Editing Plankowner (section)

{{Short description|Crewman on North American military ship}}
A '''plankowner'''<ref name=term>"U.S. Navy Style Guide", Navy.mil website</ref>  (also referred to a '''plank owner'''<ref name=Cutler167>Cutler and Cutler, p 167</ref> and sometimes a plank holder) is an individual who was a member of the [[crew]] of a [[United States Navy]] [[ship]] or [[United States Coast Guard Cutter]] 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, plankowner is often applied to members of newly commissioned units, new [[military base]]s and recommissioning crews as well.<ref name=plank>"Plank Owners, Plank Owner Certificates, and Planking", Naval Historical Center</ref>