Deck & Navigation Fundamentals Flashcards
Measuring standard for Line
By circumference in inches and is any natural or synthetic material either woven or braided
Measuring standard of wire rope
By diameter, any material braided or woven
Strength of mooring lines
8” thick, depends on what it is made out of and how it is braided
Breaking characteristics of mooring lines
Tattle tale on line to show stretching point maximum
Sea Painter
Holds boats in position for launching and recovery, 100 FT long
Steady Lines
Aid in keeping small boat from swinging while craning into water
Manropes (Monkey Lines)
Used with gravity favors for some ships so that the boat crew has something to hold their weight
Bit (Cateyes)
Arranged in pairs next to each chick, belaying mooring lines
Chock
Open, closed, rolling. 1 open onboard next to boat davit
Cleat
Used to tie off small line, looks like set of bull horns pointing away from each other.
Bullnose
Bow, closed chock used for anchoring to buoy or towing
Hawse Pipe
Pipe that anchor chain used as a guide to run from deck to sea
Chain
Attached anchor to ship
Turnbuckle
Part of chain stopper used to tighten stopper into place
Gypsy Head
Stbd boat deck, take line to power during refueling ops
Capstan
Heaving anchors/hawsers, 8 onboard: 2x focsle, 2x next to repair 2, 2x on each QD, 2x on each wing wall.
Detachable Link
6 pieces. Part of anchor chain that holds each shot of anchor chain together
Chain Marking
Red, white, blue
Anchor
30,000 LB Navy Standard Stockless, 2x
Chain stopper
Turnbuckle, pelican hook, riding stopper, hawse stopper. Used to hold anchor in place
Pelican hook
Chain stopper, secures anchor chain in place while anchoring
Wildcat
Wrap anchor chain around
Anchor Brake
Control speed at which anchor chain travels
Anchor Buoy
Used to mark anchor if it’s dropped over the side
Hawser
Any line 8 inches or larger in circumference
Small stuff
Any line of 1 1/4 inch circumference or smaller
Marlin
Small line mostly for pipe patching
Flemish
Cooling of a line in a circle without laying it on top of other parts of the line
Coil
Coiling line layer over layer
Fake
Lay line out in lengths side by side
Heaving line
150” of small stuff used to pass mooring lines from ship to pier by throwing
Bight
When lol is made by pulling line out far enough to form a loop to equal length pieces of same line
Bitter end
End of line
Eye splice
Permanent loop spliced into end of line
Long splice
Joins to piece of line of equal circumference and type together without increasing size
Short splice
Join lines of different circumference, splicing increases size
Marlinspike
Used as a splicing tool working with wife rope
Fid
Line splicing tool for lines made of wool
Direction of line pull danger area
Area where if line snaps, snap back will sweep clean on return to normal length
Safe distance from blocks/clears/gypsy heads/capstans through which line passes through
4-6 ft
PPE/Battle Dress Requirements
Prevent loose items from being snagged by line
Whenever possible remain forward and onboard of lines and wires
Prevent movement of line as it is worked from caring through area you were standing and knocking you over
Hand over hand rule in line handling
Prevents rope burn
Mooring line
Line used to tie ship to pier
Breast line
Lines used for rough weather
Forward spring line
1 (bow), 4, 2 keep ship moving forward
Aft spring line
3,5,6 stern line. Keep ship from moving aft
Bow head line
Line 1 used to hold forward end of ship to pier
Stern line
Line 6 used to hold aft end of ship to pier
Storm line/wire
Lines used for rough weather. 10” thick
Tattletale
30ft from eye, indicates when line is at max stretching point
Round turn
In single turn take around 1 of the set of bits to hold line during working
Figure eight turn
Used between 2 sides of it set to secure
Dip the eye
Pass eye through eye of another line, either line easily handling station
Single up
Take in all but 1 of lines
Double up
Put out second eye or rune bight at each line handling station
Heavy strain
Line is at point it may exceed max work load
Moderate strain
Just enough to hold taught
Light strain
Not tight, dips in its run
Frap
Use of small stuff to secure first/second line together
Rat guards
Top of mooring lines to keep rats out
Chafing gear
Placed on line where it could rub against something
Rat tail stopper
Loop of one piece of line (4-5ft) to hold line under strain while figure eighting to bit
Safe working load (SWL)
Max weight line can handle while not pressed to breaking point
Hold
Hold line and don’t let pull back out
Check
Slow enough slack in tensioned line to slip around the bit but maintaining control
Ease
Keep lines slack
Slack
Let line out until told to stop
Take in
Have line cast off pier to pull in
Cast off
Remove line from pier to pull in
Avast
Stop working line and hold in place
Heave around
Pull line in and take out slack
Underway replenishment (UNREP)
Transferring fuel, ammo, supplies from one vessel to another
Vertical replenishment (VERTREP)
Transferring cargo by helicopter from on vessel to another
Connect replenishment (CONREP)
Transferring supplies, ammo, personnel from one vessel to another
Replenishment course
Responsibility of OTC to select suitable course/speed
Replenishment speed
About 12kts
Control ship
Usually the delivery ship
Approach ship
Receiving ship
Delivery ship
Control ship
Transfer station
Station that sends the product
Receiving ship
Approach ship
Inhaul/outhaul line UNREP
Line used to recover piece of gear
Messenger line during UNREP
Main line used, basic- 800ft, star- 820ft, optional- 600ft
Phone and distance line UNREP
300ft, 140ft is safe working distance, marked every 20ft. GO-green RUB-red YOUR-yellow BACK-blue WITH-white GREASE-green
Riding line UNREP
Used to hold probe in place
Tiedown UNREP
Used for securing things
Easing out line UNREP
Led through eye of weak link, secured to cleat
Span wire/highline UNREP
Tensioned and rigs are sent over
Station to station phone line UNREP
Phone line for comma from station to station
Winch
Used to stack off heave on saddle whips/span wire
Bolo
Led weight attached to shotline and heaved to receiving ship
Line throwing gun
MK14, passes line from one ship to another
Fair lead block
Changes line direction while tightening lines
Snatch block
Block that one side opens up to allow bite of line to be put on
Contour lights
Used during night UNREP ops, on control ship, forward and aft, ships longer that 600ft put 3rd way through length
Saddle whips
Wire attached to the saddles
Hose saddles
Device used to connect hoses and attach to a trolley
Ram tensioner
Keeps span wire/highline tensioned
Trolley
Device used to attach the saddle to wire
Standard Tension Replenishment Alingside Method (STREAM)
Replenishment conducted while wire is under tension
Cargo drop reel
5,700lbs max capacity. Real ease cargo at 150 lbs
Sliding pad eye
Used for receiving cargo
STREAM support leg
Carrier will usually use this type of rig
End fitting
Fitting at end of the span wire/whips/highline
Star assembly
All tensioned wire rig with highline, inhaul, outhaul being tended by winches in the delivery ship
Pendant receiving station
Used for connecting stream cargo transfer rigs
Traveling surf
An all tensioned wire rig with highline, inhaul, outhaul lines being tended by winches in the delivering ship
Day/Night station markers
Used to identify the stations products
Replenishment checklist
List used to ensure all items are on station and station is ready
Chem lights
Lights used to illuminate stations and fittings
Safety observer UNREP
White hard hat with green cross, watch for safety violations
Rig captain UNREP
Yellow, in charge of station
Riggers UNREP
Blue, responsible for rigging station
Signalman UNREP
Green, delivers signals to other ship
Corpsman UNREP
White hard hat with Red Cross, on station for personnel casualty
Gunners mate UNREP
Red, used to shoot shotline over
Winch operator UNREP
Brown, operates winches
Phone talker UNREP
Green, comms with bridge and other ship
Whistle meaning between delivery and receiving stations UNREP
1-prep to shoot shotline
2- ready to receive shotline
3- shooting shotline
Gold Flag UNREP
Flag displayed on guide ship
Romeo at the dip UNREP
Ready to come alongside
Romeo close up UNREP
Coming along side
Romeo hauled down UNREP
Messengers in hand
Prep at the dip UNREP
Receiving ship to disengage in 15 mins
Prep close up UNREP
5 mins left of replenishment/replenishment complete
Prep hauled down UNREP
All lines clear
Bravo at the dip UNREP
Hose connected, but not transferring fuel
Bravo close up UNREP
Transferring fuel
Bravo hauled down UNREP
Completed transferring fuel
Emergency vs standard breakaway UNREP
Emergency- just do it, don’t need permission
Standard- normal procedures
Special sea and anchor detail
Used for mooring or anchoring evolutions
Plane guard
Lookout for planes to ensure they are safe during flight ops
Low visibility detail
Add lookout in areas where visibility is bad
Flight quarters
Set when ship wants to launch aircraft
Restricted maneuvering
Used when ship is close to land doing special ops
Who orders abandon ship?
CO
Words passed when abandoning ship
Bearing and distance to land, land friendly or hostile, temperature of water
Crew actions during abandon ship
Grab life jackets, proceed to life raft
Life boats used for abandon ship
RHIB
Life rafts for abandon ship
MK6, MOD2, 25 man
Life ring/buoy
Throw as close as you can to MOB
Smoke float
Activists then throw as close to MOB as possible
Strive light
Attached to life ring, blinks in water
Digital Dead Reckoning Tracer
Scale dropped to 200:1, designed to keep track or MOB
Man Overboard Indicator (MOBI) System
Attached to life vest, activates warning/alarm panel on bridge
Oscar flag
Red/orange flag
3 types of MOB recovery
Helicopter, RHIB, shipboard
MOB training props
Cardboard boxes, dummy (oscar)
Used to train shipboard personnel how to recover a MOB
Collision
Ships collide
Run Aground
Hard- unable to get free under own power
Soft- able to get free under own power
Advance/Transfer
Determined distance prior to turn that you need to put rudder over to end up on next course.
Need to know- degree of turn, ships speed, amount of rudder to use
Pivot point
Point about which a ship pivots during turning. Aft bulkhead of bridge
Turning circle
Ships turning circle is path followed by the ships pivot point when making a 360 degree turn
True bearing
Direction of the ship to true north
Realative bearing
Direction of ship from the bow
Dead in water (DIW)
Ship cannot move, no steering or propulsion
Head on
Two vessels meeting head on
Crossing
When vessel is crossing bow of another vessel
Overtaking
22.5 degree aft of beam of overtaken vessel
Stand on
Vessel with the right of way, shouldn’t alter c/s
Give way
Vessel should alter c/s to avoid stand on vessel
Swing circle
Circle used to calculate the ships safe movement from other ships at anchorage to ensure as current and tides change the ship will not hit another vessel
Drag circle
Area plotted that the ship is allowed to move in with the changes to current and tides during anchorage with in the swing Circle. Any movement outside the drag circle indicated the anchor is dragging
Nav lights underway
Fwd masthead, aft masthead, stern-white, port running light-red, stbd running lights-green
Inport/moored nav lights
Fwd jack staff, aft jackstaff, all standing lights-white, aircraft warning lights
Engaged in spec ops nav lights
Red over white over red on mast
Man over board nav lights
Red over red flashing on mast
Not under command nav lights
Red over red on mast
Anchored nav lights
One white on mast
Aground nav lights
2 red and anchored lights
Anchored Day shapes
1 ball
Not under command day shapes
2 balls
Restricted in ability to maneuver Day shapes
Ball diamond ball
Aground Day shapes
3 balls
Constrained by draft Day shapes
Cylinder
Refueling/ammo flag
Bravo
Senior officer present afloat (SOPA) flag
Stbd pennant
Personnel recal flag
Papa
Boat recall flag
Quebec
Divers flag
Alpha
Aloft/over the side flag
Kilo
Hazards of electro magnetic radiation to ordnance (HERO) flag
Lima
Ready to receive ship along side flag
Inport- India
Underway- romeo
Man overboard flag
Oscar
Anchoring flag
Uniform
Absentee pennants
3rd sub
Low visibility signals
1 prolonged blast every 2 mins (underway)
Additional lookout, rapid ringing of bells for 5 sec, 5 sec of gong every 1 min (anchored)
Gales
Red pennants
White over red
Storms
Red flag black center
Red over red
Hurricanes/typhoons
Red flag black center
Red over white over red
Small craft storm waning signals
Red pennant
Red over white
Binoculars
7x50 power
Stadimeter
Measures distance to an object of know height
Sextant
Measures angles
Bearing circle
Placed on gyro repeated to shoot bearing to object.
Telescopic alidade
Placed on gyro repeated to shoot bearing. Visual fixes
Parallel motion protractor
Mounted on chart table to transfer bearing on a chart
Parallel rulers
Hand held object used to transfer bearings on a chart
Chart
Map prepared for use in marine navigation
Gyrocompass
Compass to indicate true north
Magnetic compass
Digital fix gate, compass to indicate magnetic north
Radar
Commercial furuno on bridge
Fathometer
Located in chartroom, with repeater in CIC and bridge. Measures water beneath the keel
Satellite Navigation
WRN6, receive in chartroom, repeater in cic/bridge
Global Positioning System
WRN6/furuno receive inputs from various satellites and digitally display our lat/long
Laser range finder
Handheld, determines distance electronically with digital display
Integrated bridge system
Furuno/WRN6, various equipment integrated into another system so that various stations have same info
6 rules of DRT
After every course change After every speed change After every running fix every 1/2 hour on the hour After every fix After every lop
EP
Estimated position determined from incomplete or questionable data
Latitude/longitude
Lat- distance north and south of equator expressed in degrees
Long- distance east and west expressed in degrees
Set/drift
Set-direction in which the current flows
Drift- speed of current
GMT/ coordinated universal standard time
Greenwich Mean Time, Zulu time. Time zone for Greenwich England
Times zones
Geographic area in which the same time is kept
Variation/deviation
Variation- difference between true north/magnetic north
Deviation- different between ships magnetic heading and charted magnetic heading
IALA (A/B) buoyage system
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities. A & B regions, uses different size, shape, color, numbering of buoys to designate which side of buoy to pass
Cardinal system
Buoyage system that uses different colors, too mark, light characteristics of buoy to point out hazards to navigation
Methods to obtaining ships position
Electronic- GPS/ furuno
Celestial- use sextant to shoot sun/moon/stars
Terrestrial- 3 or more visual/radar bearings
Purpose of range/channel markings
Establish a safe course through tight channels
Range- 2 objects in line with channel
Channel markings- buoys of different size/shape/color/designations denoting which side of channel to be on
OOD u/w
Overall in charge of bridge watch team
Conning officer
Assist OOD and drives ship, gives orders to helm/lee helm
Boatswains mate of the watch
In charge of helm/lee helm and lookouts
Lookouts
Eyes and ears of bridge team
Quartermaster of the watch
Navigates and fixes ships position, keeps ships deck log, assists ood
Barometer
Measures atmosphere pressure, above chart table
Psychrometer
Thermometers, measures wet and dry bulb temperature
Communication circuits
JX- ship ops/control, JL- lookouts
Bullhorn
Amplify your voice
Telltale panel
Controls and displays navigation lights