To: csvset
They never actually use those things, do they?
2 posted on
09/11/2019 2:59:40 PM PDT by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: wastoute
"They never actually use those things, do they?"
Only when they're out fishing for bluefish....
4 posted on
09/11/2019 3:02:47 PM PDT by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: wastoute
Sure they do! You wouldn’t be able to sing “Anchors Aweigh!” without one! Sheesh! Even this Marine knows that!
5 posted on
09/11/2019 3:05:43 PM PDT by
Howie66
("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
To: wastoute
Most harbors are too shallow for pierside docking by US aircraft carriers.
Those humongous anchors are used.
15 posted on
09/11/2019 3:28:27 PM PDT by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: wastoute
Our berthing was all the way forward on the 03 level, in between the water brakes for Cats 1 & 2 and a couple decks above the fosc’le, (where the anchor windlass is located). Whever they dropped anchor, you’d Definately hear it.
There are youtube videos of runaway anchors, where they lose the anchor and the chain. Heap big snafu when that happens. Each link of a carrier’s anchor chain weighs 365 pounds.
20 posted on
09/11/2019 3:45:25 PM PDT by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: wastoute
Who would have thought that a huge hunk of steel like an aircraft carrier anchor would need to be replaced? What are they using for metal?
24 posted on
09/11/2019 4:08:24 PM PDT by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: wastoute
I was in the Navy we operated with her on several cruises after she was commissioned. Does that make me old? On second thought, don’t answer that.
To: wastoute
Yes frequently...CVN can’t pull into a lot of ports and will anchor in the harbor...on my deployment on Roosevelt we were never pierside during the deployment.
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