tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post6286192460193229199..comments2023-06-17T06:59:05.555-05:00Comments on Target: Babies in Open.<br> Fire For Effect.: Making Steam the Navy WayComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-76890676252225991142012-01-11T20:20:10.696-06:002012-01-11T20:20:10.696-06:00W Ton, the only time the boilers were run over-pre...W Ton, the only time the boilers were run over-pressure was for testing and setting the safeties.<br /><br />There wasn't a reason to run the boilers over-pressure in at-sea operations. Even at rated pressure, a steam plant could generate more power than the engines could handle. I know of one cruiser which went a few knots over rated speed (the captain had been given bad information regarding the maximum speed of the turbines) and the main thrust bearing gave way, which kind of destroyed the LP turbine.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-76335711312091530442012-01-11T20:01:55.933-06:002012-01-11T20:01:55.933-06:00Let me ask you two questions on the other end. Yo...Let me ask you two questions on the other end. You had 120% sprayer plates, I imagine. Did you ever use them? I believe that there are also means of forcing the system pressure UP - means which require securing the safeties. This is technically "forcing the engines." Is there anything you care to tell us on that end?W Tonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03361589255082240510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-6158502903955007362008-02-29T06:13:00.000-06:002008-02-29T06:13:00.000-06:00PP, the USS Bennington was destroyed by a boiler e...PP, the USS Bennington was destroyed by a boiler explosion in 1905, killing over sixty sailors. Boilers were a lot lower in pressure back then. An explosion in the post-Korean War ships would have been a lot messier.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-3292223614690568972008-02-29T04:59:00.000-06:002008-02-29T04:59:00.000-06:00That was fucking fascinating! Has a Navy ship boil...That was fucking fascinating! Has a Navy ship boiler ever blown totally the fuck up and blown the whole ship to smithereens?PhysioProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046093902090839375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-27154580599277037792008-02-28T09:11:00.000-06:002008-02-28T09:11:00.000-06:00Very interesting stuff. I am heading out to work a...Very interesting stuff. I am heading out to work and don't have a lot of time but I will come back to this.<BR/>Bunker oil is one step away from being tar when it is cold.<BR/>One of the services my company provides is cleaning big tanks, we deal with that nasty shit all the time.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.com