Shooting at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

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This anchor was trucked up to the Brooklyn Navy Yard from a ship scrapping yard in Brownsville, Texas.  Originally manufactured in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1963, it belonged to the USS Austin, an amphibious transport ship.

The ship mostly participated in training exercises in the Caribbean, including "Operation Exotic Dancer II" and "Operation Race Run," and assisted with recovery of Apollos XII and XV.  Fun fact for the day:  An Apollo XII astronauts pasted Playboy pictures in his colleague's lunar checklist.  The USS Austin also toured the Mediterranean, hanging close to Beirut in the '80s.

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The anchor will be installed in the lobby of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, currently in development.

11 tons is 22,000 pounds.  Other things that equal 22,000 pounds:

Cranberry Sauce sold at Union Sq Whole Foods during Thanksgiving week,

Chocolate sent to troops in Afghanistan by American volunteers last year,

$33,862.92

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Im currently editing footage to be included in the permanent exhibit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  Stay tuned!