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Originally Posted by SeaQueen
That was really interesting. Are there any books you though were particularly good on the subject?
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Unfortunately, this is not a topic for many historians. Operating procedures will vary from navy to navy and it is dependant on the quality of the equipment and the training of the engineering personnel.
The US Navy NavShipTech Manuals has a lot of this information. Some of it was gleaned from the history of the various boiler designs and how they were were operated. Boiler plant operation being a pretty standardized thing in the modern navy.
Being the pubs man for M Div I used my spare time to order a good many of the tech manuals. There is a TREMENDOUS amount of institutional information in them. Want to know the one I liked best?? Mothball layup up of ships for possible later reactivation. That book is a GOLDMINE of information on the older steam powered ships. It talks about how to operate the propulsion plant in various modes and then how to preseve it in a dry lay-up condition.