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2. Mooring - Wikipedia

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   Mooring involves (a) beaching the boat, (b) drawing in the mooring point on the line (where the marker buoy is located), (c) attaching to the mooring line to the boat, and (d) then pulling the boat out and away from the beach so that it can be accessed at all tides.

3. Edward M. Cotter (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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   After burning 17 hours, the barge's mooring lines gave way and the barge began to drift following a series of four explosions. [18] William S. Grattan ' s crew attempted to attach tow lines to the drifting barge but it struck a dock at an oil company where the empty oil tanker B.B. McColl was moored. [19]

4. VB-10,000 (ship) - Wikipedia

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   Each barge is approximately 300 feet (91 m) long by 72 feet (22 m) in beam, and each barge carries four 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) dynamic positioning thrusters for station keeping without anchors and mooring lines. The dynamic positioning system is rated to class 3 standards (ABS Class DPS-3).

5. SS Admiral (1907) - Wikipedia

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   The drifting barges struck Admiral, causing 8 of its 10 mooring lines to break. Admiral rotated clockwise downriver, away from the Missouri riverbank. The captain of Anne Holly disengaged his vessel from the six remaining barges in the tow and placed Anne Holly ' s bow against Admiral ' s bow to hold it against the bank.

6. Berth (moorings) - Wikipedia

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   A berth is a designated location in a port or harbour used for mooring vessels when they are not at sea. Berths provide a vertical front which allows safe and secure mooring that can then facilitate the unloading or loading of cargo or people from vessels.

7. File:USS Ormsby (APA-49) mooring at San Francisco, California ...

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   English: The U.S. Navy attack transport USS Ormsby (APA-49) mooring at San Francisco, California (USA), on 17 July 1943. Note the barrels on the mooring line between the ship and the covered barge. Note the barrels on the mooring line between the ship and the covered barge.