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Captain's day room provides for work and entertaining. The main-engine electrical switchboard looking aft to port.

A clutch is fitted on the aft end of each of the two reduction-gear quill shafts for engage- ment with the pinion shafts. The clutches are each air-actuated Fawick, Model 42 VC 1200 units.

To drive the generator, a Lufkin, Model

Sl14&C, speed increaser is connected to the starboard reduction-gear output shaft by a

Fast, No. 4-t/i, output coupling. The speed increaser is a single-input/single-output unit with a ratio of 1:2.458.

The shaft-driven generator is a Fainbanks-

Morse, Model TBGZBK, rated at 450 kw and 1,200 rpm. The output is three-phase, 60-Hz, 450-volt alternating current.

The two diesel auxiliary generators are Wau- kesha Model F2895D SIM units. They are rated at 702 hp at 1,200 rpm. Each generator is capable of developing 500-kw, 450-volt al- ternating current.

The Sugar Islander also is equipped with one 100-kw, 450^0^, alternating-current emer- gency diesel generator. The diesel engine is a Waukesha Model H-1077-D, eight-cylinder, fourjstroke-cycle unit that develops 147 hp at 1,200 rpm.

The 22-foot diameter, four-blade propeller was manufactured by Allis-Chalmers (Escher

Wyss design). The pitch may be set for ahead or astern propulsion. Three propeller-pitch control modes may be selected at the bridge control console or at the engine-room control- station console:

LIST OF

Main Propulsion System Colt

C. P. Propeller Allis Chalmers

Bow Thruster Propulsion Systems

Bow-Thruster Motor Waukesha Motors

Steering Gear Propulsion Systems

Aux. Boilers Seattle Boiler

Boiler Feed Unit Roth

Centralized Engine Control Console Barber-Colman 100 KW Diesel Gen. Waukesha Motors 500 KW Diesel Gen. Waukesha Motors

Switchboards—Mn/Emerg. Federal Pacific

Distilling Plant Meco

Air Cond. Plant York

Air Cond. Unit Bailey

Air Cond. Control Johnson

S/S Refrigeration York

Mooring Winch Lake Shore

Boats/Davits/Winches Marine Safety

Diesel Eng./Boat Westerbeke

Anchor Windlass Clark-Chapman

Drive/Windlass General Electric

Gyro Compass Sperry

Dial Telephone Hose-McCann

S/P Telephone Hose-McCann

Controllers General Electric

Hatch Covers MacGregor

Electric Whistle Kohlenberg

Fans—Centrif. Buffalo Forge

Stern Tube—Bearing Seal Waukesha Bearings

Line Shaft Bearing Waukesha Bearings

Searchlight Carlisle-Finch

The radio room looking aft to port, showing the console. (a) 'Maneuvering Mode (direct pitch set- ting) . Between the command-lever handle set- tings of Position 5-astern and Position 7-ahead, the engine speed and propeller pitch are changed according to a pre-planned program. (b) Load-Control Mode. Between the com- mand-lever handle settings of Position 7 to 10-ahead and Position 5 to 10-astern, the pro- peller pitch is automatically adjusted to accom- modate variations in ship influences and sea conditions. The engine speed remains con- stant. (c) Cruise Mode. Between the command- lever handle settings of Position 7 to 10-ahead and Position 5 to 10-astern, the propeller pitch may be set manually while the engine speed remains constant. (The control system is capable of controlling the ship's direction and speed from a stand- by condition to a sea condition through all modes of maneuvering safely and efficiently.

The control system also is capable of control- ling and monitoring all vital and non-vital auxiliary machinery through all modes of op- eration. The Barlber 'Colman Company pro- vided the centralized engine control console and systems.

OTHER MACHINERY

A bow-thruster system supplied by Propul- sion Systems Incorporated provides the ship with increased close-in maneuvering capabil- ity. The bow-thruster motor was manufac- tured by Waukesha Motor Company and is a

SUPPLIERS

Aux. Diesel S/W Pump Warren

Bow Thruster S/W Pump Warren

Ballast Pump Warren

Sludge Trans. Pump Blackmer

Bilge/Ballast Pump Warren

F/W Pumps Pacific

Sewage Treat. Plant Pall

Mod. Salinity Ind. Sys. McNab

Rudder Angle Ind. Hose-McCann

Docking Announc. Sys. Dynalec

Oily Water Detector Galbraith-Pilot Marine

Tank Level Ind. Sys. King

Atmospheric Condenser Thermxchanger

Watch Call Sys. Henschel

Oily Water Detec. Sys. Bull & Roberts

Marine Smoke Detector Kidde

C02 Fire Ext. Sys. Kidde

Draft Indicate Sys. King

Shaft H.P. Meter McNab

Vacuum Prime Sys. Hyde

Bilge-Ballast Sys. United Power

Fire Detection Sys. Pyrotronics

Steering Cont. Sys. Sperry

Auto Direct. Finder Ben-Mar

Depth Sounder Raytheon

VHF Radio Tele. ITT

Pathfinder Radar Raytheon

Depth Alarm Asses. Raytheon

Marine Auto-Alarm ITT

Marine Radio ITT

Reefer-Freezer Foster

V-12, 1,000-hp at 1,200 rpm diesel. The pro- peller is a Liaaen Model BF 20-10 with four blades. Philadelphia Gear Corporation sup- plied the reduction gears.

The steering gear, supplied by Propulsion

Systems Incorporated, consists of a Frydenibo rotary-vane hydraulic-motor powered by two

PE-3" pump units, which are controlled by electrical means from the wheelhouse. The

Model H.'S. 450 steering motor is mounted directly on the rudder stock. It is capable of handling the full torque and weight of the rudder. The motor contains a built-in rudder carrier, radial 'bearings and relief and by-pass valves. The maximum torque is 6.5 million inch-pounds.

The anchor windlass is a horizontal type with two caible lifters suitable for 2^-inch stud-link caible, and two 28-inch diameter warping heads independently clutched. The unit was manufactured in England by Clarke

Chapman-John Thompson, Ltd. It is electri- cally driven !by a 125-hp direct-current motor via a power supply located 'below the fore- castle deck. The motor and controls were supplied by the General Electric Company.

The two 14,200-pound stockless anchors (Baldt), each with 165 fathoms of 2%-inch forged-steel, stud-link chain can be raised at a speed of 30 feet-per-minute.

The hatch covers were supplied by Mac-

Gregor Comarain, Inc. and were manufactured in Japan. They are steel, self-powered electro- hydraulic with chain drive. Wheel jacking is automatic, while dogging to rubber gasket- ing is manual around the perimeter and auto- matic between the seven panels forming each cover.

A Seattle Boiler Works, Inc., Model HDT- 550 boiler was installed to provide steam for the ship systems. The boiler has a working pressure of 125 psi and is equipped with an automatic combustion-control system.

The Sugar Islander is equipped with a Pall

Trinity Micro Corporation Model M sewage treatment plant capable of handling a flow of 1,250 gallons-perjday.

JOINER WORK

All furniture and joiner work was supplied and installed by Eastern Cold Storage Insula- tion Company.

The accommodations provide individual staterooms with private or semi-private toilet facilities for all personnel.

Each accommodation space is outfitted with all-metal furniture to the latest marine stand- ards, and all bulkheads and deckheads are lined with decorative prefinished materials to minimize maintenance work.

The main galley is finished entirely in stain- less steel and is outfitted with the most modern equipment to provide high quality, efficient food service on a cafeteria-style basis.

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