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ANCHORS
A rigged accommodation ladder

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can be readily disassembled whenever it is desirable to break the chain. STOWING CHAIN As the chain comes aboard, it passes along the deck on metal flash plates, over the wildcat, and down into the chain locker. Each chain goes into a bin called a chain locker, as shown in figure 7-1. Its  bitter end  is secured to a ring bolt on the bulkhead of the chain locker. ANCHOR WINDLASSES The Navy uses two types of anchor windlasses for lifting the ship’s anchor—the vertical shaft type and the horizontal shaft type (fig. 7-3). The vertical shaft type is used on most combatant ships. The horizontal shaft type is used on amphibious and auxiliary ships. Both types are equipped with wildcats, which engage the links of the anchor chain. The wildcat may be disengaged when it is desired to use the capstan (vertical type) or the gypsy heads (horizontal type) for handling lines or wire. ACCOMMODATION LADDER F r e q u e n t l y,   t h e   a c c o m m o d a t i o n   l a d d e r   i s mistakenly  called  the  gangway.  However,  gangway actually means the opening in a bulwark or life rail that gives access to a brow or an accommodation ladder. An accommodation ladder (fig. 7-4) consists essentially of an upper and a lower platform connected by a ladder. The lower end is supported, raised, and lowered by a block and tackle (called  falls) and is usually suspended from a davit. Brow   is the Navy term for gangplank. Brows are ramps used between ships and between a ship and pier. They  may  be  simply  two  or  three  wooden  planks fastened together, or they may be elaborate affairs with handrails and wheels at one or both ends to prevent a ship’s motion from unduly affecting the positioning of the brow. MOORING LINES A ship is moored when it’s made fast to a buoy, when it’s between two buoys, when it’s between two anchors, or when it’s secured by lines alongside a pier or another ship. The lines used in mooring a ship alongside a pier are shown in figure 7-5. Well in advance of mooring, the lines should be faked down, fore and aft, each near the chock through which it passes in preparation for passing the line. You will learn about the procedure for faking a 7-3 Student Notes: Figure 7-2.—Anchors. Figure 7-3.—Horizontal shaft anchor windlass.







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