bbvet ---Thanks so much for the information on the drawings! I have been looking for them since gentleman who compiled them passed on a few years ago. A nd his wife passed the material on. After a little searching I found out the Tin Can Sailors do not advertise per se in the ships store.
one needs to orderBath IronWorks Fletched Class Construction Drawings by phone, call toll free (800) 223-5535, Mon.- Fri., 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST. as they do not have an item #published for them on their site! Thank you again.
bilgepump...has some great photos that contain a great deal of information; I am curious to know if anyone would be interested in identifying the information presented in the photos and there by building a sort of information/ operational library. I am sure there BT's out there, who spent many hrs batting burners and checking water, would have some info and stories to tell. The MM's there would have a lot to say about the engine room. I am sure there is an MR out there that is in tears right now having seen those turbine wheels. I spent a lot of time in the boiler rooms tubing and bricking boilers and hydroing them when done. We used their pumps and feed water and we lined up the system. We used to use the Emergency Feed pump Running on air when no steam available. When pressure came up had to remove a few buckets to get the pressure all the way up to 792 When the BRs came the BT's went on the beach! Yea we got in trouble sometimes for it but we held the upper hand! If they wanted their boiler back they left us alone! Any way I personally think it would be interesting to take a photo o say the boiler front or throttle board, the turbine wheels in the shop and let the memories roll, comment on them. A lot of great info is stored in our minds, no one has to be an expert just have an interest. One can pick up where the other left off or pass, as everyones knowledge is different I believe we could get some interesting conversion out of those photos. Any way just a thought.
All have a great weekend and I think I shall take a moment of silence and thank of my brothers and sisters in Arms that did not make it and paid the ultimate sacrifice so that I would have the freedom to enjoy this group!
one needs to orderBath IronWorks Fletched Class Construction Drawings by phone, call toll free (800) 223-5535, Mon.- Fri., 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST. as they do not have an item #published for them on their site! Thank you again.
bilgepump...has some great photos that contain a great deal of information; I am curious to know if anyone would be interested in identifying the information presented in the photos and there by building a sort of information/ operational library. I am sure there BT's out there, who spent many hrs batting burners and checking water, would have some info and stories to tell. The MM's there would have a lot to say about the engine room. I am sure there is an MR out there that is in tears right now having seen those turbine wheels. I spent a lot of time in the boiler rooms tubing and bricking boilers and hydroing them when done. We used their pumps and feed water and we lined up the system. We used to use the Emergency Feed pump Running on air when no steam available. When pressure came up had to remove a few buckets to get the pressure all the way up to 792 When the BRs came the BT's went on the beach! Yea we got in trouble sometimes for it but we held the upper hand! If they wanted their boiler back they left us alone! Any way I personally think it would be interesting to take a photo o say the boiler front or throttle board, the turbine wheels in the shop and let the memories roll, comment on them. A lot of great info is stored in our minds, no one has to be an expert just have an interest. One can pick up where the other left off or pass, as everyones knowledge is different I believe we could get some interesting conversion out of those photos. Any way just a thought.
All have a great weekend and I think I shall take a moment of silence and thank of my brothers and sisters in Arms that did not make it and paid the ultimate sacrifice so that I would have the freedom to enjoy this group!
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