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