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2. Beach gear (ship salvage) - Wikipedia

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   These can be attached to tugboats to increase their pulling power or to the stranded ship for pulling using its own winches. [1] [2] US Navy standard beach gear is a ground tackle system consisting of anchors, chain, wire rope and heaving equipment. It is an engineered system designed to be used for developing a pulling force of up to 60 tons ...

3. Santa María (ship) - Wikipedia

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   [7] [8] [9] Realizing that the ship was beyond repair, Columbus ordered his men to strip the timbers from the ship. The timbers were later used to build a fort which Columbus called La Navidad (Christmas) because the wreck occurred on Christmas Day, north from the modern town of Limonade. [10] [11] Santa María carried several anchors, possibly ...

4. Category:Ship anchors - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Ship anchors" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anchor; Anchor windlass; H.

5. Santa Maria Ship & Museum - Wikipedia

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   The wooden craft was a full-size replica of Christopher Columbus's Santa María, one of three ships he used in his first voyage to the Americas in 1492. The new ship was believed to be the most accurate replica of the original Santa María. The ship, described by its builders as a "15th century caravel", had three masts and spanned 98 ft (30 m).

6. Anchor - Wikipedia

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   For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, or even to be held steady against a tidal or other stream.

7. Sea anchor - Wikipedia

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   A marine parachute anchor for a large yacht awaiting bagging up. A conical sea anchor with tripline (from an illustration in The Sailors Handbook by Halsey C. Herreshoff). An early wooden drogue. A sea anchor (also known as a parachute anchor, drift anchor, drift sock, para-anchor or boat brake) is a device that is streamed from a boat in heavy ...

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9. List of equipment of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   The class has become the longest production run for any post-World War II U.S. Navy surface combatant, with the potential to exceed over a hundred ships. The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet , a twin-engine , carrier-capable , multirole jet fighter .