Deck-Navigation part 1 Flashcards
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Define the term UNREP?
Underway Replenishment
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How many cargo-transferring stations are there and what are their numbers?
4 —-7, 9, 17, 19
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Which cargo stations are heavy lifts?
9, 17
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How many fuel-receiving stations are there onboard and what are their numbers?
5, 11, 13
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Where is station 13 located?
Officers Q-Deck
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What type of station is 21?
Fuel Delivery
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How many probes are there on Station 21?
1
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what is the bridge-to-bridge phone and distance line used for?
Tell the distance between ships / CO to CO communications
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How many rescue lifeboats are there?
2
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what is the purpose of steadying lines?
Keep boat alongside of ship
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what are the monkey lines used for?
Support 70 ? 75% of the body weight
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what are steady lines?
Two lines dropped by the davit crew to stop the swing of the boat when hoisted from the water. Min of 2 people per line
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what are the last line off and the first line on?
Sea-painter
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what do we used to put the gig and the barge in the water?
B & A crane
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what type of anchor does the Lincoln use?
MK2 Navy Stockless
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what is the weight of each anchor?
30 tons / 60,000 lbs
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How many shots are there in a chain?
12
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How many fathoms in a shot?
15
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How many feet in a fathom?
6
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How is the anchor chain color-coded?
Red, White, Blue
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How can you tell the difference between the 1st and the 4th shot?
4th shot has 4 white links on both sides of the swivel and 4 wire wraps
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what are the chain markings per shot?
1 (15 fathoms) Red, 2 (30 fathoms) White, 3 (45 fathoms) Blue, 4 (60 fathoms) Red, 5 (75 fathoms) White, 6 (90 fathoms) Blue
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what is a wildcat?
Used to raise the chain
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How many mooring lines does the Lincoln use?
12
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Is a single-up and double-up 1 line, or 2 lines?
1
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what vertical shaft do we use to put the mooring lines under tension?
Capstan
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How many Capstans are onboard
8
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what does avast mean?
Stop
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what does heave around mean?
Pull in line
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what does hold mean?
Secure the line so it doesn?t allow slippage
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what does check mean?
Let the line surge a little at a time to prevent the line from parting
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what does ease mean?
Let line out until it is under less tension but not slacked
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what does slack mean?
Take all tension off the line and let it hang, but not in the water.
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Where is Line 8 located?
Officers Q-deck
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How many lines do we use for heavy weather and what are their numbers?
14, 0 and 13
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what is the mooring lines made of?
Kevlar and Aramid
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How are the mooring lines constructed?
4 strands around a fiber core
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what is the last shot of the chain called, and what color?
Danger shot/red
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what is the second to last shot of the chain called and what color?
Warning shot/yellow
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what holds the anchor chain from running?
Anchor brake
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what is the pelican hook used for?
Instant release
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How many chain stoppers do we have and what are they called?
- Forward- housing stopper—further aft- Riding stopper—farthest aft storm stopper
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How much does each detachable link weigh?
365
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How many lifeboats do we have?
178
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what is the sequence of events for launching a ready lifeboat?
Man the boat, monkey lines over, release davit, boat in water, aft falls, fwd falls, aft steady line, fwd steady line, and sea painter.
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Which lines are in the foscle?
Lines 1-4
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Which lines are in the hangar bays?
Lines 5-8
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Which lines are on the fantail?
Lines 9-12
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How many abandon ship lockers do we have?
15
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How many rubber duckies are in each locker?
110
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How many RHIB boats are there?
2
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what is the port RHIB boat for?
Force protection
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How long are the RHIB boats?
7meters
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what does RHIB stand for?
Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
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Who is on the crew of a RHIB boat?
Coxswain-driver, Boat Engineer-fixes broken engine, Sar Swimmer-rescuers, Boat officer- talks to bridge and carries weapon, Signalman- now a QM
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what are boat booms for?
To moore our boats well clear of the side
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How many boat booms do we have?
2
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How do you fake a line?
Lay it out in long flat bights- alongside one another
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What is coiling a line?
Lay it in circular turns like a cobra
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what is the stern dock for?
Embarking and disembarking harbor pilots, liberty for the crew
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what is a bit?
Cylindrical shapes of cast iron or steel, arranged in pairs, fwd and aft of each chock
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what is a chock?
A heavy fitting through which mooring lines are led
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what is a cleat?
A pair of projecting horns used for belaying a line
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what is a spring lay?
A rope in which each strand consists partly of wire and partly of fiber- prevents fore and aft movement
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what is Flemish?
Line coiled flat and tight.
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what is chafing gear?
Canvas, line or other material wrapped around the area of line where the rat guards are placed.
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How are the distance markers arranged on a PDL?
Green- 0, 100, 200, 300 / Red- 20, 120, 220 / Yellow- 40, 140, 240 / Blue- 60, 160, 260 / White- 80, 180, 280
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How is the DRT (dead reckoning tracer) used in a man overboard?
Energized when man Overboard is called away, plots the course of the ship to guide in navigation
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What is the global Positioning system (GPS)?
System that provides highly accurate location
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Name the Unrep crew, their responsibilities and their helmet colors:
Safety officer- responsible for safety of station-white helmet green cross / Rig Captain- In charge of rig-yellow helmet / Riggers-connect/disconnect rig, tend the line- blue helmet / Signalman-transmits orders via signal paddles, green helmet / Corpsman- medical watch station- white helmet, Red Cross / Gunner?s mate-Line thrower- red helmet / Winch Operator-Controls the winch-Brown helmet / Phone talker-relays order via sound-powered phone-green helmet
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what does it mean for the ships when Romeo is at dip?
Control ship- preparing to receive you alongside / Approach ship- Am ready to come alongside
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What does it mean when Romeo is close up (top)?
Control ship- ready to receive you on the side rigged / Approach ship-Commencing approach
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what does it mean when Romeo is hauled down?
Control ship- first line is secured and messenger is at hand / Approach ship- first line is secured
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what does it mean when prep is at dip?
Approach ship- expect to disengage in 15min
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what does it mean when prep is close up?
Approach ship are disengaging
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what does it mean when prep is hauled down?
Approach ship-clear of delivery ship
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what does it mean when Bravo is at dip?
Both ships preparing to trf
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what does it mean when Bravo is close up?
Both ships trf fuels/ammo
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what does it mean when Bravo is hauled down?
Both ship- trf complete
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what are the three types of man overboard recovery?
Helo, small boat, and shipboard
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what is the ships helm and what is it comprised of?
Unit that maneuvers the ship- comprised of two gyro repeaters
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what does the lee helm do?
Operates the Engine Order Telegraph
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what does the Engine order telegraph do?
Provides speed input for the ship
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Who order the speed desired?
The Conning Officer
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Who monitors the alarm panel?
Helmsman
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what is ECDIS?
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
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what is the lifting capacity of a B & a Crane?
50,000 lbs with a critical lift at 42,500lbs
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what is the lifting capacity of the auxiliary hook on the B & a Crane?
6,500lbs
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what is a telescopic alidade?
A device used with a gyro repeater to take in bearing
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What is the parallel motion protractor (PMP)?
Two rulers consisting of a protractor
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what is a gyrocompass?
An electromechanical compass used to indicate true north—keeping the ship on course
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what is a magnetic compass?
Used as a back-up to the gyro compass but only displays magnetic north
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what is radar?
Radio Detection and Ranging
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what is a radars purpose?
Used to determine the distance to and direction of an object
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what are the primary radars used by the navigation team?
SPS-64 and SPS-67
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what is a Fathometer?
Used to measure the depth of the water under the keel
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what is SATNAV?
Satellite Navigation
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what is a SATNAVs purpose?
Highly accurate passive all weather world wide navigational system
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what is a LOP?
A line of position
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what is latitude?
North or south of the equator? 0degrees
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what is longitude?
East or west of the prime meridian
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what is GMT?
Greenwich meantime—ZULU time
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What is true bearing?
Direction relative to true north instead of magnetic north
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what is magnetic bearing?
Direction relative to the ship?s heading expressed in degrees or point
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How many days of rations are in a ready lifeboat?
5
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what are the inner and outer circles of a gyro compass?
Inner- true bearing / Outer- relative bearing
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How many flag bags do we have and How many flags are in each bag?
2, 68
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Name the animals in the Forecastle?
Bullnose, Pelican Hook, Turtle Back, Frog, Wild Cat, Camel Back, Jackass Cover, Monkey Fist, Rat Tail, Deck Ape
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Define the term UNREP?
Underway Replenishment
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What are the types of UNREP?
CONREP & VERTREP
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Define the term CONREP?
Connected Replenishment
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Define the term VERTREP?
Vertical Replenishment
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Define the term STREAM?
Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside Method
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Who wears the yellow helmet on the UNREP station?
Rig Captain
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Who wears the blue helmet on the UNREP station?
Riggers
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How many cargo-transferring stations are there and what are their numbers?
4 —-7, 9, 17, 19
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Which cargo stations are heavy lifts?
9, 17
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How many fuel-receiving stations are there onboard and what are their numbers?
5, 11, 13
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Where is station 13 located?
Officers Q-Deck
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What type of station is 21?
Fuel Delivery
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How many probes are there on Station 21?
1
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What is the purpose of the Easing out line?
Help clear the ships deck edge
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What does 5 short blasts from the ships whistle mean?
Emergency breakaway
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What is the difference between Emergency and Normal Breakaway?
Emergency you don?t have to ask permission from the CO
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What is the bridge-to-bridge phone and distance line used for?
Tell the distance between ships / CO to CO communications
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Where is the Bridge-to-Bridge phone and distance line located?
Between Elevator 1 & 2 on the flight deck
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How many rescue lifeboats are there?
2
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Where is the Starboard boat deck located?
By 2nd Division Office / Above Starboard aft Chow-line
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Where is the Port boat deck located?
Above Main smoke deck / Under Library
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What is the Davit Captain responsible for?
Lowering the boat
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What is the purpose of steadying lines?
Keep boat alongside of ship
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What are the monkey lines used for?
Support 70 ? 75% of the body weight
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What are steady lines?
Two lines dropped by the davit crew to stop the swing of the boat when hoisted from the water. Min of 2 people per line
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What are the last line off and the first line on?
Sea-painter
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What is the Lizard line?
Line attached to the sea-painter
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What do we used to put the gig and the barge in the water?
B & A crane
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Where is the B & A crane located?
Aft of Elevator 3
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What type of anchor does the Lincoln use?
MK2 Navy Stockless
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What is the weight of each anchor?
30 tons / 60,000 lbs
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How many shots are there in a chain?
12
Why get these pins?
How many fathoms in a shot?
15
Why get these pins?
How many feet in a fathom?
6
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How is the anchor chain color-coded?
Red, White, Blue
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How can you tell the difference between the 1st and the 4th shot?
4th shot has 4 white links on both sides of the swivel and 4 wire wraps
Why get these pins?
What are the chain markings per shot?
1 (15 fathoms) Red, 2 (30 fathoms) White, 3 (45 fathoms) Blue, 4 (60 fathoms) Red, 5 (75 fathoms) White, 6 (90 fathoms) Blue
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What is the job of the window man?
To watch the anchor as it is being lowered into the water, calling out what is going on
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What determines a scope of chain?
5 to 7x the depth of the water
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What does anchors aweigh mean?
Anchor is off the sea bottom
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What does the anchor is shod mean?
Anchor is muddy
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What is a wildcat?
Used to raise the chain
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How many mooring lines does the Lincoln use?
12
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Is a single-up and double-up 1 line, or 2 lines?
1
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How do we get the double up to the pier?
Messenger
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What is the purpose of dipping the eye?
To release either line without disturbing the other
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What is a stern line?
A line that runs through the stern chock or quarter chock, holding the stern in
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What vertical shaft do we use to put the mooring lines under tension?
Capstan
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How many Capstans are onboard
8
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What is a safe distance that you should remain from all deck fittings while handling lines?
6 ft
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Why should you remain 90 degrees from the line of pull?
In case of snapback
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Name some safety precautions when handling line?
Battle dress / hand over hand / 90 d / 6 ft away
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What does avast mean?
Stop
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What does heave around mean?
Pull in line
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What does hold mean?
Secure the line so it doesn?t allow slippage
Why get these pins?
What does check mean?
Let the line surge a little at a time to prevent the line from parting
Why get these pins?
What does ease mean?
Let line out until it is under less tension but not slacked
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What does slack mean?
Take all tension off the line and let it hang, but not in the water.
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Where is Line 8 located?
Officers Q-deck
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Where is Deck House 1/2/3/4 located?
1 ? Port HB 1, 2 ? Starboard HB 1, 3 ? Starboard HB 2, 4 ? Fantail
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How are the ship?s mooring lines numbered?
Fwd to Aft
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How many lines do we use for heavy weather and what are their numbers?
14, 0 and 13
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What is the mooring lines made of?
Kevlar and Aramid
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How are the mooring lines constructed?
4 strands around a fiber core
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What is a swivel shot?
The first shot
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What is the last shot of the chain called, and what color?
Danger shot/red
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What is the second to last shot of the chain called and what color?
Warning shot/yellow
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What holds the anchor chain from running?
Anchor break
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What is the pelican hook used for?
Instant release
Why get these pins?
How many chain stoppers do we have and what are they called?
- Forward- housing stopper—further aft- Riding stopper—farthest aft storm stopper
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What does the pin man do?
Pulls the pin out of the stopper so that maul man can knock the pelican hook loose and release the anchor chain
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How much does each detachable link weigh?
365
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Which boat is the ready lifeboat? Why?
Starboard- so the OOD can watch is deploy
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How long is the motor whaleboat?
26 ft
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How many passengers does it hold?
24
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How long is the Captains Gig?
33ft
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How long is the Admirals barge?
12 meters
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How many lifeboats do we have and how many passengers does it hold?
254/25
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What are the different ways to launch a life raft?
Pull the sea painter; wait until it gets to 40 ft depth
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What is the sea painter used for?
To keep the boat alongside the ship
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What type of boat davits do we have?
2 Vest types
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How many people does it take to man a davit?
11
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Can we lower and raise the boat without electricity?
Yes
Why get these pins?
What is the sequence of events for launching a ready lifeboat?
Man the boat, monkey lines over, release davit, boat in water, aft falls, fwd falls, aft steady line, fwd steady line, and sea painter.
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What is the difference between a span wire and a high wire?
Span wire is for guiding the fuel rigs, High line is for cargo trf
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Who shoots the shot line?
We do. To eliminate the risk of damage to ac
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What is a marlinspike used for?
To splice wire rope
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What is a fid used for?
To splice line
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How is line measured?
By circumference
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How is wire rope measured?
By diameter
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Which lines are in the foscle?
Lines 1-4