Esws Deck

Front 1

Weight of ship's anchors?

Back 1

9000 lbs

Front 2

Type of anchor.

Back 2

Standard Navy Stockless

Front 3

Length of chain on the centerline anchor.

Back 3

12 shots

Front 4

How many chain stoppers are on each chain and what are they called?

Back 4

Two/ housing and riding

Front 5

What's the bull nose used for?

Back 5

Mooring to a pier, mooring to a pier, mooring to a buoy, and towing.

Front 6

What size, type, and how many mooring lines do we have?

Back 6

5 3/8 in. four-strand Kevlar (aramid), six

Front 7

What type of boat do we have on board

Back 7

24 ft RHIB

Front 8

what's RHIB stand for

Back 8

Rigged Hull Inflatable Boats

Front 9

What is the max and heavy weather capacity for the RHIB?

Back 9

18 max/9heavy weather (including boat crew)

Front 10

What types of davits do we have on board?

Back 10

Port: Vest type/ Stbd: Single Arm Gavity Davit

Front 11

Boat officer

Back 11

senior safety observer

Front 12

coxswain

Back 12

responsible for safe navigation and maintaining order and discipline in the boat

Front 13

bow hook

Back 13

responsible for handling lines and acts as a fwd look out

Front 14

boat engineer

Back 14

responsible for maintaining the engine and mechanical devices on the boat

Front 15

what is the primary function of the RHIB

Back 15

man overboard recovery

Front 16

purpose of the sea painter

Back 16

to keep the boat in the same spot along side the ship while hoisting and lowering and loading and unloading personnel or cargo

Front 17

when launching/recovering the RHIB what is the sequence of lines?

Back 17

Launching aft steadying line, and sea painter. Recovery-sea painter, fwd steadying line and then aft steadying line.

Front 18

What are monkey lines and how do you use them?

Back 18

Used to prevent personnel form falling overboard while hoisting and loweing the boat in the event of a davit malfunction, one person per monkey line one knee on the sponsun facing fwd supporting 75% of body weight on the monkey line.

Front 19

What are fout types of line found onboard?

Back 19

Nylon, manila, polypropylene and Kevlar

Front 20

How is line measured?

Back 20

circumference

Front 21

How is wire rope measured?

Back 21

Diameter

Front 22

small stuff

Back 22

line that is less than 1 3/4 inches in circumference

Front 23

Tattle tale

Back 23

a bight of 6 thread manila hanging from two measured points on the mooring line. When the mooring line has reached its safe working load, the tattle tale will become taught with the mooring line. We do not use tattle tale because four strand aramid lines

Front 24

FDO

Back 24

white

Front 25

LSE

Back 25

yellow

Front 26

Chock and Chain

Back 26

blue

Front 27

Fuelers

Back 27

purple

Front 28

Fire party and Ordinance handlers

Back 28

red

Front 29

Maintainers

Back 29

Green

Front 30

plane captain

Back 30

brown

Front 31

Safety observer on the flight deck

Back 31

FDO

Front 32

communicates with the pilots using hand signals

Back 32

LSE

Front 33

installs and removes chock and chains and various rigging on the flight deck

Back 33

Chock and Chain

Front 34

provide fuel to aircraft

Back 34

Fuelers

Front 35

on standby for any casualty on deck

Back 35

Fireparty

Front 36

load and unload bombs missiles and ammunition to and from aircraft

Back 36

Ordinance Handers

Front 37

experts in aircraft systems

Back 37

Maintainers

Front 38

responsible for daily checks and good working order of the aircraft

Back 38

Plane captain

Front 39

what is the H on the flight deck for?

Back 39

designates the spot for HIFR hose nozzle to be rigged.

Front 40

Landing circle

Back 40

Landing icrcle gives the pilot a reference to the center of the flight deck,

Front 41

line up line

Back 41

give the pilot a reference on approach line up

Front 42

foul lines

Back 42

fwd of the foul line is safe area for deck crew anyone going aft across the foul line must first get permission from the LSE

Front 43

Wave off lights

Back 43

used when pilot must abort landing

Front 44

deck status

Back 44

gives the status of the deck (red, amber, or green)

Front 45

deck edge

Back 45

shows the aft most edge of the flight deck

Front 46

two hand signals from the LSE that the pilots must obey

Back 46

Hold and wave off

Front 47

HIFR

Back 47

Helicopter in Flight Refuleing, helo hovers port side aft away from the ship to refule

Front 48

Purpose of HIFR

Back 48

provide ability to refuel a helicopter in the event of a fouled deck i.e. air craft broke on deck or damage to deck that prevents landing

Front 49

VERTREP

Back 49

prelenishment at sea using a helicopter to transfer stores, ammunition, and supplies

Front 50

Where on board can we VERTREP

Back 50

the foc'sle, fantail, and flight deck

Front 51

White (UNREP)

Back 51

Safety officer

Front 52

Yellow (UNREP)

Back 52

rig captain

Front 53

blue (UNREP)

Back 53

riggers

Front 54

green (UNREP)

Back 54

signalman or phone talker

Front 55

red (UNREP)

Back 55

gunners mate

Front 56

white w/ red cross

Back 56

corpsman

Front 57

STREAM

Back 57

Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside Method

Front 58

SURF

Back 58

Standard UNREP Fixture

Front 59

STAR

Back 59

surf traveling actuated remotely

Front 60

How much pressure does it take to seat and unseat the probe

Back 60

300 to seat the probe, 2500 pounds to unseat the probe

Front 61

what connects the STAR messenger to the rematting line?

Back 61

Brummel hook

Front 62

How many line handlers are required on a fueling station and a cargo station?

Back 62

15 for fuel, 25 for cargo

Front 63

How long is the P&D line?

Back 63

300ft

Front 64

What is the color code for the P&D line?

Back 64

Green red yellow blue white green

Front 65

How far apart are the flags on the P&D line?

Back 65

20 ft.

Front 66

How many UNREP stations are on board and what is their purpose?

Back 66

There are 9 UNREP stations, 3&4, 7&8 fwd and aft fuel staions for JP-5, DFM, and potable water, 5&6 amidships bulkhead mounted sliding pad eye used for stores and parts (conrep). Foc'sle, flight deck, and fantail are used for helicopter replenishment (vetical replenishment)

Front 67

What are the whistle signals for the shot line, and when would we fire the shot line over?

Back 67

One whistle-take cover and stand by for shot line, two whistles-ready to receive shot line, three whistles- firing shot line. We would fire shot line when we have the helo on the flight deck.

Front 68

What are the procedures for Emergency Breakaway

Back 68

1) Signal emergency: 5 short blast form the ship's whistle. 2) Clear the station of all non essential personnel from the station 3) Cease pumping 4) send back probe 5) detention span wire 6) disconnect span wire 7) all lines cleared from station.