The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesRiesenberg, Felix
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Riesenberg, Felix
Merchant marine -- United States; Navigation; Sailors
+65. Where do the steam pipes lead into the holds?+
+66. Where are the valves located? Which is which?+
+67. Where are the plugs for cargo clusters?+
+68. Where are the cargo clusters kept? How many are there?+
+69. Are they all in good condition?+
+70. How much dunnage wood in the holds?+
+71. What cargo was carried last?+
+72. What cargo loading or coming in?+
+73. How much and what kind of dunnage will be needed?+
+74. Who is the boss stevedore? Watch him.+
+75. Note where each ventilator leads to.+
+76. Get acquainted with the deck engineers.+
+77. What kind of winches are used?+
+78. Get familiar with all details of the cargo handling gear. How many
booms, capacity? Is gear rove off on steel boom? Where is it
stowed? In what condition? How is it rigged?+
+79. How many hawsers in the vessel? Where stowed? In what condition?+
+80. How many wires in the vessel? What size? Where and how stowed?+
+81. How does hand steering gear work? What type of steering engine? How
is it locked when shifting from steam to hand?+
+82. Are there wave oil tanks? Where? How is flow of oil controlled?
What kind of oil is used? How much on board? How much required by
law?+
+83. Where are the following lockers, and what do they contain?+
+Boatswain's.+
+Paint.+
+Lamp.+
+Sail.+
+84. Is there a steam line running into the paint and lamp lockers for
smothering fire?+
+85. What kind of windlass is fitted? How does it work by hand? How many
men needed to weight anchor by hand?+
+86. Do the gangways abreast of cargo hatches turn in, lift out, or are
the rails and bulwarks stationary? Are the freeing ports well oiled
and loose?+
+87. Where is the ice plant? What hatch?+
+88. Where is the washdeck gear kept? Are reducers fitted on salt water
line for inch and a half wash deck hose?+
+89. Where is the sand locker?+
+90. Has the vessel range lights?+
+91. Learn the names and condition of the stays and shrouds. What strain
do they bear—ordinarily—when lifting heavy weights?+
+92. What kind of coaling gear is used?+
+93. Has the vessel a sea anchor? Was it over used?+
+94. Examine the turnbuckle screws in the rigging. Are they covered with
canvas? How old? Are they whiteleaded and tallowed?+
+95. Where are the slings, chain and rope kept? In what condition? How
many?+
+96. How many net slings on board? What condition?+
+97. What happens when metal becomes fatigued? Where is this liable to
happen? What is a crystalline fracture?+
+98. What kind of wood in the decks? In the margin or waterway planks?
Know Oregon pine—pitch pine—yellow pine—teak, when you see it.+
+99. How are decks caulked? What kind of filler is used—pitch—marine
glue?+
+100. What do you know about the following parts of a steamer? Of her
fittings, etc.?+
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