Fire/Bilge Piping System

TM 55-1915-200-10

1-10.22.1.

Fire/Bilge Piping System. The fire/bilge

provides a central collection, storage and discharge

piping system provides fire fighting water by taking

system for used lubricating oil, contaminated fuel oil,

water from a sea chest and discharging it through the

and oily bilge water. System control is maintained

fire main for use at the various fireplugs and sprinkler

through a combination of flanges/valves as shown on

systems throughout the vessel. System control is

FIGURE 1-41. The sludge pump is controlled from the

maintained through a combination of flanges/valves as

engine room motor control center.

shown in FIGURE 1-36 (engine room) and FIGURE 1-37

(outside engine room). The fire/bilge piping system

1-10.22.5.

Fuel Oil Transfer Piping System. The fuel

contains an emergency fire pump controlled at the

oil transfer piping system replenishes engine and

pilothouse console and a fire and bilge pump controlled

generator fuel oil supply by transferring fuel oil from

at the engine room motor control center. The system

storage tanks to day tanks.

System control is

can be aligned so that the emergency fire pump is

maintained through a combination of flanges/valves as

connected to the ballast piping system to deballast the

shown on FIGURE 1-42. Fuel oil can be transferred

ship or the fire and bilge pump is connected to the

between any storage tank and day tank. The two fuel oil

bilge/ballast system to pump the bilges.

transfer pumps are controlled at the engine room motor

control center.

1-10.22.2.

Ballast Piping System. The ballast piping

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Main Engine Fuel Oil Service Piping

system regulates ship stability by transferring sea water

to and from strategic points on the vessel. System

System. The main engine fuel oil service piping system

control is maintained through a combination of

supplies the main engines with fuel oil from the day

flanges/valves as shown on FIGURE 1-39. The system

tank.

System control is maintained through a

draws water from the seachest and distributes it to the

combination of flanges/ valves as shown on FIGURE 1-

selected ballast tank or draws water from the ballast

31. Once primed, the engine ejector pump draws the

tank and discharges it overboard. The ballast pump is

fuel into the engine.

controlled at the engine room motor control center. The

system can be aligned so that the ballast pump is

1-10.22.7.

Ship's Service Diesel Generator Fuel

connected to the bilge/ballast piping system to pump the

Service Piping System. The ship's service diesel

bilges.

generator fuel service piping system supplies the ship's

service diesel generator with fuel oil from the day tank.

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Bilge/Ballast Piping System.

The

System control is maintained through a combination of

flanges/valves as shown on FIGURE 1-43. Once

bilge/ballast piping system removes accumulated water

primed, the engine ejector pump drains the fuel into the

from the bilges. System control is maintained through a

engine.

combination of flanges/valves as shown in FIGURE 1-

40. The system contains two pumps that are controlled

at the engine room motor control center. The system

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Bow Thruster Engine Fuel Oil Service

can be aligned so that the bilge/ ballast pumps are

Piping System. The bow thruster engine fuel oil service

connected to the ballast piping system to deballast the

piping system supplies the bow thruster engine with fuel

vessel.

oil from the day tank. System control is maintained

through a combination of flanges/valves as shown in

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Dirty Oil/Oily Bilge Piping System . The

FIGURE 1-34. Once primed, the

dirty oil/oily bilge piping TM 55-1915-200-10 system

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