CHAPTER 1
ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINING
Everytime you advance in paygrade, you increase
your responsibility for administration and training. This
chapter deals briefly with some of your administrative
responsibilities and then touches on certain aspects of
your responsibility for training others.
ENGINEERING RECORDS AND LOGS
As an EN2, you will be primarily concerned with
updating logs and similar records. Some of the logs and
records are official, legal records. Others are used to
ensure proper and timely upkeep of the ship’s
equipment. The information given in the following
sections is intended to help you learn how to prepare and
use the logs and records. The standard forms for the logs
and records are prepared by the various systems
commands and the CNO. The forms are for issue to
forces afloat and are available as indicated in the
Unabridged Navy Index of Publications and Forms,
NPFC PUB 2002 D. These forms are revised as
conditions warrant and personnel ordering them must
be sure they order the most current forms. If you need
similar forms for local use, ensure that an existing
standard form will not serve the purpose before you
request that a special form be prepared and printed.
LEGAL ENGINEERING RECORDS
The Engineering Log and the Engineer’s Bell Book
are the only legal records compiled by the engineering
department. The Engineering Log is a midnight-
to-midnight record of the ship’s engineering depart-
ment. The Engineer’s Bell Book is a legal record of any
order regarding change in the movement of the
propellers.
Engineering Log
The Engineering Log is a complete daily record, by
watches. It covers important events and data pertaining
to the engineering department and the operation of the
ship’s propulsion plant. The log must show the
following information:
1. The total engine miles steamed for the day
2. Draft and displacement upon getting underway
and anchoring
3. The disposition of the engines, boilers, and
principal auxiliaries and any changes in their disposition
4. Any injuries to engineering department
personnel
5. Any casualties to engineering department
machinery, equipment, or material
6. Other matters specified by competent authority
Depending on your training and watch position, you
may have to either make entries in the Engineering Log
or both make and verify such entries. Whatever the case,
each entry must be made according to instructions given
in (1) the Engineering Log form, NAVSHIPS 3120/2D;
(2) the Naval Ships’ Technical Manual (NSTM), chapter
090; and (3) directives issued by the type commander.
Each entry must be a complete statement using standard
phraseology. The type commander’s directives may
contain other specific requirements pertaining to the
Remarks section of the Engineering Logs for ships of
the type.
The original Engineering Log, prepared neatly and
legibly in ink or pencil, is a legal record. Do NOT keep
a rough log. Keep the Engineering Log current. Enter
each event onto the Engineering Log as it happens. No
erasures are permitted in the log. When a correction is
necessary, draw a single line through the original entry
so that the entry remains legible. The correct entry must
be clear and legible. Corrections, additions, or changes
are made only by the person required to sign the log for
the watch This person then initials the margin of the
page.
The engineering officr of the watch (EOOW) or
the senior petty officer of the watch (SPOW) should
prepare the remarks for the log and should sign the log
before being relieved at the end of the watch or duty day.
The engineer officer verifies the accuracy and
completeness of all entries and signs the log daily. The
log sheets must be submitted to the engineer officer in
time to allow him or her to check and sign them before
noon of the day following the date of the log sheet(s).
The commanding officer approves the log and signs it
on the last calendar day of each month and on the date
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