These were used to train midshipmen in ship handling.
He was Challee's expert witness on ship handling.
Long ago he had noticed them looking that way at Captain de Vriess after some neat ship handling.
We have no room for careless, sloppy, incompetent ship handling.
She considers at length naval strategy and methods of ship handling.
Instruction is given in engineering, firefighting, damage control and ship handling.
Using his prior experience in the shipping industry, he found himself a niche in ship handling and stevedoring.
Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same.
The things a trainee can't really master without some experience in actual ship handling, to get the feel of a vessel.
Of course this would increase ship handling, passing 8 locks.