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The USN did not patent the design, as similar Claw anchors had been around for some time. It was mounted at the stern along with a large drum for the chain and dropped just before they literally smashed their way through the coral to get to the beach. They had a poweful winch to pull them back off the beach afterwards. I tried looking for pictures of the particular class of boat, but they are all of the bow section, but you will see it in films of the war in Pacific, and the claw anchor involved looks just like a Bruce.
When I did my first circumnavigation the CQR was the most common main anchor, with the Danforth as a secondary, but the Bruce was starting to gain on it in popularity terms, particularly with bosts from the USA and the reason was the the Bruce works on a shorter scope and does not get jammed if dropped in coral by mistake. Some of the Americans also pointed out that they regarded the Bruce as a copy of a US Navy claw anchor.
Wiki mention the use of the stern anchor and the class of landing craft it was fitted to in the design and manufacturing section of thos page:
Landing Craft Support - Wikipedia
When I did my first circumnavigation the CQR was the most common main anchor, with the Danforth as a secondary, but the Bruce was starting to gain on it in popularity terms, particularly with bosts from the USA and the reason was the the Bruce works on a shorter scope and does not get jammed if dropped in coral by mistake. Some of the Americans also pointed out that they regarded the Bruce as a copy of a US Navy claw anchor.
Wiki mention the use of the stern anchor and the class of landing craft it was fitted to in the design and manufacturing section of thos page:
Landing Craft Support - Wikipedia
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