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Engineering Department Lexington is largest but least visible department is Engineering-providing the carrierls greatest asset, mobility. An important additional advan- tage, of course, is endurance, to which Engineer- ing contributes by furnishing self-sufficiency in electrical power, internal communications, steam, water and other necessary services. Mobility is provided by four steam turbine engines, each developing 37,500 shaft horse- power, which drive a quartet of 15-ton propellors to provide the ship's 31-plus knot speed capa- bility. , Eight massive boilers fa pair in each of four fireroomsj form the nucleus of the vessel's pro- pulsion and services plant. The 'csnipes, as Navy engineers are called, must maintain their equipment at peak readiness constantly to ensure maximum efficiency. This requires skillful op- eration of the plant, as Well as adherence to regular schedules of cleaning, testing, lubricating, and performing routine preventatives main- tenance. The superheated -steam produced in the fire- rooms flows throughthe arterial systems of steam lines throughout the ship. In addition to the main turbine engines, steam gives 'clife to
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Page 125 text:
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turbo-generators, evaporators, fire, fuel and bilge pumps: water and ventilation heaters, and mis- cellaneous other pieces of auxiliary equipment such as Lexis two sonorous whistles and her screaming siren. Rating high priority for steam, of course, are the carrieras twin catapults, each powerful enough to blast an automobile 6,000 feet straight up into the air. A separate uevaporator gangw is responsible for making the great quantities of fresh water re- quired daily, this is necessary not only to feed the boilers, but also for the laundry, galley, and crew 7s personal uses. 5E-ss::::, :auf At left, one of the shzlbiv boifers is lit- ojw by a man in B Division. The steam hom B Divz'sion's boilers turn M Division 'S turbines. 123
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