The orlop deck is the lowest deck in a ship. It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. The name originates from "overlooping" of the cables. Look up deck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ... A cable is two or more wires or optical fibers bound together, typically in a common protective jacket or sheath. ...