03-26-2024, 2:01pm
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Originally Posted by bill_daniels
I wonder if the ship's horn worked at all when they lost power. Apparently, they had some kind of power to notify someone affiliated with the bridge operation by radio, as I'm reading it's a toll bridge and the toll booth attendants halted traffic from entering. I'm assuming the ship's horn is air powered, so was there a compressed air tank that could have powered the horn to warn those on the bridge, or was the whole system the equivalent of drive by wire, so no power, no way to activate the horn?
I know we have quite a few ex Navy folks here. How does all this work?
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They were having electrical issues and radioed ahead that they were getting out of shape. SOP is to lock it down if there are any ailing vessels.
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