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A bosun's chair (or boatswain's chair) is a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft. [1] Originally just a short plank or swath of heavy canvas, many modern bosun's chairs incorporate safety devices similar to those found in rock climbing harnesses such as safety clips and additional lines.
The Boatswain's mate would signal to the line of men heaving the boatswain's chair aboard with to "hoist away" or "avast heaving" with their pipe, and those signals and the ceremonial line of men on either side of the gangway now serve as a nautical courtesy for distinguished guests.
A boatswain (/ ˈ b oʊ s ən / BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also / ˈ b oʊ t s w eɪ n / BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.
Bosun's chair, a type of harness that allows a crewmember to climb into the rigging and work safely on the sails, halyards, or other rigging; Boatswain's call, a pipe or whistle used to issue commands on board ship
The Boatswain's is one of the four oldest professions in the U.S. Navy, along with Quartermasters (responsible for safe navigation, shiphandling, and chart/record maintenance), Gunner's Mates (responsible for maintenance and operation of gunnery equipment and associated systems) and Masters-at-Arms (responsible for maintaining order and enforcing regulations among a ship's crew or the ...
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William "Willie" S. Cronan (October 23, 1883 – October 22, 1959) was a boatswain's mate serving in the United States Navy during the first half of the twentieth century who was awarded the Medal of Honor for peacetime bravery in 1906.
Local county Democratic party chairs chose retired Illinois National Guard Cmdr. Bill Enyart (D) to replace him as the Democratic nominee. He will face Jason Plummer (R) , the 2010 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, in what is expected to be a close general election.