Deck and Navigation Flashcards
How many feet are in a fathom?
6
How many fathoms per shot?
15
How many shots per anchor chain?
12
How many fathoms per anchor chain?
180
How long is the anchor chain?
1080ft
How long is one shot?
90ft
State the three ways the shots are numbered.
Color and white links, number of times the wire is wrapped around detachable link, piece of metal with number stamped on it
What is the color order for the shots?
Red = 1, White = 2, Blue = 3
What color and number is the warning shot?
yellow, 11th
What color and number is the danger shot?
red, 12th
How many total white links are in the 5th shot?
11
(white, white, white, white, white, white detach link, white, white, white, white, white)
How many anchors do we have?
2
How much do the anchors weigh?
60,000lbs
What type are the anchors?
MK2 stockless
Which anchor came from the USS Forrestal?
STBD
How many stoppers per chain?
3
State the parts of the chain stopper
Pelican hook, detachable link, turnbuckle, detachable link, shackle, fixed pad eye
What are the names of the 3 stoppers?
Riding, Storm, Housing
What type of stopper do we have?
chinese stopper
How much does one chain link weigh?
360LBS
How much does a detachable link weigh?
365LBS
What is the purpose of the bridge crane?
to lift the anchor chain and stoppers
How many wildcats do we have?
2
What is the purpose of the wildcat?
hoist and lower the anchor chain
What is a Capstan?
vertically aligned winch used for mooring
What is a Gypsyhead?
horizontally aligned winch used during unrep
What is the purpose of the FWD spring line?
prevents movement aft
How many mooring lines do we have? What type are they? How are they numbered?
12;
8 3/4 inch 3 strand nylon (1-4 and 9-12) 5” 3 strand (5-8);
1-12 fore to aft
What is the purpose of the AFT spring line?
prevents movement forward
What is the purpose of the breast line?
prevents movement away from the pier
What are storm lines?
extra lines used during adverse weather
What is the bullnose? Where is it located?
forward most chock on the ship (used for towing)
FWD part of the foc’sle
What type of life raft do we have? How many do we have?
MK8; 128
How many days of rations does a life raft carry?
10 days as long as you do not eat/drink on first day
What is the person capacity of the life raft?
50 People
What materials can be found in the life raft?
fishing line,rain catcher,mirror,ladder,sea anchor
How many boat davits do we have? What type of davits are they?
2; vast davits
What does STREAM stand for?
Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
State the number and location of our unrep stations
5 = E4 smoke pit, 7 & 9 = HB2, 11 = C.O.’s pway, 13 = O-brow, 17 & 19 = HB3, 21 = aft of E5 smoke pit
Where is station 15?
does not exist
Where is station 1?
HB1
How many sliding pad eyes do we have? Where are they located?
4
stations 7 & 9 HB2, 17 & 19 HB3 (little, big, big, little)
What type of sliding pad eyes do we have?
C12 and D16
What are the differences between C12 and D16?
12FT and 16FT, D16 are the heavy lift stations
How many fuel receiving stations do we have? What stations are they? What type of fuel station are they?
3 total/stations 5,11,13
double probe receiving
How many fuel sending stations do we have? What are they? What type of fuel station is it?
1 total/station 21
single probe
How much fuel can we receive per hour per fuel station? How much can we send?
360,000 gallons; 180,000 gallons
What is the length of the phone & distance line?
300FT
What is the distance between each flag?
20FT
What is the purpose of the phone & distance line?
direct communication between C.O. to C.O and distance between two ships
What is the color code of the p & d line?
Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, White (repeat) “Go Rub Your Balls With Grease”
Who wears a yellow hard hat during unrep? Who wears blue? green? brown? Purple? Red? White w/ green cross? Orange?
rig captains; riggers; signalman; winch operator; fuels; gunner; safety; line handlers
Who wears the turtle helmet?
phone talker
What does RHIB stand for? How many do we have?
Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
2
What is the primary mission of the RHIB?
man overboard recovery
What is the max person capacity of the RHIB? Where are they located?
18
PORT outboard of HB1, STBD outboard of HB3
How many people are lowered in the RHIB?
4
How many monkey lines do we have per davit?
5
What is the purpose of the monkey lines?
safety for boat crew in case the davit fails
How much weight do you place on the monkey lines?
75%
State the members of the boat crew (actually 5)
Boat Officer, Coxswain, Bow/Hook man, Boat Engineer, SAR swimmer
Which one is considered the Ready Life Boat? Why?
STBD because PORT is in a blind spot from the bridge
What is the purpose of the Sea Painter?
holds the RHIB underneath the davit
Explain license plate 7MRB0714
7M = 7 meters, RB = type of boat(RHIB), 07 = year manufactured, 14 = 14th boat manufactured in 07
What does B&A Crane stand for? Where is it located?
Boat & Aircraft; Aft and above the E5 smoke pit, just below flight deck
What is the purpose of the B&A crane?
lower and raise boats and aircraft from EL3 to water and EL3
to pier and bring on stores when crane ops are not avail in foreign ports
Can we raise aircraft to flight deck with B&A crane?
no
What does Ball-Diamond-Ball mean? (day shapes)
Ball-Ball-Ball? Ball-Ball? Ball? Cylinder?
Restricted Maneuvering; Run Aground; Vessel not under command; Anchored; Constrained by draft
What do the following flags indicate? Bravo; Alpha; Foxtrot; Hotel; India; Romeo; Papa; Quebec; Lima; Kilo; Mike; Oscar; November; Uniform; Yankee
B) fuel/ammo transfer; A) Diver down; F) Fixed wing flight ops; H) Helo flight ops; I) Coming alongside in port; R) Coming alongside at sea; P) Personnel recall; Q) Boat recall; L) Stop your vessel; K) personnel working aloft/over the side; M) medical ship; O) Man overboard; N) Negative; U) Anchoring; Y) Dragging anchor
What does HERO stand for?
Hazardous Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
What does the Oscar flag look like? What does the Papa flag look like?
yellow/red triangles; blue flag with white square in the middle
What is the prepatory flag used for?
five minutes to colors and 15 minute standby for unrep completion
What does the SOPA pennant mean?
Senior Officer Present Afloat
What is the first substitute? What is the second substitute? What is the third substitute?
Absence of flag officer inport; Absence of staff officer inport; Abesence of C.O. inport
State the watch stations of the Bridge Watch Team
OOD, BMOW, Conning Officer, Helmsman, Lee Helmsman, 2 AFT lookouts, 2 FWD lookouts
What are the responsibilities of the OOD?
Directly under the CO; overall in charge of the bridge watch team
What are the responsibilities of the BMOW?
Carrying out the plan of the day; assist the OOD in
maintaining good order and discipline on the bridge
What are the responsibilities of the Conning Officer?
Giving course and speed changes to the Helmsman and Lee Helmsman
What are the responsibilities of the Helmsman?
Drives the ship
What are the responsibilities of the Lee Helmsman?
Changes ship’s speed
Who drives the ship?
helmsman
Where are the AFT lookouts located? FWD lookouts?
fantail; 0-10 lvl FWD of bridge
How many boat booms do we have? Where are the located?
2; STBD E5 smoke pit, PORT aft of EL4
What is the purpose of the boat boom?
keeps boats tied up and away from ship while anchored
What is the purpose of the stern dock?
used to embark/debark liberty party, embark harbor pilot,
embark extra RHIB personnel
Where is the stern dock located?
aft of the fantail
Who issues the order to abandon ship?
C.O.
What info is passed with the order abandon ship?
water temp, nearest land, land friendly or enemy
What do the following terms mean? Advance; Transfer; Set; Drift; Dead Reckoning
Advance – Distance gained in direction of previous course once the rudder has been put over.
Transfer – Distance gained at a right angle on new course from previous course before steadying up (Think powerslide)
Set – Direction ship being pushed from outside forces (Wind & Current).
Drift – Amount of Force ship is being SET, measured in knots (speed of SET).
Dead Reckoning – Ship’s Current Course & Speed WITHOUT REGARDS TO Set & Drift.
The 6 rules of DR
Every course change.
Every speed change.
Every LOP.
Every hour on the hour.
Every running Fix.
Every Fix, plot and label.
What do the following terms mean? LOP
Line of Position – Bearing to an object, either true or relative.
What do the following terms mean? True; Relative;
Points to True North
Ship’s bow is 000 through 360 (Bearing Relative to us)
What do the following terms mean? Crossing; Head On; Overtaking; Stadimeter
Crossing – Contact passes perpendicular to bow.
Head On – Bow to Bow
Overtaking – Ship surpasses us from 22.5 degrees abaft (behind) the beam.
Stadimeter – Measures distance by taking angle from object IF the height is known.
What do the following terms mean? Marine Sextant; Chronometer; Fathometer;
Marine Sextant – Measures angles between 2 objects (Primarily Celestial Bodies).
Chronometer – Navigational Time Piece; holds Ship’s correct time.
Fathometer – Measures distance from the Keel to the ocean floor.
What do the following terms mean? Telescopic Alidade; PMP
Telescopic Alidade – Gives bearing (True or Relative) to an object at a distance.
PMP – Parallel Motion Protractor - Navigational drafting tool used to draw straight lines.
4 ways to attain ship’s position
- Visual Bearings - Radar Ranges - Celestial - GPS (Global Positioning System)
What are the acronyms? ECDIS; VMS; GMT
ECDIS – Electronic Chart Display Information System (VMS, NAVSSI; electronic chart system)
VMS – Voyage Management System (type of ECDIS, electronic chart)
GMT – General Mean Time
What are the following terms? Swing circle; Drag circle;
Swing Circle – Scope of the chain plus the length of the ship; keeps ship from running into objects.
Drag Circle – Scope of the chain plus distance from the haws pipe to the center pelorus; keeps ship from dragging the anchor.
Overall length of the ship
1104 ft
What Time Zone are we in?
-Ask the QMOW
What are the straight lines from the PMP used for?
-LOP’s & Courses.
Name a distress signal (16 total).
-Flames on a vessel -Continuous Fog Horn -Gunshot every minute -SOS (Save Our Ship in morse code) -Dye marker -Wave arms -Smoke
What’s a prolonged blast of the ship’s whistle?
4 to 6 seconds
What’s a short blast of the ship’s whistle?
1 to 2 seconds
RHIB’s License Plate
7MRB0715- starboard RHIB
7MRB0714- port RHIB
BOAT DAVIT TEAM COLORS
Safety- White
Davit Captain- Yellow
Davit Operator- Brown
Line Handlers- Orange Life Preservers
