ships berthing and locker bill. Divisions are assigned
responsibilities for the cleanliness of the exterior and
interior of the ships hull, hull fittings, machinery, and
equipment according to the ships cleaning and
maintenance bill. The berthing and locker bill and the
cleaning and maintenance bill are administrative bills of
the Standard Organization and Regulations of the U.S.
Navy, OPNAVINST 3120.32B. Well explain the role of
the engineering department divisions on the following
pages.
Auxiliaries Division
The A division officer heads the auxiliaries
division. Personnel of the Engineman (EN),
Machinists Mate (MM), and Machinery Repairman
(MR) ratings are assigned to the division.
The A division is responsible for the cleanliness and
maintenance of such spaces as the air-conditioning
machinery room, air compressor room, anchor windlass
room, emergency generator room, evaporator room, fire
pump room, fan rooms, internal combustion engine
shop, refrigeration machinery room, steering gear
room, machine shop, auxiliary machinery room, aircraft
elevator machinery room, and boat winch machinery
room.
The A division is generally responsible for the
preventive and corrective maintenance of winches and
cranes, emergency generators, air-conditioning and
refrigeration equipment and systems, laundry and
dry-cleaning machinery, galley machinery, steering
engines, anchor windlasses, air compressors and
compressed air systems, emergency fire pumps, boat
engines and boat propulsion machinery, internal
combustion engines not specifically assigned to another
department, distilling plant machinery and equipment,
auxiliary boilers, hydraulic systems, elevator
machinery, ventilating equipment, and heating systems.
Boilers Division
The B division officer heads the boilers division.
Personnel of the Boiler Technician (BT) rating are
usually assigned to the division.
The B division is responsible for the cleanliness and
maintenance of such spaces as the firerooms, forced
draft blower room, fuel oil storage tanks, fireroom
uptake spaces, and the fuel oil test laboratory. The B
division is generally assigned the preventive and
corrective maintenance of the boilers, fireroom
auxiliaries, forced draft blowers, fuel and water testing
apparatus, the equipment for fueling at sea, and fuel oil
piping and pipe fittings.
Electrical Division
The E division officer heads the electrical division.
Personnel of the Electricians Mate (EM) and Interior
Communications (IC) ratings are assigned to the
division.
The E division is responsible for the cleanliness and
maintenance of such spaces as the electrical shop, gyro
room, IC room, IC shop, storage battery room, battery
locker, underwater log compartment, winch controller
rooms, wiring trunks, and switchboard rooms. The E
division is generally assigned the preventive and
corrective maintenance of all electrical motors,
generators, and controllers not specifically assigned to
another department. They are also assigned degaussing
systems, electrical distribution systems including
cabling and switching and protective equipment,
gyrocompasses and related equipment such as the dead
reckoning analyzer and dead reckoning tracer, battery
charging equipment, underwater log systems, small
boat electrical systems, automatic and sound-powered
telephone systems, lighting systems, closed-circuit
television systems, IC systems including ship control
and indicating systems, portable announcing systems,
the magnesian compass system, and portable electric
tools.
Main Engines Division
The M division officer heads the main engines
division. Personnel assigned to this division are MM for
steam engines, EN for diesel engines, or Gas Turbine
Systems Technicians (GS) for gas turbine engines.
The M division is responsible for the cleanliness
and maintenance of such spaces as the engineering
department office, engine room uptake spaces,
freshwater and feedwater tanks, engineering storeroom,
and shaft alleys. The M division is generally assigned
the preventive and corrective maintenance of the main
engines and propulsion maintenance including the
shafting, engine room auxiliaries, ships service
generator drive units, and engine room piping systems.
Repair Division
The R division officer heads the repair division.
Personnel of the Hull Technician (HT) and Damage
Controlman (DC) ratings are assigned to the division.
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