How Gigantic Anchors Are Installed on US $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers

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[@bob456fk6]

I am amazed how they can design and build such a massive and complex ship ! It was even more amazing back in the days when drawings had to all be done by hand.

[@garymiller5937]

The size of things on an aircraft carrier is just mind boggling! Thanks 👍 for showing us the process. Great video! 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@thetazva]

"First Person petty officer"? I think the term you're looking for is "First Class Petty officer".

[@cleverusername9369]

Hawse is pronounced "hows" and forecastle is pronounced "foc's'l"

[@judefernandez827]

And boatswain is pronounced bosun

[@felixjones9198]

AI doesn't know that.

[@ToGoMania19]

Thank you for the cameo shots of my old ship - USS Enterprise, CVN-65!

[@brianhillier7052]

thankyou for your service.

[@ToGoMania19]

Only two times I recall using those anchors while I was onboard. Typhoon in the Philippines forced us to anchor in Subic Bay, and we anchored off Fremantle, W.A. for a visit to Australia.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Found remembered days long gone. I miss the salt as you do. A Canadian but no matter, a sailor at heart and will always be one.

[@ruthnoya8424]

Star Trek lV: The Voyage Home...(Chekov captured on board the USS Enterprise) - He's a Rusky. - Of course he's a Rusky, but he's a retard or something!

[@habanerocat2241]

"Especially at the Battle of Midway." Cue video clip of Pearl Harbor. Who narrates this stuff? Do they even look at the video or simply regurgitate the copy stuck in front of their face?

[@blech71]

FOAK SUL is how it’s pronounced.

[@lasttrimestr49califos89]

Only a sailor would know that. Thank you for your service 🙏

[@blacklabel810]

That's amazing, boss Qu, Thank you for sharing your experience,

[@tanveerkazi9352]

It's Massive, Unbeatable. 😳👍

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you for Showing the Might of Our Wonderful Country ❤

[@richardfinney3179]

The new lines are made of spectra 12 it's 5 times stronger than steel and a quarter of the weight of old lines ,each link on the chain is over 200 lbs

[@njjeff201]

Interesting stuff!!! TY. Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@brianhillier7052]

wow what amazing work!

[@jacksonlee3771]

I did a cruise on the USS America. We anchored off Yemen. Well the anchor and all the chain went to the bottom. Had to get a salvage ship to retrieve it

[@Idahomie]

Captain underestimate of the depth' of the mooring spot?

[@nykon4693]

I'm sure theres easily available stock footage for the battle of midway. It's weird to hear "as shown...," then see videos from pearl harbor.

[@frankgordon8829]

I served on an older "super carrier" & was told the links of the anchor chain (on ours anyway) weighed 360 lbs. each!

[@ohwell2790]

Which one? Why not say?

[@Ryanrock2]

I was a brakeman on the Uss Concord. Loved dropping the anchor

[@morimo11]

That’s awesome. Was it done frequently?

[@keithnichols7926]

There was actually a crew member identified as the "brakeman"?

[@sir-mac]

@@keithnichols7926it’s brakeperson you bigot

[@usaturnuranus]

Drop that bad boy wrong and stuff's gonna break, man.

[@Ryanrock2]

whenever we had to anchor outside of the port we were visiting@@morimo11

[@shaft5]

I wonder if those anchors can totally stop an aircraft carrier. I am sure they slow down some but 30 tons doesnt seem like a lot of weight compared to a floating city.

[@kujohanagi8361]

The chain holds the ship while anchoring. The anchor just holds the end of the chain in place.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Well said friend.

[@njjeff201]

Anchor is not used as a brake except in an emergency. Ship must be stopped before anchor is dropped.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

It is amazing to see one of these chains snap like that are a 1/4 inch chain.

[@abdulwahabkhan1836]

Zabardast. Very Nice Working Jobs.

[@richierugs6544]

it's amazing that these things can go 35mph, and maybe way more

[@brianmakoviney4521]

Definitely way more, like alot.

[@richierugs6544]

top speed possibly over 60?@@brianmakoviney4521

[@t0mn8r35]

Very informative.

[@fleece192]

Very cool video. Thanks

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

It's not rocket science.. I did it all the time. BM1 USN ret.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Sweet memories eh. I worked there as an electronic installer. Once leaving the catwalk a long time to get to the bridge and way longer to get to sensors in/at the bow or an aft sensor. Hundreds of them.

[@leighmackay7486]

The narration is a fail. Mispronunciations and misinformation abound.

[@fullyarmedbiker4721]

I live 15 minutes from Newport News Shipbuilding and have driven by it on my way to and from work for more than 20 years. I've seen many of those "superlifts" dangling in the air as I sit in traffic at the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge Tunnel. Spent 2 cruises as part of the air wing on the USS Independence and 1 on the USS Forrestal. The Forrestal was considered to be the first "Super Carrier" ever built Massive ships that are dwarfed by the newer Ford class carriers.

[@mikeprimm4077]

My dad did a couple cruises on the Indy also. Sometime in the 70s

[@justaguy4real]

14:17 you can easily tell who the workers ARE and the workers AREN'T

[@AugmentedGravity]

15:03 more than 12 of them??? WELL YEAH?!

[@ergloo6660]

the pinnacle of American Imperialism which they deny...

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Carriers being built modular is a fairly recent change - I think the Ford itself was the first such US example.

[@frankgordon8829]

No, it has been done that way for quite a while. Hard to believe those pieces fit within millimeters.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@frankgordon8829 Consider how long ago Ford was built. Laid down in 2009 - that's quite a while ago.

[@chanceneel1]

honestly surprised the hull can take the anchor poking on it.

[@Za7a7aZ]

Can you imagine a multi trillionaire carrier enthousiast ordering a fully operational ford class carrier...just for fun.

[@ronaldkiplagat6034]

Just in time

[@olinzuercher6344]

Too many minor errors, ergo; not entirely plausible.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Sweet memories of days long gone by. Retirement sucks! The news have built sooooo many great ships and boats over the years. Every visit there I seen many of them in the time s I was there as an electronics installer as a contractor. I soooo love big eh, LOLOL.

[@U2BER2012]

You'd rather be working 😁?

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@U2BER2012 I am almost 70 and now on one leg I can't use. It is a wheelchair for me until my last breath.All good as I worked the life of 10 men. No worries eh. Eh means I am a Canuckian living in Canada's BC North Real winter up here.

[@U2BER2012]

@TomokosEnterprize Sorry to hear about your situation. All can say is: Seek the Lord, while He may be found. No one knows when their last breath will be. God loves you.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

And he loves you just as much as well.@@U2BER2012

[@greyfreeman5537]

how do you get that job?? sounds awesome!! I'm in school for trade electrical, I also love big things like boats, rockets, also machines.

[@kennethlusk2472]

A lot of the narrators vocabulary is the sign of a person unfamiliar with correct naval terminology.

[@sea_container]

Very cool video👍👍👍

[@juanmacarava4240]

Seria bueno que hiciesen version español de locución....es un canal interesante pero mucho se pierde en traductor automatico.

[@doordashdriver]

forecastle is pronounced folks'll

[@davidstewart1943]

The narrative was apparently done by someone who got C minus in English as a second language. In addition, there are several factual errors. Why don’t they just get a native English-speaking person to edit or write the narrative?

[@user-ip3cv6lb2t]

녹쓸었네ㅎ

[@YELLTELL]

I mean, of course I wanna know how they put these big pigs on the ships, don't know why; but def. Need to know!

[@afpwebworks]

If you're going to do a video explaining some of the intracacies of naval matters, dont you think it would be a good idea to get a robot that knows the correct pronounciation of naval terms? LIke "Hawse" for example, or "Forecastle" You just make your whole video suspect if you dont know how to say basic words like those.

[@bloodstone2k]

I'm already so sick of AI narration. Get a freaking human to do this shit.

[@hiighway_chile4080]

Folk suhl Foke soul

[@ndmcomputing]

War in the pacific... We see a german submarine. Battle of Midway and we see Pearl Harbour... Well done 🙈🙈🙈

[@doordashdriver]

there already is a uss jfk carrier

[@williamdodge5123]

USS FORRESTAL CV-59 82-84 First in Defense (FID) USS DIXON AS-37 79-81 Got the best of both worlds.

[@williamdodge5123]

Another new carrier got Forrestal's anchors. Rest in peace FID

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

@@williamdodge5123 What's a Forrestal ? Who was the ship named after? Wiki 24 and 7.

[@mohamedabdurhman6389]

America ❤😂❤

[@cleverusername9369]

Literally every ship and most boats on the planet have anchor, the US didn't invent anchors

[@ergloo6660]

little to do with anchors just spam

[@hansthebeast9740]

Say superlift one more time.

[@liljohnnie69]

12:35 what is a first person petty officer?

[@quemaster36]

All the expenses can support philadephia

[@MeaHeaR]

Whole-E Flúckt-Úss

[@77gravity]

"The US has built more than 12 (aircraft carriers)" - yeah, about 200 so far.

[@StephenSteve32861]

hOW OFTEN ARE RUDDERS REPLACED? wHAT FORMS OF WEAR NECCESSITATE REPAIR?

[@KlipsenTube]

5:12 Isn't "forecastle" pronounced "foxle"?

[@m.zainudinza7869]

👍

[@timferguson1593]

Im retired USNavy. If we didnt protect pur allies and police 7 seas, the world would descend into chaos

[@vr6jettar]

It's pronounced "Folksole", not "For Castle"

[@michaelsowden5892]

Big funny all the AI bad pronunciations of Naval and ship terminology.

[@hello_its_me.]

I just shipped my pants.

[@jerzygutowski3170]

It will end soon

[@balongride3169]

8th generation aircraft carrier of China is more expensive than this China expect to spend about 25 billion dollars 😳

[@TheSilmarillian]

Mmmm and marked made in China lol

[@jkutyna]

Ahhhhh I do miss the days when you didn't have a gaggle of nitwit civilians standing around with cell phones waiting for something bad to happen, just so they could post it on social media.

[@detroitboy65]

"more than 12"? If owe consider CV 59 Use Forrestal the first super carrier, the US has built (and is building) about 30 super carriers alone. Probably should have added "nuclear" to the script as it is close to the number cited. of course the total number of US-built aircraft carriers is equal to the number on the newest one, CVN 78 USS JFK.

[@brianlittle717]

Not nearly as big as I expected

[@kennys4100]

船锚，包括航母的锚，都是铸造钢的，以前是铸铁和镀锌钢。没人用纯铜。营销号真是张口就来

[@alexangus9966]

Maybe its guilt after America's rather late entry to the second world War

[@stevelewis7263]

Britain has two new aircraft carriers of the Queen Elizabeth 11 (2) Class, EACH cost about £3.8 BILLION or about $6.65 BILLION, neither work fully, both have been plagued with breakdowns, and major leaks, they cannot operate in hot climates, and frequently have to be towed in for repairs, and worst of all, if a new engine has to be fitted, each ship has to be literally cut open for the re-fit, there is no easy way to remove and install an engine, they are a FECKIN NIGHTMARE to operate and maintain.

[@fakename8856]

It’s called the FOREPEAK not “forecastle”. 😂

[@Bigdangleebles]

Good spot!

[@ronaldpetrovich]

It is called forecastle

[@Repo8971]

@@ronaldpetrovich Pronounced as foke sul and spelled forecastle. I was on the Saratoga.

[@ronaldpetrovich]

@@Repo8971 i know CVN-72 USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN 91-93 Cook

[@davefitzpatrick8775]

Forepeak is the lower part of front of the ship. Usually used for storage. Forecastle or focsle is the correct term.

[@user-jc5rv8ew8y]

Телячья мова.

[@Cheka__]

'foek - səl

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

Do some homework... Most of your terminology is R.O.N.G. Get a subject matter expert i.e. me to give you the right terms.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I saw them but it sounded like generic type chat.

[@mackholman165]

Do you like economic trade and comodities? If so, be quiet.

[@markthompson5064]

When the USA is trillions in debt how the xxxx can they afford this?

[@GPSPYHGPSPYH-ds7gu]

The America Aircraft carriers is super but we struggle for Greater Pakistan Aircraft carriers as soon as done PAZA M C69AoneA

[@Voots7]

Explain water displacement all day. I still cant get how the fuckin thing floats. Even more bizarre can make it move and go where you want it.

[@robertgoss4842]

@keithburton3713: Although your concerns are real, you greatly oversimplify one of the missions of a U.S. aircraft carrier. Yes, one of their biggest roles is to help "protect" smaller allied nations. It is indeed an expensive part of maintaining a two-ocean navy. But those countries that menace smaller, weaker nations must be made to understand that when they try to bully a smaller country, they risk a slap in the head from a huge protector like a carrier with 80 jet aircraft, manned by a bunch of young, hard-dick pilots who would enjoy nothing more than bombing the shit out of someone.

[@keithburton3713]

Some pilots have vaginas

[@66556086]

Actually an idiot

[@RinaldoGomesdemorais-cp7kx]

Video ruim 👎

[@user-tv4gb3zx1r]

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[@keithburton3713]

My country spends hundreds of billions of dollars to build maintain and operate these ships.. then they send them out to sea to protect other countries. All at American taxpayers expense. Scandalous and ridiculous. It needs to end.

[@chrisardern4594]

On behalf of the rest of the world we that the US of A for their Policing of the planet. But dont you find it interesting that they only seem to support the countries that have a natural materials that's need by the good old USA. Happy Christmas USA.

[@winkle1]

What if they need to do a emergency stop everyone needs an anchor 😇

[@TheTrainMan570]

Do you know what would happen to the world economy INCLUDING OURS. if the world plunged into chaos??

[@user-mt5ig6fb2p]

That is information that All Americans need to know. Thank you for that lesson sir.

[@jpaynter1531]

Have you considered what the price of your military affords you?

[@rogerhiggs3495]

What a monumental and appalling waste of time, effort, resources and money.

[@MoHawkAnakin]

Never knew they named the ships after presidents. Imagine when they make the USS Donald Trump. Or the USS Joe Biden 😂😂