Deck Fundamentals
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- Mooring line
- Synthetic fiber, 6" in circumference
- Storm line
- Synthetic fiber, 8 or 9" in circumference
- Wire rope
- Wire, 8" in circumference, stronger than fiber
- Hold
- Hold line in hand and wait for further instructions
- Check a line
- Give more line, ease tension and must be at least 6' away from all bits
- Slack
- give more line
- Ease
- slack slowly
- Take in
- take in all lines from the skin of teh ship
- cast off
- take line off pier and throw in water
- avast
- stop
- heave around
- pull line in any direction
- swing circle
- ship moving around its anchor
- drag circle
- dragging anchor in a swing circle
- bits
- used to secure the mooring lines
- chock
- opening used to run lines to outside of ship
- cleats
- pari of horns used to secure lines
- bullnose
- 2 huge chocks on the bow of the ship
- hawse pipe
- houses the anchor
- chain
- holds the anchor
- turnbuckle
- makes chain stopper longer or shorter. buckles down on chains and can extend/retract it
- chain stopper
- stops chain from running outside the skin of the ship
- capstan
- forward and reverse, used for heaving mooring lines vertically
- gypsy head
- smaller horizontal capstan
- detachable line
- 410 lbs
- chain link
- 367 lbs
- chain markings
- colors
- swivel shot
- begins chain marking
- anchor
- secures shot to sea floor, navy standard stockless, two on board JFK, each one weighs 30 tons
- chain stoppers
- 3; turnbuckle, pelican hook, and frog
- pelican hook
- actually grasps the chain
- wildcat
- bow and starboard, heaves around teh chain and teeth are called sprockets
- anchor brakes
- 3; hydraulic, manual, and nitrogen (used only as a last resort)
- anchor buoy
- reg and green, cylinder shaped float lets you know where the anchor is
- hawser mooring line
- 5.5" or more in circumference
- line
- cease, secure or anything
- seize
- stop it from moving in any direction
- small stuff
- small line
- flemish
- line laid in a spiral flat
- coil
- line laid on top of each other in a circle
- fake
- line laid in an S shape
- heaving line
- small stuff used to heave around mooring line
- monkey fist
- heaving ball used to send messenger to pier
- marlin
- tarred hemp small stuff
- bight
- loop in a line
- eye
- permanent loop in mooring line
- eye splice
- braiding of eye
- marlin spike
- stell spike used to splice wire rope
- fid
- wooden marlinspike used to splice synthetic mooring line
- mouse
- used to secure or seize objects
- heavy strain
- max capacity line can take
- moderate strain
- medium strain
- light strain
- minimum strain
- frap
- used to bring two mooring lines together to make strength of one
- rat guards
- stops rats from coming onto ship. they are attached to mooring lines
- chaffing gear
- canvas material ran around line to stop it from getting chaffed
- rattail stopper
- holds tension of teh line
- safe working load
- safe & appropriate weight
- UNREP
- underway replenishment. ship to ship. fuel & cargo
- VERTREP
- vertical replenishment. helo to ship. cargo, mail, etc.
- CONREP
- connected replenishment
- fox corbin
- two ships change course while attached during UNREP
- replenishment course
- courses we follow during replenishment
- replenishment speed
- speed we follow during replenishment. (12 knots min & 16 knots max)
- control ship
- USS replenishment ship
- approach ship
- USS JFK
- deliver ship
- control ship
- receiving ship
- USS JFK
- transfer stations
- 9F, 17F, 19F, 21F, 13C, 25C
- standard breakaway
- regular speed
- emergency breakaway
- accelerated speed
- abandon ship
- CO orderes this and crew goes to abandon ship station
- lifeboats (RHIB)
- rigid hull inflateable boat
- life rafts
-
246 (116 port & 130 stbd)
type MK6, 25 people per raft - man overboard recovery
- ship, RHIB, helicopter
- collision
- run into another ship
- aground
- hit land
- bridge watch stations
- OOD, JOOD, BMOW, QMOW, helmsman, lee helmsman, lookouts
- how many fathoms in a shot of chain
- 15
- how many shots per anchor chain
- 12
- the shots of chain are what color
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1st, 4th, 7th, & 10th : red
2nd, 5th, 8th : white
3rd, 6th, 9th : blue
11th : all yellow
12th : all red - how many rhibs do we have
- 2 (1 port, 1 stbd)
- how many people does it take to man the RHIB?
- 3; coxswain, engine man, bow hook
- how many people does it take to man the RHIB during man overboard?
- 6; boat officer, SAR swimmer, coxswain, engine man, bow hook, signalman
- how many monkey lines do we have?
- 7