responsibilities, and authority of the engineering
training officer are discussed in detail in chapter 3 of
this publication.
The Fire Marshal.— The tire marshal is responsible
for the maintenance, availability, and reliability of the
fire-fighting equipment in the ship and for the
elimination of fire hazards. He helps the DCA prepare
and administer the training of personnel in the ship’s
damage control battle organization. He must also keep
the DCA informed of his actions.
The 3-M Assistant.— The 3-M assistant is
responsible for the administrative review and
coordination of the engineering department 3-M
program. He maintains and submits all records and
forms pertaining to the engineering department
divisions.
ENGINEERING DIVISIONS
The engineering department of a naval ship is
organized into divisions. Each division is headed by a
division officer appointed by the CO. Each division
officer is responsible for the organization,
administration, and operation of his division(s). The
basic administrative organization of a shipboard
division is shown in figure 1-5. The number of sections
in each unit depends upon the number of watches in the
individual ship.
The engineering division officers are responsible,
under the engineer officer, for the operation, care, and
maintenance of assigned machinery, equipment, and
systems. The division officer makes sure his assistants
(technical and material assistant, division training
officer) properly perform their duties. He will perform
those duties himself when no assistants are assigned.
The assistants must keep the engineer officer informed
of the operational readiness of assigned machinery,
equipment, and systems.
The engineering department is divided into the
following divisions: auxiliaries (A), boilers (B),
electrical (E), main engines (M), and repair (R). All the
divisions are not in the engineering department of all
ships. The types of divisions assigned to the engineering
department depend on the functional requirements; for
example, the engineering department of a ship with no
main boilers has no boiler division.
The watch, quarter, and station bill is the division
officer’s summary of assignments of personnel to duties
and stations specified within each of the ship’s bills. Its
primary purpose is to inform division personnel of those
assignments. The number of divisions assigned to the
engineering department is based upon the ship’s
complement and allowance.
Personnel in the engineering department are
assigned locker and berthing facilities according to the
Figure 1-5.—Basic shipboard division organization.
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