Engineer Port Repair ShipUnited States. War Department
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Engineer Port Repair Ship
United States. War Department
Repair ships -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
(6) Miscellaneous equipment in the welding shop includes a brazing
and soldering set, ten 225-cubic-foot acetylene cylinders, and fifty
220-cubic-foot oxygen cylinders.
=g. Diving gear and equipment.=
(1) The diving equipment room is located on the main deck just aft the
number 3 hatch. (See fig. 6.) In this room are lockers for diving gear,
the recompression chamber, hangers for holding the diving suits, and a
work table for repairing suits.
[Illustration: _Figure 24. Ten-inch toolroom lathe with 4-1/2-foot
bed._]
(2) The recompression chamber (fig. 42) is used for testing divers’
ability to withstand pressure before diving and to decompress divers if
they develop compressed-air illness (bends).
[Illustration: _Figure 25. Extension-bed gap lathe, 20-by 40-inch with
14-foot bed._]
[Illustration: _Figure 26. Engine lathe, 16-by 54-inch._]
[Illustration: _Figure 27. Twenty-four inch universal shaper for
facing, notching, keyseating, and die making._]
[Illustration: _Figure 28. Radial drill with 4-foot arm and 11-inch
column._]
(3) For deep-sea diving, there are two No. 1 diving outfit sets. (See
fig. 41.)
(4) Other equipment in the No. 1 set includes an air compressor,
descending and stage lines, decompression stage, telephone, diving
lamp, air and telephone hose, and diving weights.
(5) For shallow-water diving in depths up to 36 feet, there are four
No. 2 diving outfit sets. (See figs. 43 and 44.)
(6) The rest of the diving equipment includes a canvas workers set No.
1, carpenter equipment set No. 2, gasoline-engine-driven, skid-mounted
air compressor with a capacity of 60 cubic feet of air per minute,
electrodes for underwater cutting, a pneumatic tugger hoist for the
diving stage, and a portable air lock.
[Illustration: _Figure 29. Universal milling machine No. 2,
horizontal._]
=h. Compressed-air equipment.=
(1) An assortment of compressed-air equipment is carried for doing
jobs both on and off the ship. This equipment includes rock drills
for drilling in rock or concrete; paving breakers used in breaking
out concrete, breaking up rock, and in general demolition work;
rivet busters for cutting out rivets; woodboring drills for boring
various-sized holes in timbers; rotary drills for drilling holes in
steel plates and beams; grinders for general grinding; pneumatic
hammers for cleaning castings, beveling seams on ships, and chipping
holes in concrete; riveting hammers for driving rivets; pneumatic
wrenches for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts; nail drivers;
chain saws adapted for cutting pilings underwater; and circular saws.
[Illustration: _Figure 30. Combination punch and shear machine._]
(2) For operating this equipment, there is a 315 cfm, Diesel-driven,
skid-mounted air compressor and a 280 cfm, electric-driven air
compressor.
=i. Beach gear.=
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