How To Anchor A Battleship (at the dock)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
- On August 19, 2023 a major storm, then known as Hurricane Hilary, was projected to slam into SoCal. Third Fleet sent every ship in San Diego that could get underway to sea and had those that had to remain in port double up mooring lines and deploy an anchor at their berths.
With that news and a history of record swell events causing problems with mooring lines, Battleship IOWA's leadership team decided to employ extra protection for the ship. We followed suit and "dropped the hook" at our dock.
Here's how it looked... and what it's like to use anchor windlass gear that hasn't moved in over a decade. (The last time these motors ran was 2012.)
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I was just watching New Jersey's video on UN-anchoring a battleship.
Me too!!
Unmooring -no anchors used to keep New Jersey in place
Me too, it is funny to see how much the Iowa gets back into action, the anchor, the turret.
You guys are taking great care of her she is a great warship thank you Battleship USS IOWA .
So cool with you guys dropping anchor and New Jersey about move today for the first time in over 20 years.
That is amazing how clean and squared away it looks below decks. You pass Medical inspection!
I love to see that amazing piece of engineering,
Its awesome to see equipement so old still functional.
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Back then, in the middle of a war, they made things to work. And to continue to work. This is the stuff I love to see on YT.
Thanks for an informative video as always ! Will anyone from the Iowa crew be at Philadelphia for the drydocking of sister New Jersey ? I will be there for the drydock tour on April 6th at 11:00 A.M.. I would like to meet up with any Iowa crew if our schedules align. Thanks to all Iowa crew for your hard work protecting Iowa and preserving her.
Thank you for the kind words. Have fun in the drydock! A few of us are hoping to have the chance to get out there. Would be so amazing to see.
Glad to see ya’ll actually using her equipment unlike other museums. I live by USS Alabama and they barely use any equipment
We're doing our best to bring her to life. We think she likes it as much as our guests and crew do. ;-)
Might give a tiny bit of help, but if you're just dropping it straight down it won't do much. For those reading this, it's the weight of the chain on the ocean bottom and paid out a 1000 ft or so that keeps the ship from moving, the anchor only holds the end of the chain in position.
Maybe just an excuse to run the equipment and show off 😂
We may admit to enjoying the effort, but there is in fact a purpose. All Navy ships in San Diego which were not able to get underway were ordered by 3rd Fleet to drop an anchor during this storm surge. We did the same. Should the ship be forced from the dock under dramatic surge conditions, we would be able to pay out additional chain in short order. We would much rather be an anchored vessel with options under that scenario than truly being adrift. MG, Chief Engineer.
I'll be looking up at New Jersey's anchors on April 27th. I hope your crew gets to spend some time with the New Jersey crew during dry dock.
Love your videos! Keep up the good work!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
80 years after it was constructed, it still works like new.
Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.
Excellent
Cool video and good job crew from Jake
Are you guys coordinating with NJ on the release schedule of the vids? Or just cool coincidence?
Ha! Gotta love those cool coincidences.
very very cool
I wish Bos'n Patanaude was still around. He could tell you, "How to anchor a battleship while Greenpeace is trying to hang off the anchor."
We miss him!
As an armchair admiral: would not you wanted to pull the anchor away from the ship with a tug then tighten the chain? I assume that would have been a problem for the port authorities for extra clearance but better fixture in general as the anchor would dig in deep? Thanks in advance for any expert advice.
I am still amazed how many of the subsystems are still fully operational. Good maintenance work!
Hey Mike! Larry
Hey Larry, good to hear from you!
i know !! i know !!! (waving hand) carefully.
Were you going that slow on purpose? Hard to believe for me that this is the maximum speed of the windlass
Yes, we were. It's 80 year old equipment that hadn't been run in over a decade. We wanted to take it easy and slow.
Battleship New Jersey: “anchoring? What is that? Does anyone know what that is?”
New Jersey is secured by lines to the pier, plus four chains affixed from the ship to the riverbed as part of the "100-year-storm" mooring plan.
Sea and Anchor Detail.
She lives.👀
2:52 haha 😂 not exactly what you see in the movies is it 😅 Battleship movie has a very trickey maneuver with said anchor and it is not possible seems like 😮
Yeah, club hauling a battleship seems like a really good way to rip the bow off. 😂
So why were they doing this?
Explained by the captioning right at the beginning of the video---there was a big storm forecast for the LA area and they wanted to deploy the ground tackle (anchor and chain) to provide additional anchorage of the ship "just in case."
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What use has this?
To drop an anchor VERTICALLY on the spot, without moving afterwards to dig it in, and get a more horizontal connection.
In what direction would that be anyway? You are MOORED.
unfortunately, anchors don't work too well without any scope on their chain or line. At least you know the windlass works though. Plus it's a great excuse to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Good oppty to squirt some WD-40 into the windlass.
I've used WD-40 on winches with good success, but if you prefer using oil - it's your boat. Go for it.
and by the way, I'm not a toddler and if I was I wouldn't tell you. A better class of people use WD-40.
also somebody better turn on the radar in case there's fog ua-cam.com/users/shortsCao5IdRKleM
a lot of people don't realize how much these boats (and their crews) did for America, to make it possible for America to be here today. And for the cause of freedom all over the world. Remarkable vessels.
WD-40 might be useful for the electrical contacts, etc. on the windlass controls?