Deck Flashcards
Ships Anchors
•Navy Standard Stockless
•40,000 lbs
•2- port and starboard
How is an anchor chain measured?
Shots
How many shots are on the port and starboard anchor
13 shots
How long is a shot?
15 Fathoms
How long is 1 fathom?
6 feet
How many feet is 15 fathoms?
90 feet
What is an outboard swivel shot known as?
Bending shot
What 5 parts does a bending shot consist of?
•detachable links
•regular links
•swivel
•end link
•bending shackle
What do bending shots do?
Minimize kinking and twisting of the anchor chain
What are detachable links?
Links designed to break apart and attach shots of chain together.
What three colors are detachable links painted to indicate shots and how many fathoms for each color?
Red-15 fathoms
White-30 fathoms
Blue-45 fathoms
And so on.
At the end of each fathom, one link is painted what color on each side of the fathom and something is wrapped around it. Explain.
At the end of the 15th, 30th and 45th fathom, the link is painted white. A turn of wire for how many shots indicates which shot. 15th is 1 wrap, 30th is 2, 45th is 3 and so on.
What color are the last two shots painted and what do they mean?
Yellow- warning
Red- danger
They mark getting close to the bitter end.
What 5 parts does a chain stopper consist of?
•pelican hook
•two detachable links
•shackle
•turnbuckle
What is the housing chain stopper closest to?
HAWSE pipe
Where is the riding stopper in location to the housing stopper?
Further aft
What secures shackles to the deck?
Permanent pad eye on the deck.
What does the anchor windlass do?
Controls the ships ground tackle.
What is the anchor windlass also known as?
Wildcat
What are whelps?
Raised areas on the anchor windlass to engage the links of the chain.
What is the HAWSE pipe?
A large pipe that the anchor cable runs through from the deck out the side of the ship.
What’s the bullnose? What’s it used for?
Forward most chock on the ship. Used for towing.
What are bitts?
A pair of vertical metal posts on deck used to secure mooring lines.
What is a chock?
Metal fitting that serves as a lead for lines from ship to pier or ship to ship.
What are the three types of chocks?
Open, closed, roller
What is a cleat?
A metal fitting with two projecting arms to which lines are belayed.
What is a bollard?
A post on the pier which is used to secure a ships mooring lines.
What is a capstan?
A rotating mechanism used to heave or slack a line.
Mooring lines
How many onboard?
Size?
Made of what?
•14 lines
•5 7/8 circumference
4 strand aramid lines
What is the purpose of aramid lines?
They’re designed to fail sequentially.
Define heave
Pull line, tighten
Define slack
Give line, loosen
Define Check
Hold the line, let out just a bit to prevent parting
Define ease
Slowly slack line
Define take in
Take all of the line in to the deck.
Define cast off
To remove the eye of the line from a chock, bollard or other secure object.
Define avast
STOP
Define hold
Hold the line at the tension. Don’t take or give.
Define singling up a line
Removing the double up from the pier
Define doubling up a line
After singling up a line, adding the eye of another line to the same fixed object.
Define dipping the eye
Used when doubling up a line in a single fixed object. Putting the eye of one line up underneath and through another lines eye.
Who can call abandon ship?
CO or senior officer in command.
What info will be provided when abandoning ship? (5 things)
•Distance to land
•Direction the land is
•Hostile or friendly
•Sea surface temp
•Survival rate based off of temperature.
How many life rafts on Essex?
120
What is each life raft tied off with?
100ft sea painter
Two types of rafts on Essex
MK7, MK8
How many MK7 rafts are onboard and the capacity of the MK7 raft?
110 rafts and 25 person capacity.
How many MK8 rafts are onboard and the capacity of the MK8 raft
10 rafts and 50 person capacity.
How is a life raft released and how do you release it if it fails? (HRD)
•released by pulling pin and pressing button.
•if it doesn’t fall, pull up on the T-bar to assist.
What deploys a life raft? What do you do if it fails?(HRD)
•hydrostatic release device (HRD)
•if HRD fails, cut lashing below HRD
What depth will the life raft deploy if it fails to deploy?
10-40 feet
What supplies are found inside a life raft? (At least two items to name)
•125 food packets
•75 cans of water
•6 can openers
•5 desalination kits
•1 flashlight
•4 size d batteries
•sea marker, fluorescent
•signaling mirror
•pocket knife
•first aid kit
•survival fishing kit
•oars
What is UNREP?
Underway replenishment
What is UNREP used for?
Transferring fuel, ammo, supplies or personnel from ship to ship.
What are the two types of UNREP?
•VERTREP
•Connected
What is VERTREP?
Vertical Replenishment, uses helos on the flight deck.
What is Connected (UNREP)
Connecting ship to ship through a series of lines and wires.
What are the two types of fuel we can receive?
DFM and JP5
What are the four UNREP stations onboard and their receiving contents.
•1A- fuel- DFM only
•3- fuel- JP5 and DFM (simultaneously)
•5- Cargo station
•7- fuel- JP5 and DFW (simultaneously)
All located starboard side
What does STREAM mean?
Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
How long is the Phone and Distance Line (P and D line) and what does it consist of?
350 feet long and consists with colored flags every 20 feet.
Color scheme and distance for P and D flag markers
•Green- 0 feet
•Red- 20 feet
•Yellow- 40 feet
• Blue- 60 feet
•White- 80 feet
•Green- 100 feet
Define Winch
Used to slack off or heave in on saddle whips or the spam wire during fuel delivery
What is a line throwing gun?
A modified M14 rifle fitted with an adapter that uses blank cartridges to send a shot line projectile from one ship to another.
UNREP PERSONNEL and their colors (7 personnel)
Safety Observer- White hard hat
Rig Captain- Yellow hard hat
Rigger- Blue hard hat
Signalman- Green hard hat
Corpsman- white w Red Cross
Winch Operator- Brown hard hat
Gunners Mate- Red hard hat
What is the well deck length, width and capacity
Length: 286 feet
Width: 50 feet
Capacity:
3 LCACs
2 LCUs
What amphibious craft can we hold on Essex? (5 Vehicles)
• Landing craft air cushion (LCAC)
• Landing craft utility (LCU)
• Amphibious assault vehicle (AAV)
•Combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC)
•Lighter, amphibious resupply craft (LARC)
What are draft markings?
Yellow numbers that measure various amounts of water needed depending on what craft are entering the well deck.
How much water is needed for an LCU?
8 feet of water.
How much water is needed for an LCAC?
0-6 inches of water.
What is the line up line?
White line that runs the length of the well deck on STBD side. Pilots use it to line up the LCAC when entering.
What is the positioning line?
Black and yellow “barber pole”. There are three spots.
What is the grounding bullseye?
A black and green circle. Marks location for LCAC grounding. One per spot.
What is green well?
Good for launch and recovery of amphibious craft.
What is red well?
No movement of craft allowed.
What are the 5 positions of the stern gate?
•Closed
•90 degrees- position for stern gate marriage
•45 degrees- beginning position for ballasting
•10 degrees below horizontal- position for launch and recovery of LCACs
•stops
5 personnel for debarkation of well deck
•Debark control
•Well deck control
•Well deck POIC
• Ramp Marshall
•Combat Cargo
5 Small Boat Crew Member Positions
•Coxswain
•Bow Hook
•Boat Engineer
•SAR swimmer
•Boat Officer
5 Davit Crew Members and their colors
•Davit Captain- Yellow
•Line Handlers-Blue
•Winch Watcher-Brown
•Davit Operator-Brown
•Safety Observer-White
7 meter RIB nickname?
Spirit
Capacity of the 7M RIB
18
Primary mission of the 7M RIB?
Man overboard recovery
11 meter RIB capacity
26
Four Deck Watch Stations
•Helmsman-steering
•Lee Helmsman-speed
•Lookout-looks out
•BOOW-maintains order on bridge
