Not to say we were perfect however, one time I dropped the ball(sorta). Doin drills headed for the Gulf. The setup: One boiler running fore and aft, one main engine runnin for'ward, the other one back aft was down due to a drill that took it down. One TG("turbo" generator) fore and aft. I was talking to my supervisor(MMOW Machinst Mate of the Watch) cause I figured out what our next drill was. Next thing I know, Lights go out. AAAAHHHHH SHHIII***!!!
Well, they started the drill on back aft's TG, sucker goes down. WOOSH all the ships electrical load goes to my TG. Now that bad boy is about the size of a VW beetle on steroids, and let me tell you, it ripped itself from its rubber mountings and proceeded to try and walk away. Then the overload governor kicked in and shut it down. Next thing ya know, back afts boiler goes off line the electronic controls that control the boiler went offline, their UPS backup battery was dead, samething with the boiler for'ward. Ship goes dead in the water, litterally. We were at the mercy of the sea for like 3 hours. Luckily EDG that was so well maintained by the EN's, started up and we had lights. But when those lights came on the captain was standing in the control room and proceeded to chew everyones a** out like there was no tommorrow, and he especially gave me a *SPECIAL* tongue lashin.
Well, they started the drill on back aft's TG, sucker goes down. WOOSH all the ships electrical load goes to my TG. Now that bad boy is about the size of a VW beetle on steroids, and let me tell you, it ripped itself from its rubber mountings and proceeded to try and walk away. Then the overload governor kicked in and shut it down. Next thing ya know, back afts boiler goes off line the electronic controls that control the boiler went offline, their UPS backup battery was dead, samething with the boiler for'ward. Ship goes dead in the water, litterally. We were at the mercy of the sea for like 3 hours. Luckily EDG that was so well maintained by the EN's, started up and we had lights. But when those lights came on the captain was standing in the control room and proceeded to chew everyones a** out like there was no tommorrow, and he especially gave me a *SPECIAL* tongue lashin.
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