🔍 Key Concepts

• Different types of ladders used on ships for access between ship and small boats or docks • Traditional name for a rope ladder with wooden rungs used at sea • Distinguish between emergency/survival equipment names and common seamanship terms

💭 Think About

• For each option, ask yourself: is this a term you commonly see in basic seamanship or deck operations textbooks? • Think about where rope ladders with wooden steps are typically used on a vessel—what are they called when used to board from a small boat alongside? • Which choice sounds more like a colloquial nickname versus a formally recognized nautical term?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which term is widely recognized in standard seamanship manuals for a rope ladder with wooden steps • Eliminate options that are more likely to be made‑up or rarely used in official USCG question banks • Focus on the term you are most likely to hear when climbing from a small boat up the side of a ship