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 TM 55-1905-242-14
0023 00
MOORING (continued)
2.
Cautiously maneuver the LCM-8 Mod 2 to the desired location alongside the pier or vessel.
3.
Cast the forward and aft mooring lines to assisting personnel on the pier or other vessel.
4.
Take up slack and secure the mooring lines to mooring cleats or bitts on the pier or other vessel. Make sure that the
mooring lines have enough slack to allow for the rise and fall of the tide.
NOTE
Under normal conditions, one forward mooring line, one aft mooring line, and two spring
lines are sufficient to moor the LCM-8 Mod 2. In high wind or strong current conditions,
additional lines will be required to moor the vessel.
5.
Secure the spring lines to mooring cleats or bitts on the pier or other vessel.
ANCHORING
1.
Wearing gloves, assemble the LCM-8 Mod 2 ground tackle by connecting the anchor to the anchor chain and line.
2.
Head the vessel into the wind or seas at the location where the anchor is to be dropped.
3.
Run the vessel slow ahead until it is keeping station into the wind or seas.
WARNING
An anchoring supervisor shall be stationed to ensure that personnel do not become
entangled in the anchor line while it is paying out. Do not allow the anchor to freefall.
The anchor line must be payed out under control at all times. Failure to comply can
result in damaged equipment and serious injury or death to personnel.
Heavy loads can crush. Do not allow any body parts to come under the load or between
the load and a stationary object. Failure to comply can result in serious injury or death.
4.
Lower the anchor from the bow into the water, maintaining control of the anchor line at all times. Pay out the anchor line
under control until the anchor reaches the bottom.
5.
Allow the vessel to drift astern with the wind or seas until a scope of 5 to 7 times the water depth is payed out.
6.
Lay the anchor line in a bow chock and secure it to a mooring bitt. When the anchor line becomes taut, set the anchor
by backing the vessel with the engines at IDLE speed.
7.
When a strain on the anchor line is achieved, indicating that the anchor is set, return the propulsion control levers to the
NEUTRAL position. The LCM-8 Mod 2 is now anchored.
0023 00-7
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