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An anchor is a large heavy object, often shaped like a hook, which is attached to a ship by a chain and/or a rope. It can easily be detached from the ship, and most ships have more than one. To have at least one is essential.
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What are things found in forecastle deck of the ship?
anchor, anchor windlass, mooring lines, seamen. flag
What is the density of an anchor?
An anchor is anything with a density greater than water. It also has to have enough mass and/or shape to keep the ship moving at the speed it needs to move. This could entail full stop, with a traditional anchor, or slower than the wind, as with a sea anchor.
The ship entered New York's Harbor and set anchor by the dock?
give refuge
What was the US gun boat that got attacked by Japanese on the Yungtze river?
The USS Panay. The ship was at anchor, beside four Standard Oil tankers. The ship had large while awnings stretched over the deck, with massive American flags painted on top of the awnings, facing up. The ship was at anchor about twenty miles from where the Japanese were ravaging Shanghai. The Japanese sank the ship and then machine-gunned survivors in the water. The Japanese later apologized, claiming it was a "mistake".
What is a ship's nose called?
The prow is the fore part of a ship
The ship drops anchor?
it drops anchor
What is the part of speech and definition of anchored?
Past tense of the verb "to anchor". "The ship anchored in Tortuga."
What chains a ship to the sea bottom?
anchor
What keeps a ship still in the ocean?
anchor
What is an anchor?
An anchor is a heavy object from a ship attached to along length of chain to hold the ship in one place.
What is the formula of the turning circle of the ship at anchor?
We may simply add the length of the anchor cables used and the length of the ship together in estimating the radius of the turing circle of a ship at anchor.
What does the ship anchor symbolize?
The anchor in the navy stands for Hope.
What an anchor?
An anchor is a heavy object from a ship attached to along length of chain to hold the ship in one place.
What is an anchor line?
An anchor line is a very heavy rope or chain by which a ship's anchor is hoisted.
What is a bitter end?
A bitter end is the part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor, or, by extension, the end of a long and difficult process.
What is the nautical term for the length of cable attaching a ship to an anchor?
The length of cable attaching a ship to an anchor is called a scope.
What keeps a ship steady?
anchor
