Digital Library Search
![Following passage of the waterspout, the crew prepares to drop the anchorfor the TAO buoy wea03398.jpg Following passage of the waterspout, the crew prepares to drop the anchorfor the TAO buoy](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_wea03398.jpg?itok=a0U4m459)
Description
Following passage of the waterspout, the crew prepares to drop the anchorfor the TAO buoy. The anchor is composed of railway wheels.This is the last anyone will see of these railroad wheels for a very long time.Operations on the NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER. (Image credit: NWS National Data Buoy Center | Paula Campbell)