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Naval anchor usage question
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Slick
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Vlad
Not sure why they'd do that. My docking job was on the ass-end of the ship, so, just chunking lines to the pier for tieing up. Never got to play on the front end where the anchors were. Early in my naval career I was assigned "anchor watch". Much akin to being sent for a bucket of prop wash or blinker fluid. That's about as close as I got to the anchor.
FYI, that's the USS Sterett DDG-104, so your guess was correct. GOOD JOB!
Not sure why they'd do that. My docking job was on the ass-end of the ship, so, just chunking lines to the pier for tieing up. Never got to play on the front end where the anchors were. Early in my naval career I was assigned "anchor watch". Much akin to being sent for a bucket of prop wash or blinker fluid. That's about as close as I got to the anchor.
FYI, that's the USS Sterett DDG-104, so your guess was correct. GOOD JOB!
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The reason is most probably to lower the anchor fast in case of a black out. With a black out you have no power supply at all; no propulsion and no steering capacity, so one has to be able to brake the ship at the shortest possible term to prevent the ship from hitting the quay or another ship. With the anhor completely retracted, one first has to remove the locking pin and than open the brake, now one only has to open the brake. Compare it to driving in heavy traffic with one foot on the brake pedal continiously.
