Barton (DD 722) - Naval Cruise Book

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DE TROYER CROSS SECTIO wifi! l' l Stripped of its outer covering, a destroyer proves to be a hull almost filled with machinery and little else. Four oil-fired highpressure steam boilers produce steam at pressures up to 600 lb. per square inch. Superheated to 8500F., the steam is fed to turbines developing up to 60,000 h. p., which drive twin screws through reduction gears. Evaporators and con- densers transform sea water into fresh water for the boilers. Dynamos provide electrical current to train the guns, hoist ammunition and boats, diesel-driven generators provide power if the dynamos fail. A myriad of pumps and thousands of feet of pipe carry oil and water to the boilers, salt water to ballast tanks and various fire-fighting stations, and fresh water throughout the ship for various uses.. Powerful electric blowers keep up air pressure in the firerooms and other blowers ventilate the ship. Complicated and intricate electrical and electronic devices steer the ship, aim and fire guns and torpedoesg maintain radar watch for planes and other ships, make sonar search for submarines, and navigate the ship by use of loran and dead reckoning tracers. A telephone system pro- vides communication throughout the ship, while radio phones keep it in communication with other ships and planes. While admittedly crowded, destroyer quarters are, in themselves, no less comfortable than those of other ships, : -MM'-in 1 gg, -y 'S' 1 H- 2 i-IQ. If -ur i .gg .. gi ia! 'l fi!-H J f. f ff ll, SECOND DIVISION