Engine Room, Center

TM 55-1915-200-10

1-8.3.6.3.22. Port Main Engine Sump Heater Control

1-8.3.6.4.2. Engine Room Space Heaters Power Panel.

Panel. Provides ON/OFF electrical control for the port

Provides electrical power distribution to space heaters

located in the engine room, steering gear room, damage

main engine sump heater.

control locker, physical fitness room, boatswain

storeroom, arms control room, and the laundry room.

1-8.3.6.3.23. Space Heater.

Provides heated air for

personnel comfort.

1-8.3.6.4.3.

Hydraulic Watertight Door.

Hydraulic

1-8.3.6.3.24. Port Main Engine Lubricating Oil Filter.

operated sliding door to provide isolation for the engine

Filters lubricating oil for the port main engine.

room in the event of fire or flooding. It can be operated

manually from local positions on each side of the

1-8.3.6.3.25. Fuel Oil Priming Pump. Used to flood the

bulkhead and from a remote position (close only)

main engine fuel oil system for starting.

located in the Upper Machinery Room on the main deck.

1-8.3.6.3.26. Port Main Engine Pre-Lubrication Oil

1-8.3.6.4.4.

Switchboard.

The main switchboard

Pump. Pumps oil to the port main engine for pre-

includes generator sections for control, paralleling, and

lubrication.

power distribution from both 440 and 120 volts ac.

1-8.3.6.3.27. Port Main Engine Fuel Filter.

Filters

1-8.3.6.4.5. Sound Powered Telephone.

For interior

diesel fuel oil for the port main engine.

communications within the vessel.

1-8.3.6.3.28. Port Main Engine. One of two 16 cylinder,

1-8.3.6.4.6. Oily Water Separator. Removes oil from

direct injection turbo aftercooled (DITA) diesel engines.

bilge water as a pollution safeguard.

1-8.3.6.3.29. Reduction Gear. Transfers power from

1-8.3.6.4.7. Port Ship Service Diesel Generator. One

the port main engine to the port propeller shaft with a

of two 6 cylinder DITA diesel engine driven generators,

3.5 to 1 ratio, and is reversible.

each of which supplies 250 kW of electrical power to the

vessel. This generator is started by an electric motor.

1-8.3.6.3.30. Marine Sanitation Device. The Red Fox

Type II sewage treatment equipment is a biological

1-8.3.6.4.8. Clinometer (Heel). A device (similar to a

aerobic (bacteria and air) system. Liquid waste and

carpenter's level) which indicates, by means of a bubble

solid waste are removed from the water being treated by

in a tube of liquid, the amount of ship's roll or heel.

bacteria naturally contained in the sewage.

1-8.3.6.4.9. Bilge Manifold. A large manifold pipe with

1-8.3.6.4. Engine Room, Center. Major components in

valves to the bilge areas.

and around the center section of the engine room are

shown in FIGURE 1-18, Sheet 3, and are described in

the following paragraphs.

1-8.3.6.4.1. Engine Room Lighting Panel. Provides

electrical power distribution to lighting, receptacles, and

various other equipment and devices in the engine

room.

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