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The Ship is like a city afloat. In order for a
city to function property, its service needs must be met. On board the training ship State
Of Maine, we generate our own
electricity, we evaporate and distillate fresh water from
seawater, we have a sewage treatment plant, and the process our
trash by categories of plastics, cardboard, and disposable foods. Above and beyond we need to navigate this city to the ocean waters,
rivers and canals, obeying all international laws and regulations.
Today you will learn some facts about our
freshwater water making abilities and capacities. While underway,
we have the ability to generate 11,000 gallons of fresh water in 24
hours by evaporating seawater. That is approximately 42 tons by
weight. We consume 8000 gallons per day, which is roughly 27
gallons per person. However that includes cleaning the ship,
washing the laundry, cooking the food, taking showers, and washing
our hands frequently. The rest of the water is stored in our
potable water tanks so we can use it when we are visiting ports.
The source of the heat that evaporates sea water is main engine
cooling water, which is equivalent to the water in radiators of your
cars.
Kaveh
Daily Routine
today
The 2nd class engineering training
topics are:
Air conditioning, thermodynamics of the diesel
plant, main propulsion engine operational details, and Standards of
Training , Watch standing Certification, better known as STCW
assessments.
4th Class engine training are learning
hands on copper tubing projects. They will finish assignments
flaring, swedging, bending, sweating, flair fittings, and
compression fittings.
4th Class deck training covered:
Splicing, chart work, safety and fire fighting
2nd class deck students covered:
Confined space entry and tank cleaning
Vso Training continued as they learned
the techniques for finding hidden explosives aboard a vessel.
We conducted a fire and boat drill this
afternoon.
And, utility and vessel maintenance never ends.
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