"Locked and Dogged" (U.S.S. Cole)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>"dogs" are a series of screw-clamps around the edge of a hatch which help
>seal it shut--in addition to its normal locking mechanism.

The AH dictionary at www.dictionary.com -- under 'dog' -- gives an example
with "dog" = "clamp [a hatch]".

Web examples of "locked and dogged" as a specific phrase:

In fiction: http://www.baen.com/chapters/shipave3.htm

In nonfiction: http://www.vnh.org/HospitalCorpsman1&C/Chapter12/Chapter12.html

-- Doug Wilson