USS Blueback SS581
October 15, 2015
Charlie in the Engine Room.
Workbench in the Engine Room.
Blueback has three Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8 diesel engines.
You can see the top of #3 here on the port side of the Engine Room, with #2 below the deck.
Scott talks with Charlie about the clear plastic covers on #1 engine.
A view looking up into the forward section of the Engine Room.
A description of how a Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston engine works.
Charlie looks up into the Engine Room hatch, which is also an escape trunk.
Another view into the Engine Room hatch.
The two fresh purifiers, located in the after part of the Engine Room.
Looking forward through the Engine Room, through the Watertight Door into Crew's Mess.