Am I the only one who is binge watching anchor fails? Thanks KZread...

@atypical_moto

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, I didn't know this was a thing until 3 videos ago. I'll be an anchor expert by nightfall.

@pb7379-j2k

7 жыл бұрын

This is my third one, they are remarkably similar. How many WEREN'T filmed???

@KlaasDeSmedt

7 жыл бұрын

on the same youtube train, 17u behind :s

@Krokussify

7 жыл бұрын

same here bros

@SLACKLINEDUDE

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Parrish too bad nobody stood over it with the chain moving in-between his legs, he would of been so cool.

I have not viewed this video in over a decade. The good news was no one was killed in this incident. This took place in an extremely busy Hong Kong Harbor. I was on the bridge giving the orders during this evolution. The anchor is lowered to the bottom, chain is let out, the brake holds while the flukes are set. Once you are holding, chain is let out. It is the weight of the chain that holds a ship in position. The chain link in this incident gets wedged on the lip of the chain pipe. The brake men released too much brake to get the chain moving. When it finally broke free there was no friction and once the momentum built there was no stopping the chain. Everyone cleared the area quickly and injuries were prevented. The team shifted to the alternate anchor and we anchored quickly and safely. The anchors today are the same as they were in WW II and a replacement came from a mothballed WW II ship. This was a final port visit following a 7 month deployment with operations in East Timor, Somalia, and Kuwait where the crew and embarked Marines performed flawlessly. The guy in khakis with his hands in his pockets was a fresh minted knucklehead baby ensign onboard less than a month. Thanks for posting Haze Gray - That is all!

@fkarno

8 жыл бұрын

+Garry Hall Were the chain and anchor recovered?

@fkarno

8 жыл бұрын

+jo schmo (stepsider4life) The inboard end of the chain is connected to the chain locker but with a weak link - you want the chain to break loose before it pulls a chunk out of the hull.The fault here was not in the attachment of the bitter end but in the failure to supervise the two brakemen. Once the link is jammed in the pipe, you either wait until the pull of the anchor and the reverse motion of the ship free it, or you winch in a small amount to free the capsized link. Opening the brake excessively does nothing useful.There is no suggestion that BOTH chains were lost, as you suggest. This happened in Hong Kong harbour and my guess is that in such relatively shallow water the US Navy found and recovered their chain and anchor quickly and without much trouble. The total weight may have been over 100 tons, but you don't need to lift it all in one lump. Once you have a cable attached to the bitter end of the chain you just winch it back in.

@fkarno

8 жыл бұрын

+jo schmo (stepsider4life) (1). There is absolutely NOTHING on a ship that will resist the shock load of 104 tons of chain and anchor once it takes off. (2). The bitter end attachment has nothing to do with the brake and is never used as a brake. This particular type of brake works perfectly well and is still being fitted to new ships but on this occasion it was misused by unskilled sailors under a bosun who was not paying attention. Having a rookie ensign in charge made it a dangerous combination.

@fkarno

8 жыл бұрын

+jo schmo (stepsider4life) We will have to disagree on that. On a ship there is great merit in keeping things simple and if you make the brake hydraulic and have it controlled by a computer with a human pushing the buttons, there are far too many things that can go wrong. A mechanical brake still works even after the electricity has failed, the hydraulic hoses have burst and the computer has crashed. Remember, this accident was caused by the two dopes opening the brake too far. There has never been any suggestion that the system was not in perfect working order. It was simply being misused and no one spotted it. I agree with your view about the huge cast that was farting around, but that is the Navy for you. Even on the largest supertanker dropping anchor is done by two men - a brakeman to turn the wheel and a bosun who knows the drill.

@ronniepaulinc

8 жыл бұрын

+fkarno tractor trailers go down the road daily with millions and millions of miles operating on air brakes with redundant features with a single point of failure that is inspected routinely, and by routinely I mean once a day or more. Most drivers only pretend to do this inspection and the redundant systems still operate to perfection. The only time there is an issue with them is in a runaway due to steep grades and excessive speeds, this is driver error and will cost him his job.

A good anchor drop is when the anchor reaches the seabed. A perfect anchor drop is when the anchor remains attached to the ship.

@wendygoerl9162

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully with the ship still on the surface. (unless you're a submarine)

@scorinth

4 жыл бұрын

@@wendygoerl9162 Huh. I've never thought about submarines dropping anchor. I sort of assumed modern ones never do.

@ShimrraJamaane

3 жыл бұрын

​@@scorinth Can't find any information on Ohio-class (shocker) but I did find aft schematics on the Virginia-class: www.nr.edu/cadd/details/aftsectiondetail2.jpg

@663rainmaker

3 жыл бұрын

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@663rainmaker

3 жыл бұрын

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Back in my day, you wouldn't see a Chief standing around with his hands in his pockets like that. It was physically impossible since one hand had a coffee cup permanently attached to it. :)

@concordiaranger2169

3 жыл бұрын

When I stood torpedo room watch, I would require all Ensigns entering my room to continually snap both fingers. That way I knew where they were and they weren't touching anything.

@cirian75

3 жыл бұрын

and that cup was......never......ever......cleaned

@Drewsky840

3 жыл бұрын

@@cirian75 adds flavor

@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire

3 жыл бұрын

@@cirian75 -- To clean it would require sandblasting it...

@Terryray123

3 жыл бұрын

Or have a pissed off CS3/MS3 that girlfriend work at Starbucks and gave him coffee urn cleaner...

I was a Marine onboard when this happened. It sounded like something was ripping the ship in half! Crazy to see it on video all these years later.

@doctorgway

2 ай бұрын

I was on the ship as well. My now husband was also on the ship. He was a FMF Corpsman.

@freds.6108

2 ай бұрын

@@doctorgway🙌🙌

@steelfan77

2 күн бұрын

I remember it like it was yesterday. So glad no one was harmed.

"And that's the story of how I almost lost my life" "Yeah, that chain sure was dangerous" "Actually, I was talking about what happend after we lost the anchor"

@just-dl

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the conversation with the CO was....memorable. I mean, I've lost books, bags, screwdrivers, even an voltage tester....but, 208,000# of chain and anchor? um...."sorry boss" just doesn't seem sufficient!

@1notgilty

3 жыл бұрын

So, did the Captain make the Chief swim down and pull up the lost anchor and chain? Rumor has it that he was thrown over the side and is still down there looking for it.

@dartmaster501

2 жыл бұрын

@@1notgilty wasn't a chief. Was newbie ensign.

@ahmedabdullah8700

2 жыл бұрын

Comin outta ya pay!

@geometricart7851

2 жыл бұрын

@@just-dl Yeah I bet even an Admiral got chewed out on that one.

For those asking, if an anchor chain is firmly attached to the ship, and that anchor runs away, the part of the ship it is attached to will be ripped off, because the anchors immense weight gives it great inertia. You do not want a big part of the ship's hull or framework ripped off. So you let the anchor go and fish it up later.

@seadogradio

3 жыл бұрын

No idea what you are talking about.

@SuperUltimateLP

2 жыл бұрын

@@seadogradio there is a breakable connection on every ship with this heavy of a anchor, pre WW2 ships had them for the exact same reason. Of the anchorbreak fails or the chain locks on to something you don't want all this inertia stored in the moving ship to rip parts off your ship... The energy's involved on ships are mind bending... Just look at the HP numbers in ships.. they still aint fast but you need huge amounts of energy... So in conclusion.. you much rather lose a anchor and chain then to risk getting ripped apart from your own chain...

@Poctyk

2 жыл бұрын

So basically you are saying That the front would fall off

@DarkRavin07

Жыл бұрын

@@Poctyk I mean if they where firmly mounted with no break off point, yea probably. I mean US destroyer chain is around 30ts and they only get bigger for bigger ships. Can't imagine any hull that could take a 30ton pull moving at free fall speeds.

@justsayingforafriend7010

Жыл бұрын

No in the chain locker the chain is attached to the ship with the ship's wedding ring the wedding ring is designed to fail before the bulkhead is damaged. The pad I is installed to five times the strength of the ship's wedding ring.

Every single OSHA inspector fainted while watching this.

@akamano5

Жыл бұрын

..ha.. i am not sure .. but I think the military doesnt have to deal with OSHA...!!!..

I was on the USS Repose (AH-16) in Viet Nam 69-70. We not only lost one anchor AND chain, We then lost the flukes of the 2nd anchor off of the stem (the part where the chain attaches to the anchor) while trying to salvage the first anchor! This was 2 miles off of the coast just north of Da Nang. I was on the bridge with a radioman buddy to watch the action of "letting go" the anchor.. Didn't expect a show like that. On that old ship the anchor came all the way to the top deck and then out through the hawser.. When that chain came up through the deck, it was like a live snake! The loose end slapped the holey hell out of things on its way heading out hawser!! My friend sent me down off the bridge real fast as the Old Man's face was RED!! Lot of chatter from other ships in the fleet laughing at us for loosing both anchors!! Ah, the memories of an old guy!!

@royallhawaii

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks DS... They did find out why they lost the first anchor. Somebody didn't put a clevis pin back in correctly on the brake. So when they turned the brake wheel, nothing happened. They think the second anchors flukes broke off possibly from landing on the first anchor when looking for it. We'll never know for sure about that part.

@oldi184

8 жыл бұрын

Its really interesting. Thanks. btw Is this really that big deal? Loosing the anchor i mean? How many meters long is the chain? Sorry I am a landlubber. I know nothing about sea and ships :)

@royallhawaii

8 жыл бұрын

If a ship was always in perfect condition with no chance of ever breaking down and always tied up to a pier, they you'd probably never need an anchor. If there is a possibility that the ship may loose power, and you are in a crowded harbor, the anchor is your emergency brake! During the time our ship was with out anchors, we were not allowed into Da Nang harbor. If an someone in engineering, wasn't paying attention and "dropped the load" (lost power coming from the boiler) the she had no steering, no electric (until the emergency generator got started), and no propulsion, forward or reverse. It was Christmas time for us and we had the New Christy Minstrels (60's rock/folk music) on board. Weather was too bad for the helo to land to take them to their next gig. Finally the ship got special permission to make a high speed run into the sheltered water of Da Nang bay and got the helo on deck to get our passengers off in the calm air inside the ring of mountains. To do that though, both boilers had to be on line at the same time... I know.... long story Hope you found it worth the read!! LOL Hope it all made sense!

@wangruochuan

8 жыл бұрын

So New Christy Minstrels knew what happened there? I wonder what did they say haha.

@royallhawaii

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they were told.. They had to stay with the ship for 2 or 3 days until we had permission to go into DaNang harbor where in the shelter of the mountains, a chopper came in and took them to their next gig...

That's what Navy Divers call "Job Security"

@stevelee3264

3 жыл бұрын

And what the taxpayers think is a waste of money.

@brianbaird1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevelee3264 who gives a flyin freak what they think .....

@Ass_of_Amalek

3 жыл бұрын

are you implying that they recover anchor chains? I don't think so.

@TheAlmightyFather

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek depends on the depth. But at 180 fathoms I doubt.

@johnmarshall4442

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlmightyFather Sat dive training.

"Eh, I never liked that anchor anyways"

Now for a brisk round of "Who tells the Captain?"

@jeremybenvenuto8862

3 жыл бұрын

1,2,3 NOT IT!!

@scottthornton9237

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it was that junior Ensign! (With his hands in his pockets)

@DekkerDavis

3 жыл бұрын

Rock...paper...sizzors 🤣

@wwilcox2726

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO!

@timothyrobinson2387

3 жыл бұрын

The "greenest" sailor on the ship, I suppose. Or the cook.😂😂😂

Its hard to believe that was 12 years ago now. I remember we were all waiting to go ashore in hong kong. I have to admit, our first reaction down in the engineering spaces, when we heard that the boatswains had lost our anchor, was to laugh. We weren't laughing 6 hours later while still waiting for the captain to sort things out so we could go ashore.

@benthomas1545

Жыл бұрын

21 years now

@bodypilot2006

Жыл бұрын

I remember the same, we actually didn't know what the hell was going on as ACE marines, we were just getting restless sitting there in our shop. Until they told us that they dropped the anchor in the bay, and we pretty much all laughed and said figures.

[-]Denroll 291 points 3 years ago Here's what happened: First, they were likely veering the chain out. This is done after setting the anchor. When you release the brake to drop the anchor, it comes out very fast due to the massive weight of the anchor. When setting the anchor, you usually release enough chain to equal 3 times the depth of the water. For example, in 30 meters of water, release 3 shots of chain. 1 shot equals 15 fathoms, or 90 feet. Once this amount of chain is payed out, the brake is set "two-man tight" (insert mom joke here). The ship will be backing down to "set" the anchor in the mud/sand/shell bottom and they will determine if the anchor is holding. If it is holding, then they will veer out more chain. You typically veer to 3-5 times the depth. The two guys turning that wheel were on the brake. They were turning counter-clockwise to release the brake. Quite often in relatively shallow water, there will not be enough weight of the chain payed out to pull the rest of the chain out of the chain locker. That's why it was moving so slow as opposed to how it whips out violently when you drop anchor. The ship should have had on an astern bell to help "pull" the chain out. Big ships like TARAWA are steam driven and take lots of time to come up in speed. When the chain was not feeding out ofter the brake was released, they kept turning, and turning, and turning. There were way too many turns taken off and the brake was nowhere near the engagement point. The ship probably got some sternway (reverse speed) and then the chain was finally pulled out of the locker. When they realized they needed to set the brake, they had to undo all of those needless turns, which is why you could see them frantically turning clockwise. This is just my educated guess from watching the video.

@NickPopGamezAndTutorials

7 жыл бұрын

wow thanks

@aculasabacca

7 жыл бұрын

Yes they turned way too many times.

@jeremywestern7067

7 жыл бұрын

No you are mistaken... The chain is set to roughly FOUR furlongs past the depth marker or eleventy fathoms over the chains plimsoll settings to compensate for tidal drift... Please do more research in future before commenting

@treegone

7 жыл бұрын

I'm struggling with these weird measurements. How many football fields in a furlong?

@tnekkc

7 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia is ok if not political. Furlong is 220 yards = 666 feet = 2.2 football fields.

Amazing how quickly the officer goes from being calm and collected to blaming everyone for loosing the anchor instead of taking responsibility.

@larrycurrier290

3 жыл бұрын

Of course s*** rolls downhill in the military

@jayztoob

2 жыл бұрын

No, not amazing at all. It was expected.

@gegwen7440

Жыл бұрын

Guess they promoted the idiot after this.

@GrasshopperKelly

Жыл бұрын

He'd been on board about a month at most. It was his first station on a ship too.

@robertf3479

Жыл бұрын

@@GrasshopperKelly A freshly minted Ensign, first assignment is to Deck Department, likely First Division with around 15 or 20 men under him. The most junior of the enlisted under him probably had more sea time than the Ensign did, the Petty Officers and Chief or Chiefs would (probably) put up with him though I had a Boatswains Mate Senior Chief who would tell the Ensign "go stand in the corner over there and just watch, don't try to interfere ... (begrudgingly) sir."

The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

@Garymayo

3 жыл бұрын

Titlest

@dLimboStick

3 жыл бұрын

@@Garymayo A hole in one!

@walterkostecke4508

2 жыл бұрын

But I don't want to be a pirate.

Think of the gas mileage they'll get now though.

@machine-shopbilly6584

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@JamesSpeiser

3 жыл бұрын

haha

@jeremyturn8516

3 жыл бұрын

Far better acceleration

@RickRoss440

Ай бұрын

@@jeremyturn8516with no brakes tho

Folks forget that the individual chain links can weigh a couple hundred pounds each and with each passing second that the chain pays out, you're adding another ton to the overall weight. The more chain that goes into the water, the harder it is to brake.

@crankbv1

7 жыл бұрын

Catzilla; I was just about to make that same comment re the chain accelerating under its own weight. You said it all I think.

@TheEvertw

3 жыл бұрын

No. The length of chain in free-fall is limited by the depth of the anchorage. The weight of chain pulling was pretty much constant after the anchor was seated. As they let out 45 fathoms when seating the anchor, there probably was about 30 fathoms of chain actually pulling. Still a lot of weight...

@hdj81Vlimited

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEvertw 9.81N/m gravity force is the max.

@peanutdecided6256

Ай бұрын

@@hdj81Vlimitedhis point was that once the anchor is on the seafloor, the only force pulling on the boat comes from the length of chain between the floor and the boat because as you let more chain out, the same amount of chain at the other end starts to rest on the floor. since they were in a harbor, the anchor and much of the chain was already in a resting state

"Just give us a little more chain there." *almost blows up ship in longest, most epic chain drop of all time*

What shocks me most about this is that no one in 2001 is wearing a mask to protect themselves against the iron oxide dust coming off the chain...that (magnetic) dust in your lungs screws up x-rays (short term) and is very bad in an MRI (possibly long-term). Hope they have amended that practice in the 16 years since...

@slowpoke96Z28

Жыл бұрын

That dust is from the failing brake. It wouldnt normally be so thick.

That is some huge fish to take a hook that size and run away with it like that !!!

@Nupetiet

7 жыл бұрын

Pffaahahaha nice

@ronstokes8558

7 жыл бұрын

Nupetiet n

@hse6144

7 жыл бұрын

Gonna need a bigger boat.

@timsebastian5758

4 жыл бұрын

Wonder what kinda bait they used?

@jakedasnake9247

3 жыл бұрын

ok boys were going whale fishing today

"That's coming out of your paycheck, Johnson."

@kleetus92

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, just the taxpayers.

@88mike42

3 жыл бұрын

Officer: Who's the lowest rank here? E-2 Jones: Seaman apprentice Jones sir. Officer: Jones, this all your fault. It's coming out of your pay!

This title needs to be changed to “How a Chief loses his anchors”

I was stationed aboard the Tarawa in 81 as part of a Marine onboarding team that rotated marine helos and their crews. Great duty and a great ship.

12 years in the Marine Corps...spent sometime onboard ships, those Navy folks are some of the hardest working folks out there. Thanks be to God no one was hurt or worse when this took place.

Some magnet fisherman is going to cash in big time!

@92HondaEX

8 жыл бұрын

interesting to watch them trying to pull up 200,000 Lbs of anchor and chain...

@formy5287

8 жыл бұрын

LOL

@tomthecat268

7 жыл бұрын

bit by bit I guess

@vincentcastellano4072

7 жыл бұрын

it can be done easily in water....

@vincentcastellano4072

7 жыл бұрын

just need a little bit of air.

Need to reword the title. "How a Chief loses his anchors."

having been stationed on an LHA, I can say first hand those chain rings are M-A-S-S-I-V-E pieces of solid metal, you wouldn't want to have one of those dropped on your toe, much less get smacked by one of them.

Not lost, they know exactly where it is... not onboard!

@centralpicks

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff H Woah that's so funny.

@SilverMe2004

6 жыл бұрын

It is also not on the moon

@ericluk68

3 жыл бұрын

If so, nobody has ever lost money to casinos because all they know that their money goes to the casinos' bank account.

@mainjockeynumbaone

3 жыл бұрын

Navy joke....

@Elfnetdesigns

3 жыл бұрын

yeah it's right under the ship...

it was at this moment that sailor Jimmy knew he messed up.

And to think my anchor dropping binge started with one dropping on a tug...

@GhostDrummer

3 жыл бұрын

@A Guill I like that. Kind of like, same page different paragraph.

Fascinating video, thank you. I looked in the comments but couldn't see anyone else asking if the chain was later salvaged, because this surely must be a VERY expensive item therefore worth the effort? Cheers 🍻

@BoatsYoda

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing. Yes, they did salvage it eventually.

@nigelcarren

4 жыл бұрын

@@BoatsYoda Thank you mon ami.

"Weigh anchor!" "Twenty tons sir!" "You idiot!!"

@bcubed72

8 жыл бұрын

Gilligan!!!

@angelajohnson6659

4 жыл бұрын

And the minnow's anchor would be lost.

@angelajohnson6659

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like the anchor could use a little wd40!

I realize the military likes everything to be clean but this seems like a ridiculous way to wash the anchor and chain.

@Vigneto

9 жыл бұрын

You win.

@gtc1961

8 жыл бұрын

+schlaznger I was never on the f'ocsle when they let the anchor go but I was there (on two aircraft carriers) for various ceremonies and that place was always spotless....I always admired the Boatswain's mates for how well they took care of that area.

@BigMan798

8 жыл бұрын

+Zach 2 Zach's give you a thumbs up

@ivegasliveentertainmentinc4698

7 жыл бұрын

gtc1961 BMs are simply the best, PERIOD!..... at cleaning tho.... 😩😭

@delphilungwyn5308

4 жыл бұрын

This wouldn't happen on a merchant ship.

Who the hell walks around on ship with his hands in his pockets? You keep your hands-free in case you have to grab something.

@ceebeegeegee8293

3 жыл бұрын

Like the end of the chain?

@faraelwilldabeast9951

3 жыл бұрын

He was out of coffee. I blame the non-rate.

I was on the USS Peleliu LHA-5. Boatswains mate. When underway I was 4 hours on and 4 hours off. On the bridge, helm, lee helm, lookouts, messenger of the watch. When you're on the porch lookout you can see the harrier Jets and helicopters taking off and landing. Being on the bridge with them officers and knowing exactly what's going on. The best job I ever had.

The last chain link is the "weak link," which is the one that is made up in 2 halves and is put together with molten lead or some other metal that is designed to break when the anchor rode runs out of control. The weak link is there so that the bottom of the ship doesn't get ripped out.

bet that made a good artificial reef somewhere.

@pforce9

9 жыл бұрын

No way. They send a diver down and he attaches a messenger and they pull the end of the chain back into the ship.

@BuckingFastard

9 жыл бұрын

ah dang, guess thats a lot of money to just let waste and a free divers life huh lol

@JustCallMeChad

9 жыл бұрын

pforce9 depends on how deep it actually was there. The RECORD is 1,090 feet. I doubt navy divers go much below 2-300

@pforce9

9 жыл бұрын

JustCallMeChad I do not think that they would try to anchor in a thousand feet of water.

@fkarno

8 жыл бұрын

+pforce9 -- Certainly not in Hong Kong harbour, where this happened.

I was on board when this happened as an airmen on the flight deck and when that chain broke loose we knew someone had fucked up. Solid work goes to boats thank God no one was hurt. And that tall skinny kid in the in khakis at the end was an Ensign straight out of Annapolis with 3 weeks on board.

@red_d849

2 жыл бұрын

i…dont think you know which ship this is

@red_d849

2 жыл бұрын

even though i dont

Always the best camera work at most most important moments

lack of communication and poor judgement by COMMAND, not so much the deck crew. Logically, if your hook is holding without the brake, you DON'T NEED MORE SCOPE! The brake tenders should never have been allowed to unspool the brake like an aerobic exercise. By the time they got it back to engage, there was no fucking hope of stopping it. I got out in '89. I can't help but picture a bunch of women on deck of my old boat the USS Kalamazoo, AOR6, with the same shit happening. Precious. We had the exact same gear. I would also mention that the chain and anchor were never considered "ground tackle" in my day. That term was reserved for stationary, deck mounted tackle such as the pelican hook they should have engaged when the chain was tending with a moderate strain but not running. Duh. Lock the brake, set the pelican hook. What amazed me was the idiots crossing in front of the hawsepipe.

@mikeu.s.n.9099

8 жыл бұрын

I was part of the tackle crew. Our bosn was at fault. HE took like 70 turns off of that break, then put the break crewman back on. There is like 1 hour of video missing. He got impatient and by the time the ship started backing down, it was already to loose (the break). As far as walking in front of the hause pipe, what do you expect after what happened. No one would be in their right frame of mind.

@crucifyrobinhood

8 жыл бұрын

MIKE U.S.N. Not about to argue with someone who was there. I just think that the C.O. should have never called for another shot on deck when The chain stopped running. I'm gonna guess your Bos'n was a mustang with a chip on his shoulder, just like ours was. I was the bullnose phone talker for sea and anchor for two years. I saw some wild shit and could probably write a book on Anchorage and mooring do's and don'ts. I meant that I was surprised that ANYONE crossed the hawsepipe while this shit was happening. Man people just don't know how close we came to losing our nuclear shit and all hell breaking loose in the late 80's. Whew, glad we made it. Fair winds and all that, bro.

@mikeu.s.n.9099

8 жыл бұрын

CrucifyRobinHood he had a huge chip on his shoulder. But since he was the bosn he was in charge. The c.o. left it up to him. It was always like that. He just got impatient bevause of the choppy water. He booted the rig capt. Then tried to put it all on him. That day was the c.o.'s last day. The next day capt. Clark took over. He was the old capt. From the tripoli that hit a mine I think in desert storm. That guy made us hang a small anchor form the captains gig out of the haws pipe and pulled in from deployment with that anchor facing the pier.

@crucifyrobinhood

8 жыл бұрын

MIKE U.S.N. Oh shit. I can see that seven pound Danforth hanging from the hawsepipe. Classic. P.S. I hit your "follow" button just for shiggles. We were lucky. Our first loouie hated the Bos'n and outranked him. We only saw him during unrep. (the Bosn) He rarely opened his mouth. For the record, CWO3 Rosado was a perfect example of advancement through ethnic leverage. He was from San Berdoo, which says all I needed to know about him. Anecdote: Tying up to a fuelling pier in Sicily amid thousands of anti-nuke demonstrators on the pier. I was at my bullnose position as phone talker. The tug cast off our storm line and pulled away fast, tangling the tug's line handlers foot in the messenger. I screamed; SLACK THE STORM LINE! as the catenary lifted and I watched some Sicilian guy's foot launch a couple hundred feet into the air, missing the body. The BMCM FLIPPED OUT! WHO THE FUC* DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GIVING ORDERS ON MY FOC'SLE?? I got 45&45 plus a loss in rank for that episode. No idea what happened to the Sicilian guy. We left within 12 hours amid a shower of paint filled balloons. (blood red, of course)

@crucifyrobinhood

8 жыл бұрын

***** Sorry, bud. The small anchor was an insult to the guys that lost the anchor in the first place. Kind of like the new Capitan saying,"we screwed up, we know it" to the rest of the fleet. The anchor they lost weighed several tons, that's why the idea of a seven pound anchor hanging where the original anchor belonged is pretty funny. Back in the 80's, many nations protested "nuclear ships" by throwing paint balloons at any large U.S. vessel. I actually had to stand at the top of the ships boarding ladder for four hours with a .45 pistol threatening to shoot anyone who tried to board. I was 19 and scared to death.

Well, at least the boat is a lot faster now.

@jeremywestern7067

7 жыл бұрын

What boat?

@McGuire2778

7 жыл бұрын

Technically it's a ship.

@butwhowasmoto2739

7 жыл бұрын

....USS Tarawa. And dont be a smartass and say 'its a ship not a boat'

@McGuire2778

7 жыл бұрын

Lol. It was more joking than being an ass.

@kirknelson156

7 жыл бұрын

I was on the USS Bellaue Wood, and we called it the Drift Wood after losing both boilers and drifting for 3 days. :)

Seaman Steve Uriel was on board when the anchor was lost. His reaction: “Did I do thaaaat”?

I put this magilla into commision in 1976. Decommissioned and sank off Hawaii few years ago. First of its class. I was on a five year enlistment and one of the last plank owners rang off the quaterdeck when my enlistment was up March 1980.

It's okay. The chain had one of those foam floaty things on it. They turned the boat around and scooped it right up. Easy peasy.

@AffordBindEquipment

8 жыл бұрын

I don't often laugh at comments but yours just made me laugh and laugh! thanks for the chuckles! You made my day!

@RoninYoutube

8 жыл бұрын

Yep a 2 ton chain can have a flotie device now lmao

@simonwatts8338

7 жыл бұрын

Somebody will have salvaged it, worth too much money.

@inversie3596

7 жыл бұрын

It's actually a 104 ton chain

@johnfraser8158

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah like the one you put on your keys?

Magneto would never have this problem.

I love how quiet it gets.

My dad talked about the experimental ship he was on losing the anchor in the Atlantic... destroyed the chain lockers, brakes were on fire, ripped the thimble and all through the side of the ship, he said the Boson Mate (?) was white as a ghost... Also about his ship being moored on the wrong side of the pier at tide change and stretching a 6" hauser to less that 2" in diam to the point it was smoking with multiple tugs to keep it from slamming into some special ship.

It got real quiet in there all of a sudden.

@Nozerone

8 жыл бұрын

That's when someone knew they fucked up. =P

@McGuire2778

7 жыл бұрын

+Draggon Reaper yep. I was in that ship. Don't remember what happened to that Boatswain. But it wasn't his only duck up that cruise. We broke a gangplank on his watch too. Trying to remember his name.

@MeanBeanKerosene

7 жыл бұрын

How deep was he in for losing, what is effectively, the brake?

@McGuire2778

7 жыл бұрын

Cherry Ripe well he ordered too many turns, allowing the chain to much free fall. There was no stopping it at that point. His impatience got the better of him. But what do you expect from leadership who's walking around with his hands in his pockets? It's my understanding both really happened to him. I'm sure a majority of the blame fell on the skipper. There was a change of command days later. Probably just got brushed aside. I seem to recall that the new skipper was all ready in route before the incident. But I'm not sure. Read more through the comments. I'm pretty sure someone else said the Bosin got a transfer and a promotion. Not that the promotion means all that much. Is performance evaluations probably didn't reflect the timeframe in which all this happened.

@devontecaples1993

7 жыл бұрын

+McGuire2778 damn I'd be nervous

Note to Chief: You're supposed to be setting the example.... get your hands out of your pockets.

@jacobjames1171

8 жыл бұрын

I noticed that.

@scottentopper9344

8 жыл бұрын

No shit.

@conin76

8 жыл бұрын

+GasCityGuy "air force gloves"

@tc1uscg65

8 жыл бұрын

+JIMMY JIMMY LMAO.. good one.

@vincent7520

8 жыл бұрын

+GasCityGuy Hands out of pockets do not make you a chief !…

Lucky those columns were there otherwise that was a big fckn whip heading for the cameraman lol

Someone's career left with the anchor. Having to tell the boss must have been a Kodak moment.

The camera man missed the money shot.

@_monti142

6 жыл бұрын

also missed death

@mrreymundo5383

6 жыл бұрын

My suspicion is he is looking directly at the event, rather than through his screen, and loses his aim.

@AgentJayZ

6 жыл бұрын

By the looks of the video, somebody was hammering on both knees the whole time. Jeez.

@V0YAG3R

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Vaught Don't worry, your mom didn't 👌🏻

@Cybakilla

6 жыл бұрын

They hide behind something because there is a chance of the chain whipping around and hitting someone, killing them.

why does everyone in the navy look like a janitor?

@Argaia

9 жыл бұрын

*****and THAT, son, is how a man defeats a troll. (nice work Colonel =D )

@RandominityFTW

9 жыл бұрын

John Johnson Do you know ANYTHING about the military? All service members are janitors.

@cleverusername6233

9 жыл бұрын

kilrassclown because being in the navy is highly gay.

@cleverusername6233

9 жыл бұрын

^^^dumbass alert^^^^

@cleverusername6233

9 жыл бұрын

Shit wrong video comment, sorry ryan, on mobile lol

I just saw this. Back in '77 I was stationed on the Tarawa LHA-1. I painted that anchor while docked at 32nd. I tell ya, that anchor is cursed. I was in a skiff painting the bottom, they lowered a sailor down the chain pipe with a rope around his waist. Chief was in the viewing cage asked the sailor if he was alright, he shouts back "Yeah, I'm good Chief!" someone hears that and turns on the 14" pneumatic sander and it gyroscopes across both of his wrists... I look up and I am covered in a downpour of blood.... My first thought? do sharks come in this close to the dock?... heheh. That looked like the starboard side, the port side paint job was worse. Glad that anchor is far away from SD. I don't keep track of such things but, to my count that is twice that anchor embarrassed the Captain.

Thank God for their training, you could tell right before the warning shot guys were moving and knew something was fucked up and had kinda positioned to get safe.

I guess I just sort of always assumed the other end of the chain would be attached to something...

@dillonh2118

8 жыл бұрын

it's in case they must rapidly detach from it in combat

@Grey_Duck

8 жыл бұрын

Little Jimmy Ah I suppose that makes sense.

@tc1uscg65

8 жыл бұрын

+Little Jimmy Maybe the snipe in the chain locker lost his grip.

@squidb8

8 жыл бұрын

it was. it's attached to a bulkhead in the chain locker by a breakable link which is designed to part before the bulkhead does.

@billrussell7672

8 жыл бұрын

+tc1uscg wtf no snipes in bousun locker bad man baaad man blame snipes

All that build up and he flinched on the money shot. Can't say I wouldn't do the same though

@TheEvertw

3 жыл бұрын

That loose end of chain will cut a man in half...

@unusualbydefault

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEvertw nah it wont _cut_ a man it half, only "tenderize" him xD

the "fresh minted knucklehead baby ensign" didn't fail, you did.

on its way out it slapped that support column with great force! Good one! would like to see more!

I've been waiting to see this video for 11 years. I was on board when this happened.

my friend, as the video noted the total weight of the ground tackle (anchor and chain) of this particular ship was over 200,000 lbs. All ships have what is called a 'weak link at the very end of the chain that is attached to a bulkhead (wall) in the chain locker designed to break in a scenario such as this. Even if it were possible to stop the chain at that last shot you won't find a windlass (electro-hydraulic motor that controls the anchor) strong enough to pull that weight back up.

@jamesepperson5940

Жыл бұрын

Could one ever be made though? To handle that kind of weight

@handyman75657

Жыл бұрын

The total weigh would NOT be on the motor. Only the dead weight that was suspended off of the bottom. The majority of the weight was resting on the bottom already. The only weight against that motor would be the suspended chain at whatever the depth was. Possibly 2 shots at most.

"OK. Now I need a volunteer to go get it!..."

@TheEvertw

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment!

@janellegunther4142

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, who started last and who gets paid the least...

I only went sailing on a "small" 50ft boat recently but releasing the anchor break because I didn't know what I was doing was probably the scariest thing that happened to me on the trip. It took me about a second to realize what was happening and I quickly returned the crank to the closed position before we lost the entire chain. All that was in a moment when we had a bit of trouble either getting it set or breaking it out - I don't remember exactly. Either way we had some tough times when the motor sounded like it was failing and the boat's and our life depended on that anchor behaving in a good manner. That and accidental jybes in strong winds are just the worst and always scare the shit out of me.

Hardly anybody in there, but when the chain go's everybody come out of the woodwork

@hankschrader149

8 жыл бұрын

ha exactly what I was thinking. and everyone was yelling after the fact!

@AffordBindEquipment

8 жыл бұрын

must be a govt. job...

@darkshadow851

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's because the many, many thousands of pounds of chain feeding out at an uncontrolled rate? Common sense kinda says to get the fuck out unless you're essential to trying to stop the chain. Same for yelling. No point to yelling and adding to the chaos when nothing will come of it. Express yourself a bit later, when people's lives aren't at risk anymore and instead just have a big shitty mess to clean up. Seriously common sense stuff...

@McGuire2778

7 жыл бұрын

Only essential personnel are allowed in the forecastle during anchor detail. Obviously, after the fuck up, everyone wanted to see what happened.

From my experience (on sailing yachts only) the anchor is dropped on the brake to speed the process up as lowing it on the windlass would take a very long time as they are slow. In answer to the "Is the water that deep" question the answer is no because you should always let out 4x the water depth of chain so that a) The anchor is pulling along the seabed and not up, and b) the chain on the seabed provides some grip as well as the anchor itself. I hope this helps.

Crew man " ah Cap, we lost the Anchor..." Cap: "WhAt???!!!, How that happen?" Crew man " Well, we just stood there and watched until the danger marker came up, and watched it go after that..." Cap:(rolls eyes..)

When the Tarawa came to the fleet in 78, she was the flag ship for amphibious squadron 7. On west pac one morning at quarters she was steaming to our port side about 500 yards when I noticed on her Island the number 1 had a white line over the top and an F and a T were on either side for a big FTN. It had to be someone in deck division that painted the island with FTN and he or they did it at night. I hope you read this that was funnier than hell, you had us laughing our butts off. Thanks.

I served on the USS HALEAKALA AE-25. November 1990 to November 1992. When I reported for duty I noticed that the Starboard Anchor was missing. I was told that the Ship lost the anchor and ALL 12 SHOTS of it's chain in the South China Sea earlier that year.

About 1:20 you can see 2 guys loosening the brake by turning a big wheel on a threaded rod, and loosening it more and more and more. When it was time to slow the chain, they couldn't tighten the brake in time. In the merchant marine, where we have to buy our gear, we never let the anchor run out unbraked. The momentum of all that falling chain is so great that when it runs wild you can't stop it, and it snatches the welded shackle out of the bulkhead as in this video. We don't expect much from naval officers, but the Bosn should have known better. Probably an inexperienced third mate in charge, dummies on the brake, and the Bosn absent.

@rusticbox9908

8 жыл бұрын

+tom jackson They don't have to pay for it.....=/

@BeardMan01

8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip Li They don't, but we do.

@rightlane7738

8 жыл бұрын

Taxpayers pays for the lost anchor.

@jawadad802

8 жыл бұрын

+ they'll pay for the recovery too...

@lexturner2365

8 жыл бұрын

Was the bos'n a male or a WITS?

You would think that they'd have something large at the end of the chain to keep it from leaving the chainlocker, although maybe that would tear up the deck and capstan. Or maybe some sacrificial steel bars through the links after the warning shot/danger shot, something that will snap but help slow down the chain enough for the brake to catch.

@DeepDiving

2 жыл бұрын

As nice as saving the chain and anchor would be - Nothing is pulling the entire 200,000lbs of chain and anchor up again - The last link is weakened so it snaps intentionally - It would take a chunk of the hull with it instead- that's 200,000 (approx) lbs of force you're pulling downward. I believe that's equivalent to a Blue Whale or a Spacecraft yanking on your vessel. Take these with a grain of uneducated salt!

@PETE4955

2 жыл бұрын

Think of the weight of an anchor and chain with that extention 180+ fathoms plus the inertia. It would cause extensive structural damage and dangerous. Cheaper to lose it.

This happened to the USS America somewhere just outside the Suez Canal but I could be wrong on location possibly off Oman as it was about 40 years ago. We also ran around outside the Suez around Port Alexandria on a sandbar. Sent up the SH-3 and it checked the depth. Next thing the Skipper has her plowing thru it!

hahaha on merchant vessels only 2 people are on the forecastle to drop the anchor and here are like 20 people and they still mess it up.

@briane173

3 жыл бұрын

Too many cooks spoil the anchor drop....

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Anchors Aweigh'. I'd hate to explain THIS to the Captain.

@JoelWelter

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Cook You are correct. Perhaps he meant "Away"?? :)

@douglasmasters9051

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah...for a guy who loves the Navy I seem to be a little land-locked on my terminology.

@JoelWelter

9 жыл бұрын

No worries. It really went "Away."

@SeaTraveller2000

9 жыл бұрын

joel1239871 lol!!!

I think I'd be wanting a mask or respirator to be wearing breathing in all that rust from that Rusty chain

@BePositiveMindset

3 жыл бұрын

The quickest way to get more iron in the blood.

@texasrox2010

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're a wimp3

@user-bl4oq7fd8d

3 жыл бұрын

@@BePositiveMindset your blood will start to rust

@BePositiveMindset

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-bl4oq7fd8d It helps with hemoglobin production.

@user-bl4oq7fd8d

3 жыл бұрын

@@BePositiveMindset Yeah but sadly our lungs aren't made to consume solids xD Regularly inhaling iron results in welders lung...

That's a whole shipload of incompetence.

@frankweatherford6848

3 жыл бұрын

Thats when millenials started coming into play my friend. Just b4 9/11. Follow how many incidents of running aground bad manuvours even a LA class sub running headlong into undersea mountain at 30 knots. I guess we can blame our gen x asses for allowing the stupidity creep in our offspring. To many i participated trophys given out created this bafoonery. Just sayin..... imagine this generation at midway or the ships namesake Tarawa or iwo jima. Or given the responsibility for loadn up 16 guns providing beach support around 1943 44!

It was attached. The so called "bitter end" is attached to the bulkhead in the chain locker. However, it's not really designed to handle that sort of strain. Better it let go than some structural damage done to the ship's hull plating or stringers. Nor was the chain too short. What you see there is the "perfect storm" of anchoring casualties. The enclosed fo'c'sle precluding a view of events from the pilot house is the 1st issue. Can't be helped, but seeing is believing. Captain, USN(Ret)

Man, I remember when this happened. I was part of Kilo 3/1 on deployment when this happened. I always wondered what happened after I heard we lost an anchor. Good thing no one was hurt.

@slowpoke96Z28

Жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what that sounded like.

Rip everyones long term hearing that werent wearing protection.

I never get tired of watching this video.

Enough rust on that chain to turn boston harbor red.

@matthewclancy6985

8 жыл бұрын

+aethertech the charles is already brown who needs the rust

Somebody ended up doing some push-ups after that for sure. That sucks

@cutecheetah8688

7 жыл бұрын

Push ups are nothing compared to the curse of senior sailors.

@kirbylee57

7 жыл бұрын

the man in charge is the one that failed... or made a mistake, what ever.

@UpcomingJedi

7 жыл бұрын

RyGuy it doesnt matter. just requisition another. keeps anchor and chain makers employed.

@kirbylee57

7 жыл бұрын

Garras Porgratix Might as well. Might even have a celebration for the first drop of the new anchor.

@Ry_Guy

7 жыл бұрын

Terry Ilias Haha unfortunately, you are correct.

I was always nervous dropping the anchor. You gotta know what your doing. You only release the anchor gradually, not keep turning the wheel. WTF

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I was a Gunner's Mate, so I didn't have to deal with this particular evolution, but I hoped that the anchor detail team all had men who were appropriately wary while doing it to avoid things going sideways.

AEAN Schafer here. I got to the Tarawa in March 03', I used to love coming out to the Anchor Room... These Anchors n Chains are massive... Id hate to be caught in the path of one of these; good nobody got hurt...

@BillmansWorld

Ай бұрын

Jan '04 for me. Served 18 months there.

Live and learn I guess .Thank all those boys for their service.

I found the following information at another web site: "This incident occurred due to a failure of the windlass brake, which allowed the anchor to flow freely and uncontrolled until the “breakaway link” failed. This link is the last link of chain and attached to the structure of the hull inside the chain locker. It is designed to fail in the case of a runaway anchor chain, rather than cause damage to the structure of the ship’s hull."

I watched an anchor get dropped on a tug boat, then an anchor stopper failing, and now this

The silence was gold when the last link dropped🤣🤣🤣 everyone of them thinking "fuckkkkkkkkkkkk captain is going to be pissed!!!"

You had one job

For 63 seconds that anchor room was considered the poop deck......

@ph11p3540

10 жыл бұрын

You got that right. No one breaks the laws of physics and gets way with it.

@DICKBUTTPENISDRAGON

9 жыл бұрын

What is the poop deck and why on this green Earth was it named that?

@1949crewchief

9 жыл бұрын

DICKBUTT PENISDRAGON its a deck of the ship that makes up the roof of a lower deck....i think its a molestation of a french word la poupe...my father was a cw in the navy

@DICKBUTTPENISDRAGON

9 жыл бұрын

1949crewchief Did your dad ever tell you any good stories you would be comfortable sharing?

@1949crewchief

9 жыл бұрын

DICKBUTT PENISDRAGON He flew the PBY Catalina and was shot down during an evacuation of injured Marines...he endured 6 months of being a p.o.w. where they nearly killed him. they broke his elbows and hips, drilled out his teeth....his strength and dedication encouraged me to join and fight, to do my part and make him proud....

My uncle was a blacksmith and made huge chains for smaller ships in Florida

I was a shipfitter e4 on uss Shreveport ran the winch and brake. Best job ,it was fun and sometimes dangerous. Tying up in a new port and being right up front in the action. The rust and big eyes boatsomate counting the colors coming out of the chain locker, was crazy time.

for a ship like this, the winch-breaks are surprisingly low tech. seriously, that must have been the same procedure like at least a hundred years ago.

@SuperUltimateLP

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but with the forces involved on ships this is the only way.. The momentum, weight, inertia in ships is mind bending

This also happened again that year. The difference was that we let out a lot of chain and the Chief told the Captain that we were showing a certain color of chain and we shouldn't let out any more. The Captain said, "I'm running this ship, let out more chain". The Chief motioned to me to let out the chain, so I turned the wheel to loosen the brake and the chain started again and the last link went into the water, again. Easily this time. The Chief told he Captain that we lost the chain, and the Captain said, " we have another anchor don't we, drop it". So we dropped the other one. Amazing. But true.

@fohdeesha

8 жыл бұрын

damn that's crazy! thanks for chiming in. I've never been involved in the armed forces or even ships in general for that matter so all these stories are very interesting to read

@karikaripen2130

6 жыл бұрын

HAHA, the captains never make an excuse for the things had done like the judges whenever they went wrong.

@asbestosisathing5997

3 жыл бұрын

...I can't even...

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds as if your old man was a micromanager. The chief is there for a reason, so let him run the show and don't lose patience with how long it takes to (safely) drop anchor.

@kentison9143

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gunners_Mate_Guns I think you have hit the nail on the head!!

Did I hear “there goes another chain”? Kind of an expensive habit to have if you lose more than one.

Be interesting to know what the lesson's learned here are: 1) Get smarter chief's? 2) Have a factual idea of depth to anchor? 3) Better communication environment? 4) Get rid of spectator/clowns in AO? 5) All of the above?

A big part of the problem might have been the Chief running around with his hands in his pockets. If you were ever in the Navy- you'd understand.

@clintonbecker9276

9 жыл бұрын

Not just the navy sir, in the army also.

@ramairgto72

9 жыл бұрын

Clinton Becker Never put my hands in my pockets.. If I remember right, the Jar Heads called pockets "Army gloves".

@clintonbecker9276

9 жыл бұрын

Lol, most likely. Damn leather necks anyways.... Lol ;)

@terrible0ne

9 жыл бұрын

K Polenz Yep, I think it was out 1st division chief that always stood around with his hands in his pockets. My divisions Chief did do, but that was to stop his hands from shaking from years of alcohol abuse (I assume).

@MrSkypony

9 жыл бұрын

K Polenz Im not navy and this might be a dumb question but isn't the end of the chain hooked to something so this can't happen or is the end of the chain not secured?

Holy crap - is that orange cloud iron oxide dust?

@mauart.7893

9 жыл бұрын

And people breathing it as fresh air!!!

@tbob8212

9 жыл бұрын

mau art. Gives new meaning to the term "Iron Lung"

@HighAway

3 жыл бұрын

that is rust dust! rusty dust! dusty rust!

@PETE4955

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm very rusty anchor not good for the studs .

Algo made me watch this again after many years...still I haven't changed my mind, me thinks it's probably a good idea for the end of the chain to be attached to the boat.

Been on many commands in my Navy carrer. Seen several ships loose their chain & anchor. I was on the USS Nitro AE 23 in the early 80's, that lost not one but both of her anchors. I know for FACT that PMS was completed correctly. (i.e.) Checking the brake pad thickness and other operational items were within stringent specifications. When that chain starts to RUN... and you can NOT stop it.... BEWARE... that last part of the chain that is mounted to the bottom of the chain locker with fly out of there and whip back and forth taking out whatever is in its way. VERY SCARY!!!

@sce2aux464

2 жыл бұрын

"If you see those yellow links, it's time to exit the area if you are permitted to do so." - US Navy Basic Training