Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on importance and maintenance of US Navy ship anchors and anchor chains.

Embedded throughout the fabric were miniaturized features of the inner emblem of the Navy flag with the letters “USN” directly beneath it. The emblem included an anchor, a three-masted square ...

In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Leutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain.