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Petty Officer 2nd Class Allen R. Dixon, a Saginaw, Mich., native with USS Boxer (LHD 4), changes the brake switch from free-fall to normal which stops the ship's anchor chain in place. Other Sailors then are able to estimate how the 40,000-pound anchor will hit the ocean's floor before giving the command to drop the anchor another 90 feet. This continues until enough chain has been dropped to stop the 44,450-ton ship, which normally takes less than a minute after the anchor hits. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group are currently on a deployment in support of regional and Maritime Security Operations.
| Date Taken: | 05.12.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 05.15.2009 12:06 |
| Photo ID: | 171970 |
| VIRIN: | 090512-M-3079S-005 |
| Resolution: | 1456x2184 |
| Size: | 1.95 MB |
| Location: | USS BOXER, AT SEA |
| Web Views: | 75 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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