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TopTorp '92 · 07-15-08, 10:41 PM

Maybe I too can make a contribution . . .
I was speaking with the off-going COW so I could be ready for my watch. Ship at PD, sun up, sea state 1 (really light), some stuff goin on back aft (for all I remember it could’ve been steam generator blow-downs) and we were in the process of completing sanitaries (Sans.) Since I was also in Fire Control division, I checked message traffic on OTH (over-the-horizon) contacts, since engineering evolutions were going to keep the ship at PD for several hours; I just wanted an idea of who was in the area. I noticed there was a fishing fleet in the area.
Moments before I assume the watch, AOW reports secure from pumping Sans. This report normally means that the hull valve PL-49 (688 sailors will know this valve) has been shut along with its back up-valve. Sweet, I thought. Just the stuff going on in the engine room to be concerned about.
I also looked to the ship’s control panel to observe the trim angle and it was pointing up. I looked to see who the DOOW was and it was a chief I knew and worked well with. He had been a DOOW for a few months while I had been a COW for considerably longer. However, ever since I knew him as DOOW, I noticed that he liked to fidget with the ship’s trim as if he were never satisfied with its condition.
Then about 20 minutes pass. Dive asks to move some water aft. Now it begins, I thought. He’s already fidgeting with the trim. I move some water to aft trim. I check the trim angle and it is just as it was when I assumed the watch.
Another 15 min or so and Dive asks if I’m moving water. “No,” I say. “Has the sea state picked up?”
He says no but confesses that it may have been the problem. “Move more water aft”.
So I move more water. And wait another 10 min or so. Still getting heavier up forward. What’s going on? Now we’ve moved probably 8-15 Klbs of water from FWD trim to AFT trim.
I call for the AOW. This isn’t the same AOW from before the watch, it’s a different guy. I tell him to go check the valve line-up. Make sure the hull and back-up valves are shut. Also, check the level in all the sanitary tanks. Make sure they’re not rising.
10 minutes or so later, AOW returns and confesses that the off-going AOW failed to secure the line-up. San 1 filled up again and we need to pump.
How inconvenient.
Sonar reports closing contacts. Probably fishermen.
Later, periscope operator reports contacts held visually. Yup, fishermen.
Begin pumping san 1.
Sonar reports noisy ops from fisherman, probably dropping nets.
Years as FTOW led me to ask the periscope operator whether there were sea birds over the ship. There were. Lots of them.
I then told the OOD that pumping sans probably attracted fish, which attract birds, which attract fishermen. Thankfully, he got the idea and decided to clear datum. I guess engineering could wait.
Not 1 but about 3 fishermen dragged their nets nearby and all because the AOW forgot to secure the valve line-up after pumping sans.
DOOW never knew what hit him.

07-15-08, 10:41 PM	#28
TopTorp '92 Loader Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 84 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Gone fishin Maybe I too can make a contribution . . . I was speaking with the off-going COW so I could be ready for my watch. Ship at PD, sun up, sea state 1 (really light), some stuff goin on back aft (for all I remember it could’ve been steam generator blow-downs) and we were in the process of completing sanitaries (Sans.) Since I was also in Fire Control division, I checked message traffic on OTH (over-the-horizon) contacts, since engineering evolutions were going to keep the ship at PD for several hours; I just wanted an idea of who was in the area. I noticed there was a fishing fleet in the area. Moments before I assume the watch, AOW reports secure from pumping Sans. This report normally means that the hull valve PL-49 (688 sailors will know this valve) has been shut along with its back up-valve. Sweet, I thought. Just the stuff going on in the engine room to be concerned about. I also looked to the ship’s control panel to observe the trim angle and it was pointing up. I looked to see who the DOOW was and it was a chief I knew and worked well with. He had been a DOOW for a few months while I had been a COW for considerably longer. However, ever since I knew him as DOOW, I noticed that he liked to fidget with the ship’s trim as if he were never satisfied with its condition. Then about 20 minutes pass. Dive asks to move some water aft. Now it begins, I thought. He’s already fidgeting with the trim. I move some water to aft trim. I check the trim angle and it is just as it was when I assumed the watch. Another 15 min or so and Dive asks if I’m moving water. “No,” I say. “Has the sea state picked up?” He says no but confesses that it may have been the problem. “Move more water aft”. So I move more water. And wait another 10 min or so. Still getting heavier up forward. What’s going on? Now we’ve moved probably 8-15 Klbs of water from FWD trim to AFT trim. I call for the AOW. This isn’t the same AOW from before the watch, it’s a different guy. I tell him to go check the valve line-up. Make sure the hull and back-up valves are shut. Also, check the level in all the sanitary tanks. Make sure they’re not rising. 10 minutes or so later, AOW returns and confesses that the off-going AOW failed to secure the line-up. San 1 filled up again and we need to pump. How inconvenient. Sonar reports closing contacts. Probably fishermen. Later, periscope operator reports contacts held visually. Yup, fishermen. Begin pumping san 1. Sonar reports noisy ops from fisherman, probably dropping nets. Years as FTOW led me to ask the periscope operator whether there were sea birds over the ship. There were. Lots of them. I then told the OOD that pumping sans probably attracted fish, which attract birds, which attract fishermen. Thankfully, he got the idea and decided to clear datum. I guess engineering could wait. Not 1 but about 3 fishermen dragged their nets nearby and all because the AOW forgot to secure the valve line-up after pumping sans. DOOW never knew what hit him.