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Some pretty wild stuff.
Can any ship-knowledgable people here tell us what it is that they are cranking by hand? It looks like a brake of some sort....?
And how do ship anchors work? I always assumed that they sat on the bottom of the sea-bed to effectively "mount" the ship in place.
Here's another one. Far more spectacular.
This one seems to have stopped at the end:
Apparently, a 1st Lt was trying to show off but almost managed to lose the entire thing. According to the description:
Taken in 2008 aboard the USS George Washington.
I imagine that was worth an ass-chewing or two.
Can any ship-knowledgable people here tell us what it is that they are cranking by hand? It looks like a brake of some sort....?
And how do ship anchors work? I always assumed that they sat on the bottom of the sea-bed to effectively "mount" the ship in place.
Here's another one. Far more spectacular.
This one seems to have stopped at the end:
Apparently, a 1st Lt was trying to show off but almost managed to lose the entire thing. According to the description:
Taken in 2008 aboard the USS George Washington.
I imagine that was worth an ass-chewing or two.