As in crew boats? Shells, Skulls and hulls that kinda stuff
In ancient Greece ships were built out of wood.
Viking long ships could be used for stealth raids because of their thinness and fastness and were Generally used to cut/power on through the ocean. The long ships also had a flexible hull, to bend with the action of the waves and another characteristic of the hull helped it 'cut' through the water (as i've said before). Trade ships were wider than the long ships and had longer sides. They also contained a few oars and obviously, because of the name, they were used to trade so they usually had livestock and other things on board.
"stevedore" or "long shoreman" were name for people who loaded ships. This is generally a civilian word. Since this was posted under WW2, the only answer that fits is "sailor".
If it's above the surface, attached to the rigging, it's a bowsprit. If it's below the surface, it's a ram. More commonly found on rowing ships, triremes and such.
well William Penn's main ships name was claibornet.
Rowing boats.
triremes
biremes, triremes.
Propelling.
gallays
Galley or Galleies
shell or skiff
It depends on what you can afford, rowers tend to uses Empachers. (but they are really expensive)
Armada
Skipper
A word often associated with the sport of rowing, is sculling. This is a method of using oars to propel watercraft.A form of rowing is two-oared sculling. Another form is sweep rowing, in which a rower has only one oar.
Flotilla