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This 11 ton anchor from the USS Austin arrived back home at the Brooklyn Navy Yard where it was born in 1963.
In addition to the USS Austin’s crew, some shipyard crane operators, and the staff of Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, other creatures that might have seen this anchor up close are:
A Nudibranch. (Caribbean Sea) A tiny colorful sea slug whose name means “naked gills,” which are exposed in a branchlike structure on their backs.
In the 1970′s the Austin spent some time in the Caribbean, including Guantanamo Bay, and engaged in training operations such as “Exotic Dancer,” “Rum Punch 76,” and “Exotic Dancer II.” I would be most interested to learn more about the names and natures of such “operations.”
An Octopus. (Mediterranean Sea) A super smart cephalopod with 3 hearts, a beak, and two thirds of it neurons located in its arms.
1983. While stationed in the Mediterranean outside Beirut, Lebanon, the men aboard USS Austin provided support after a terrorist drove an explosive laden truck into Marine Headquarters, killing 241 men.
A Seamouse. (North Sea) A rare worm covered with iridescent hairs.
In the mid-late ’80′s, the Austin sailed to the North Sea to train with NATO forces in “United Teamwork Effort 84.”
A Guitarfish. (Persian Gulf) A bottom feeder in the ray family.
Not Much info on the Austin’s involvement in the Iraqi War other than engaging in MSO: maritime security operations. Pretty sneaky, sis.
