Carrier Shipboard fundamentals Flashcards
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Engineering Officer aboard a ship
CHENG
CHENG
Engineering Officer
role of the CHENG
Engineering Officer
-overall operating/maintenance of the ship’s machines, damage & causalty, repair hull& machinery. power, lighting, and underwater fittings
responsible for underwater fittings on ship
CHENG
RO
Reactor Officer
*operation/maintence of reactor plants on nuclear ships
primary source of energy for the carrier catapult
steam
what supplies steam on a carrier
ship’s reactor
low pressure system on a ship
provides 125psig air
what furnishes energy for the ship
steam: generator driven by durbines
type of energy used for a carrier’s backup system
diesel is good for emergencies b/c quick startup
site of the ship where water is converted to steam
boiler room
boiler room
steam cycel converts water to steam
takes in/desalinated seawater to supply ship w/reactor cool water and potable water
Evaporators
Electro-Hydrolic Steering
links teh bridge helm w/the shiop’s steering plant
chock
heavy fitting through which mooring line
heavy fitting through which mooring line
chock
construction of ship’s anchor chain
compromised of individual unit “links” that connect together to form “shots”
1 shot = 15 fathmoms long
1 fathom = 6ft
why are anchor chains painted
to let you know how many are laid out
next to last = yellow
last = red
RAS
Replenishment at Sea
getting ships underway/deployed goods and services
RAS = replenishment at sea
UNREP, VERTREP, PAX
UNREP
underway replenishement
passenger exchange while underway
PAX = passenger VERTREP
who orders abandon ship
CO
what is said on the overhead 1MC when the abandon ship order is given
“Abandon Ship. All hands make preparations to abandon ship. The nearest land bears __ degrees magnestic, at a distance of __nm. Nearest land is friendly/hostile. Water temperature __. Sea & wind conditions ___.