ENGINEMAN 1 & C
drawing a single line through the entry and
recording the correct entry on the following line.
Deleted entries are initialed by the EOOW, the
OOD, or the watch supervisor, as appropriate.
Operating Records and Reports
Engineering operating records are meant to
ensure regular inspection of operating machinery
and to provide data for performance analysis.
Operating records are not intended to replace fre-
quent inspections of operating machinery by
supervisory personnel and are not to be trusted
implicitly to provide warning of impending
casualties. Personnel who maintain operating
records must be properly indoctrinated. They
must be trained to correctly obtain, interpret, and
record data, and to report any abnormal condi-
tions noted.
The type commanders directives specify
which engineering operating records will be main-
tained and prescribe the forms to be used when
no standard record forms are provided. The
engineer officer may require additional operating
records when (all factors consideredincluding
the burden of added paperwork) he deems them
necessary.
The operating records discussed in this chapter
are generally retained on board for a period of
2 years, after which time they may be destroyed
in accordance with current disposal regulations.
Completed records must be stowed where they will
be properly preserved, and in such a manner as
to ensure that any one of the records can be
easily located.
D I E S E L E N G I N E O P E R A T I N G
RECORD.The Diesel Engine Operating
Record-all Ships, NAVSEA 9231/2 (figures 2-3
and 2-4), is a daily record maintained for each
operating diesel engine. In ships with more than
one main engine in the same engineroom, a
separate record sheet is maintained for each
operating engine.
The watch supervisor enters the remarks and
signs the record for his watch. The petty officer
in charge of the engineroom or the senior
engineman checks the accuracy of the record and
signs the record in the space provided on the back
of the record. Any unusual conditions noted in
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the record are immediately reported to the
engineer officer and the record is sent to the
engineer officer for approval.
FUEL AND WATER ACCOUNTS.The
maintenance of daily diesel fuel, lubricating oil,
and water accounts is vital to the efficient opera-
tion of the engineering department. Forms and
procedures necessary to account for and preserve
a limited supply of freshwater and fuel are
generally prescribed by the type commanders.
Principally, the accounts inform the engineer
officer of the status of the ships liquid load and
form the basis of reports submitted to higher
authority by the engineer officer.
It is fundamental to all naval operations that
the ship and unit commanders know the exact
amount of burnable fuel on hand. When com-
puting the amount of burnable fuel on board,
consider only the fuel in the service and storage
tanks. All the fuel below the fuel suction line is
to be considered not burnable.
FUEL AND WATER REPORTS.The Fuel
and Water Report, NAVSEA 9255/9 (figures 2-5
and 2-6), is a report submitted daily to the com-
manding officer. This report indicates the amount
of fuel oil and water on hand as of midnight, the
previous day. The Fuel and Water Report also
includes the previous days feed and potable water
performance and results of water tests. The
original and one copy are submitted to the OOD
in sufficient time for submission to the command-
ing officer or command duty officer with the
1200 reports. The copy is retained by the OOD.
MONTHLY SUMMARY.The Monthly
Summary of Fuel Inventory and Steaming Hours
Report is a comprehensive monthly report of
engineering data from which the operating effi-
ciency and general performance of the ships
engineering plant can be calculated (see figure
2-7). Requirements for this report are contained
in Fleet Commander Instructions. This report is
prepared by the engineer officer and verified, as
to fuel receipts, by the supply officer. Then, it
is approved and forwarded by the commanding
officer directly to the fleet commander. A copy
is retained on board in the files of the engineer-
ing department. An additional copy of the report
may be provided to the type commander.