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A "'''plank owner'''" (or '''plankowner''') is an individual who was a member of the [[crew]] of a [[ship]] when that ship was placed in [[Ship commissioning|commission]]. Originally, this term applied only to crew members present at the ship's first [[commissioning]]. Today, however, |
A "'''plank owner'''" (or '''plankowner''') is an individual who was a member of the [[crew]] of a [[ship]] when that ship was placed in [[Ship commissioning|commission]]. Originally, this term applied only to crew members that were present at the ship's first [[commissioning]]. Today, however, plank owner is often applied to members of newly commissioned units, new [[military base]]s and recommissioning crews as well. |
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"Plank owner" is not an official United States Navy term, and has consequently been variously defined by different units. The origin of the term is the implication that a crew member was around when the ship was being built and commissioned, and therefore has bragging rights to the ownership of one of the [[plank]]s in the main [[deck]].<ref>url="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq24-1.htm" Title="Plank Owners, Plank Owner Certificates, and Planking" Publisher="Naval Historical Center" Date=2007-05-07</ref><ref name="navymil-legacy">url="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=180" Title="Current US Navy policy on plankowning"</ref> |
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Sailors who are plank owners at their current command often have the word "PLANKOWNER" embroidered on the back of their uniform ball cap to denote this designation and a plaque is placed aboard the ship with the crew names. |
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A "plank owner" (or plankowner) is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship was placed in commission. Originally, this term applied only to crew members that were present at the ship's first commissioning. Today, however, plank owner is often applied to members of newly commissioned units, new military bases and recommissioning crews as well.
In U.S. military
"Plank owner" is not an official United States Navy term, and has consequently been variously defined by different units. The origin of the term is the implication that a crew member was around when the ship was being built and commissioned, and therefore has bragging rights to the ownership of one of the planks in the main deck.[1][2]
Historically, a plank owner in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, or his widow, could petition the Naval Historical Center's Curator Branch for a piece of the deck when the ship was decommissioned.<ref name="navymil-legacy">
Sailors who are plank owners at their current command often have the word "PLANKOWNER" embroidered on the back of their uniform ball cap to denote this designation and a plaque is placed aboard the ship with the crew names.
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- ^ url="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq24-1.htm" Title="Plank Owners, Plank Owner Certificates, and Planking" Publisher="Naval Historical Center" Date=2007-05-07
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