CHAPTER 7 BATTLE DAMAGE REPAIR

To repair battle damage, you must have an extensive knowledge of the available damage control equipment and materials. You must know how to repair holes in the hull and use shoring. These topics are discussed in this chapter.

DAMAGE CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

The equipment and materials required to make repairs to battle damage vary according to the nature of the damage. Since several types of damage can occur aboard ship, you must know how to use a wide variety of equipment and materials. The Repair Party Manual has several repair locker inventory lists for various types of ships. A typical repair locker will usually contain some or most of the following equipment, depending upon the ship's allowance:

Oxygen breathing apparatus and six canisters for each OBA on the allowance

Protective gloves (hot work, nonasbestos)

Proximity suits

Tending lines

Miner's lights

Flashlights

Sealed-beam lights

Battle lanterns

Extension lights

Sounding rods/sounding tapes

Helmets Life jackets Hand tools Electrical tools Chain hoist and straps Blocks and tackle Screw and hydraulic jacks Manila line Forcible entry tools X40J cable and jack boxes Oxygen indicator Combustible gas indicator (explosimeter) Toxic gas detector Respirators Air-line hose masks Emergency-cutting outfit Electrical kits Rubber boots

Rubber gloves Spare electrical cable Steel wedges Hose and pipe flanges Hose and pipe adaptors

. Shoring kit and shoring batten . Plugging kit l Pipe-patching kit (soft patches) . Blower sleeves . Prefabricated patches (wood and steel) . Sound-powered phones . Basket strainer . Submersible pump . Gas masks . CBR defense protective clothing . CBR defense detection equipment and markers . Decontamination equipment

. Fire rakes and ladders

. Foam nozzles and extra fire hose . In-line foam inductor

On ships that have subgroups, some of this equipment is stowed in the unit lockers. Additional damage control equipment is dispersed throughout the ship in designated areas. This equipment includes the following: l Portable gasoline-driven fire pumps (P-250 or P-250 Mod 1) and hoses . Fire hose . Nozzles . Applicators . FP-180 water motor proportioner . Spare AFFF cans

. CO2 extinguishers . Dry-chemical extinguishers . Portable blowers . Shallow-water diving gear 

. Submersible pumps . Eductors . Shoring kit . Shoring materials . Plate patches

. Battle lanterns 

. Casualty power cables