MACHINERY SPACE WATCH REQUIREMENTS (SWBS 044)

Question 1

All cutter and boat operating machinery shall be inspected and readings recorded every _____ by Coast Guard personnel.

Answer 1

HOUR

Question 2

Cutters equipped with video and electronic Machinery Control and Monitoring Systems that monitor spaces for fire and flooding and alert watchstanders of abnormal system parameters prior to failure, can reduce inspection requirements on operating machinery to at least once every four hours. Cutters and boat crews shall inspect operating machinery at least once every _____ hours when in port while on electrical shore-tie between the hours of 0600 and 2200.

Answer 2

FOUR

Question 3

Between the hours of 2200 and 0600, in port inspection requirements can be further reduced if all berthing areas are equipped with adequate installed flooding and fire sensor alarms to alert a sleeping watchstander(s), provided the watchstander(s) is/are ________.

Answer 3

on board at all times

Question 4

UNATTENDED MAIN PROPULSION MACHINERY SPACES. Due to crew size or level of automation, propulsion machinery on WHAT classes of cutters may run unattended:

Answer 4

Class Type
65’ WLR Buoy Tender, River
65’ WLI Buoy Tender, Inland
65’ WYTL Harbor Tug, Small
75’ WLR Buoy Tender, River
75’ WLIC Construction Tender, Inland
87’ WPB Patrol Boat, Coastal
100’ WLIC Construction Tender, Inland
100’ WLI Buoy Tender, Inland
110’ WPB Patrol Boat
140’ WTGB Harbor Tug, Icebreaking (Engine Control Room is attended)
154’ WPC Fast Response Cutter
160’ WLIC Construction Tender, Inland
175’ WLM Buoy Tender, Coastal
225’ WLB Buoy Tender, Seagoing (Engine Control Rom is attended)
240’ WLBB Icebreaker/Buoy Tender, Seagoing (Engine Control Room is attended)
399’ WAGB Icebreaker (Engine Control Room is attended)
418’ WMSL National Security Cutter (Engine Control Room is attended)
420’ WAGB Icebreaker (Engine Control Room is attended)

Question 5

As it pertains to cutters that have unattended machinery space. At what procedures must ALL propulsion machinery be attended?

Answer 5

ALL propulsion machinery must be attended (personnel present at equipment) during main engine start, warm-up/securing, and during other non-normal operating conditions in accordance with vessel Casualty Control Manual and Restrictive Maneuvering Doctrine.

Question 6

For the ______, ______ and ______ the Machinery Control and Monitoring System may auto start, parallel the engine onto the electrical bus, and secure an engine during normal operations without the engine being attended. A round of the engine shall be made immediately following an auto start of an engine.

Answer 6

420’ WAGB, 418’ WMSL, and 240’ WLBB