Anchor Paint
Navy Seamen Casey Dievendorf and Felicity Maxfield paint the starboard anchor aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 1, 2016. The gold anchors are a symbol of the Retention Excellence Award for sustaining superior levels of military retention. The aircraft carrier is conducting a scheduled maintenance availability at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dakota Rayburn
Popular Mechanics: You Don't Want To Get in the Way of a 100,000-Ton Aircraft Carrier's Anchor
The USS Ford's anchor and chain is fast and heavy.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is America's newest aircraft carrier. The 1,092-foot ship has a crew of 5,500 and carries more than 75 aircraft at a time. All of that adds up to a ship that needs a truly massive anchor and chain to hold steady, and this video proves it.
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WNU Editor: That is one big anchor.
2 comments:
You know, it's still is amazing to me that we can do such things. I've seen large things cast/forged fabricated or otherwise constructed and it's still impressive to me. Moving things like this seems as though it should be impossible. People who do these things always seem to shrug it off as no big deal and make it look easy.
Of course in a hundred years this will all look very primitive and quaint. They of course will make a 20 ton anchor (if there even is such things then) on a $10,000 six story high 3D printer out of some sort of very exotic and cheap alloy.
Jason I agree. :)
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