A sternwalk (also stylised as stern walk and stern-walk) is a balcony on the outside of the

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on the

stern The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Ori ...

of a ship, usually reserved for the highest-ranking officer on board. They became less common on warships in the twentieth century. The Japanese battleship Ise is thought to be the last ship with a sternwalk as part of its design, launched in November 1916.

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