midships
Speech parts
1. midships - Adverb
2. midships - Interjection
Meaning
In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.
The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel.
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in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear
Stowage of boats and aircraft in midships hangars with full gas tanks contributed to fires, along with full and unprotected ready-service ammunition lockers for the open-mount secondary armament.
Modern submarine bows are usually occupied by a large sonar array, necessitating midships tubes angled outward, while stern tubes have largely disappeared.
The first Polaris submarine tender was USS, a World War II tender that was refitted in 1959–60 with the insertion of a midships missile storage compartment and handling crane.