Shore, plug, weld, and caulk the bulkheads
3. Assist in the operation and repair of the
and decks; reset valves; and blank or plug
steering control systems.
lines through watertight subdivisions of the
4. Assist in the maintenance and repair of
ship.
communications systems.
3. Sound, drain, pump, counterflood, or shift
5. Assist Repair 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the crash and
liquids in tanks, voids, or other
salvage team when required.
compartments when necessary. Be familiar
Repair 6 will protect ordnance and magazines as
with the methods used to transfer liquids
from one location to another and the
follows:
equipment used for that purpose.
1. Make emergency repairs to all ordnance
4. Maintain two status boards for accurate
installations, including the supply and
evaluation of underwater damage. The
renewal of parts.
Stability Status Board (Flooding Effects
2. Operate the magazine sprinkler systems and
Diagram) is a visual display of all flooding,
other ordnance systems.
flooding boundaries, corrective measures
taken, and effects on list and trim. The
3. Assist other repair parties in extinguishing
Liquid Load Status Board shows the current
fires in the vicinity of magazines.
status of all fuel and water tanks and the
4. Assist other repair parties in making hull
soundings of each tank in feet and inches.
damage repairs.
Repair 1, 2, 3, and 4 will maintain the ship's
5. Station repair party control at the forward
structural integrity and maneuverability as follows:
magazine sprinkler control station.
1. Repair primary and auxiliary methods of
6. Maintain communications with weapons
steering.
control, DCC, and its own detached units.
2. Clear the upper decks of wreckage that
7. Isolate those magazines to be sprinkled from
interferes with the operation of the battery,
others in the same group.
ship, or fire control stations. Clear wreckage
that fouls the rudder, propellers, or sides of
8. Notify DCC of the sprinkling/flooding of
the ship. Extinguish all types of fires.
magazines. Remember that the magazines
3. Maintain and make emergency repairs to
are NOT to be flooded unless authorized by
battle service systems. These systems
the commanding officer.
include ammunition supply, ventilation
Repair 1 and its subdivisions will maintain the
supply, high- and low-pressure air lines,
main deck and hangar bays in aircraft carriers as follows:
communications systems, electrical
systems, and cooling water systems.
1. Control and extinguish fires.
4. Provide emergency power to vital electrical
2. Repair damage in assigned areas.
equipment, using casualty power cables.
Repair 7 will maintain the gallery decks and
5. Assist the crash and salvage team as required.
island structure in aircraft carriers as follows:
6. Repair damage above the waterline that could
1. Control and extinguish fires.
cause flooding in the event of further damage.
2. Repair damage in assigned areas.
Repair 5 will maintain the ship's propulsion
Repair 8 will maintain electronics equipment on
equipment as follows:
selected ships. On ships with highly complex electronic
1. Maintain and make repairs, or isolate
weapons systems, such as missile ships and large aircraft
damage, to main propulsion machinery and
carriers, Repair 8 will meet its responsibilities as follows:
1. Repair radar, radio, countermeasures, and
2. Operate, repair, or isolate vital systems.
all associated electronics equipment.
Modify the methods of segregating vital
systems when necessary.
2. Repair fire control equipment.
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