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Hozer

Hozer

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New Jersey: Turns out the Navy put the wrong type of anodes for brackish water of the Delaware river so new aluminum anodes, fixing all the leaking through-hull fittings and blank off plates, welding some new sheet steel near the bow area.
A lot of work in the Holland Tunnel area too. Of course, tip top paint job.
Absolutely ridiculous amount of work. Looks really great.
 
Gatordev

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Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?
 
Griz882

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Gatordev said:
Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?
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Uncle Fester

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Gatordev said:
Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?
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Toss a messenger line to the pier first, then haul the lines back.

Lines don’t go to the flight deck. The focsle on a carrier is an indoorsy affair. 1716221103966.jpeg
 
Gatordev

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Uncle Fester said:
Toss a messenger line to the pier first, then haul the lines back.

Lines don’t go to the flight deck. The focsle on a carrier is an indoorsy affair.
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Right, but how do you get the messenger lines out of the focsle. If you look at Hozer's picture, there's no "cut out" to toss the line, just the two hawse pipes (and the anchor hawse hole). So are the messenger lines lowered to a tug?

I mentioned the lines from the flight deck because if you look at the picture, there are lines run up to there from the focsle. I understand those are just untended lines that got left there and that wouldn't be normal, but they had to get up there somehow.
 
hscs

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Gatordev said:
Right, but how do you get the messenger lines out of the focsle. If you look at Hozer's picture, there's no "cut out" to toss the line, just the two hawse pipes (and the anchor hawse hole). So are the messenger lines lowered to a tug?

I mentioned the lines from the flight deck because if you look at the picture, there are lines run up to there from the focsle. I understand those are just untended lines that got left there and that wouldn't be normal, but they had to get up there somehow.
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Hozer’s correct.

What you are seeing on the ex-JFK is likely some yard specific thing, not related to mooring.
 
Uncle Fester

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ChuckMK23 said:
A-4F - the Ultimate Scooter! Marines flew them land based only before beng displaced by old school Hornets in the 80's. USMC Reserve A-4 squadrons once peppered the country.
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Are they F's? I thought the Mikes were the only ones with the dorsal "hump".
 
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