Finnish prosecutors are back in court seeking to hold a captain and a boatswain from a cargo ship responsible for dragging the vessel’s anchor across the Gulf of Finland and damaging critical undersea ...