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Occupations | Repairs and maintains propulsion engines and other engines and engine parts aboard ship: Examines engine equipment, such as pumps, circulators, condensers, and steering engines to locate malfunctions, and dismantles and repairs defective equipment, using handtools and power tools. Makes engine replacement parts, such as slide valves, stay rods, and bolts, using metalworking machinery. Stands engineroom watch during specified periods, observing gauges to determine that operating conditions, such as temperatures, steam pressure, water and oil levels, and revolutions per minute are within specified ranges. Adjusts controls to maintain specified operating conditions. Records gauge readings in engineering log. Must be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | View on deck looking forward on the starboard side, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. The turret, with the muzzle of one of Monitor's two XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns showing, is at left. Note dents in turret armor from hits by Confederate heavy guns and crewmembers atop the turret. Officers at right are (left to right): Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell (seated) and Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye (with binoculars). This photograph forms a stereograph pair with Photo # NH 2780. Credit: NAVY. |  | Halftone reproduction of a lithograph made in London on the occasion of the ship's visit to Southampton, England, in 1856. It was published in Frank M. Bennett's book "The Steam Navy of the United States". When photographed for that publication the original lithograph was owned by Charles Schroeder, of Portsmouth, Virginia, who was a Third Assistant Engineer on Merrimack in 1856. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 48 49 52 44 41 53 53 49 53 54 41 4E 54 45 4E 47 49 4E 45 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001000 01001001 01010010 01000100 00100000 01000001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01010100 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000111 01001001 01001110 01000101 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T H I R D   A S S I S T A N T   E N G I N E E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0048 0049 0052 0044 0041 0053 0053 0049 0053 0054 0041 004E 0054 0045 004E 0047 0049 004E 0045 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5442435238235535343535435485423948414348393952 |
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