My dad is 90 years old. He was an engineer on several US Navy destroyers and aircraft carriers during the the Korean War. He tells me often that the the men in the "hole" are the unappreciated heroes of the war. Without them that ship and those pilots can't fly and those gunners can't shoot. He points out that all he sees on television are movies about what happens on deck and above deck. After hearing all his stories I appreciate this video and the men and women below deck in the engine room a lot more. Very interesting.
Engineer myselh in the Navy from 87-00. 2 FFGs and 1 DDG. Believe me when I tell you that your dad is correct. Also belive me when I tell you that it is "Hole" not "Whole". As in climbing down into a "hole". Where the engine rooms and machinery spaces are located. Technically it is not a hole but since these spaces are pretty much the lowest spaces on the ship, they are collectively called the hole.
I'm a former Machinists Mate 2nd class on several ol' ratty and one new Tin Cans from 66 through 71. Most were Reserve Cans on their last legs. Stood top watch in the After Hole or Bravo 4 or AER what ever your preference.All are long gone. In fact most of their replacements are also gone. Most of our Deck Ape, Twidgets and weapons types shipmates thought that we were flat out nuts to be there. They always refused invitations to join us. Candy asses! :-)
Yeah long gone. I was a GSE from 87 to 00 and every ship I served on now is either serving a foreign navy or is sitting in the scrapyard docks in Philly. It saddens me. Yeah. Deck apes and Twigits are definately candy asses.
Shortly before I retired in 2005 my company got job to remove the refrigerant from the A/C chillers from the Ticonderoga and several other cans. They were going to become reefs . I thought it's a disgrace that the Navy can just throw out several thousand tons of various metals. Very little was removed from the ships . BTW they were at Philly. That isn't a shipyard any more either. They use about 2 piers to decommission and prepare ships for disposal It's all done by an outside company PNSY , at it's highest point , employed 50,000 people.
Machinery to start machinery to run machinery to support the operation of more machinery to support the operation of more larger machinery. Without question being able to operate and run this massive amount of machinery is a skilled trade.....a trade that requires extremely skilled people. Impressive.
AWESOME. would love to see that in person. THANK YOU. would have never seen this without your effort. what diameter is the connecting crude pipe ? are the tanks ever cleaned ?
As a submarine veteran who worked in the engine room (nuclear reactor operator), all I can say is that there is LOTS and LOTS of what seems to me wasted space. Don't mean it as a critical remark. It just doesn't fit my head space. I loved working in the engineering spaces. The Electrical Operator sat to my right, controlling power from the ship's turbines and other sources (diesel generator and battery) and distributing it throughout the ship. To my left was the throttle operator with his engine order telegraph from the control room (the "conn"), and who also monitored important aspects of the steam plant. Just outside and behind the "door" from our panels were the four steam turbines, two for propulsion, two for electricity. Behind the propulsion turbines were the reduction gears, and then the electric propulsion motor, and then the main shaft. I can still hear the sounds of that thrumming engine room in my ears.
Great video Sam. Keep doing more of this. However, you can do some annotations as the video is played e.g. main engine and name, governor,etc,etc. You have it but in the description below the video. But very informative. Thanks so much for sharing.
Underrated Video! This should get more views! How big is the crew? How many are Marine Engineers? How long do you stay at sea? How are the shift schedules like?
Thank you! The crew on this vessel consists of 17 personell. 4 of which are engineers. The rest comprise of navigators, cooks, stewards and integrated ratings. The vessel is permanently moored to a calm Bouy which is where it connects to an oil rigs crude oil discharge hose, so the vessel will only ever sail due to cyclonic weather. Because of this, there are 2 crews which cycle on a 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off rotation. It's essentially an 8 to 5 job with the exception being watches, unplanned maintenance or crude oil discharges. Thanks for your questions.
@@samreyy TEEKAY accept apprentice engineer?Because i heard that they don't accept and also engineers from Greece.Can you inform if its true this?Thank you,nice video.
Great Video.....we don't get to see in a ships engine room much...........be great to have a commentary tour one day when the engines are off and you can talk without the noise ;)
There are always engines and supporting machinery running so its very noisy even with the main engine shut down ;) But I would like to make one with commentary as well, thank for your comment.
yes I guess Ships have to be fully self supporting, so they never get truely quiet....... Even if you did a voice over of the things on camera would be great.......they really look likr interesting places.
Even as a chartered engineer, I found it difficult to work out what some of the pumps, compressors and parts of the fuel system were doing. We all know that it is noisy, and a running commentary would be impossible to record during the tour, but it would be wonderful if you cold edit the soundtrack with the original sound attenuated and a running explanation added. I know that it would take a lot of preparation to get the timing synchronised, but it would be well worth it. A few short bursts of the full sound level from the engines between comments would maintain a full sense of the working conditions that the engineers have to work under. Kindest Regards, Wills.
wilsjane Thanks Wilsjane, I am on a new ship now, not a tanker so no big steam plant on board but she's a bigger ship. I plan on making one with commentary :)
A detailed explanation would be wonderful. Covering what every pump is doing, refrigeration, Whether the refrigerants are used DX and where shell and tube evaporators are employed, along with brine pumps used in secondary cooling to air conditioning or food storage. The compressed air system used for engine starting would also be very interesting. I appreciate that along with generators, synchronising them and explanations of the heavy fuel heating and distribution systems along with lube filtration will lead to a very long video, but it would be extremely educational and quite unique here on You-Tube PS I have just realised that I have taken more than 3 hours giving students a fully explained tour of a London theatre, so a similar in depth tour of a ship may take several hours.
I have just put my brain in gear and wondered if you would consider making a series of videos, each one dealing with a different aspect of the ships operation. Along with the name of your ship, titles such as main engine, fuel system, engine lubrication, generators, electrical distribution, boilers, refrigeration, pneumatics, hydraulics, sewage systems... I am sure that you can think of plenty more, particularly if you have items such as bow thrusters.
Thanks for sharing........ redlined at 50 rpm. I think my transit has the same procedure... Love the under water shot. What happens if you drop over board...... a nightmare of mine......... is a subject in itself (I believe...... you have ONE chance to scream for help....... after that swim fast .........and start praying.)
Interesting that you can't hear the main engine noise (at least not that the camera microphone can pick it up) outside the engine room, EXCEPT when underwater, and then it seems to carry some distance from the ship.
+Tuppoo94 Hey - I have added some info in the description corresponding to the timeline - Annotations would not sync with the video unfortunately. Hope that helps - I will add more info - Thanks
A very large engine will run much slower than that. I remember going dead slow down the River Elbe in Germany with a B&W 12L90GFCA (12-cylinder, 900 mm bore, 2180 mm stroke, nominal rating of 47300 bhp) running steadily just below 12 rpm and still putting out about 4000 bhp. At 5 seconds per revolution (not 5 rev/s) you can really feel the rhythm of the engine, especially when standing on a cylinder head.
At 10:43,your opening the outlet vv next to the controler vv and at the same time your opening the by-pass vv below them.if your controller vv working well,you dont need to open the by-pass valve below.is your controller vv not working properly?just asking,thanks!
Very nice video,I can’t to understand why many crewing is telling we need people with tanker experience only,I don’t think so,if you smart and hard worker I will working everywhere doesn’t matter what type of vessel!!im agree have something different but not totally!!!! This not reason to crying everywhere,every time only taker experience!!!
The steam is used for heating up of heavy fuel oil as it is extremely viscous. The 2 large boilers are used to produce steam for the Cargo Pumps which are powered by steam turbines. Also, the large boilers are used to generate inert gas to inert the cargo tanks.
That was pretty interesting. Would be nice if there was a commentary on what all that stuff was. I thought those three engines at the beginning was the ship engines until we saw just a part of the real one. I have a million questions, but, oh well. Still a good video.
Thanks for your comment, In the future i hope to make more detailed videos and include commentary. Those 3 engines where the Diesel Generators for the ships electricity.
Are you sure? I would assume more. A Leopard 2 tank has a power of 1103 kW (1500 PS) and its engine is much much smaller. 13500 would mean it has only as much power as 9 of these tanks. That's a little few for such a big ship in the range of several thousands displacement metric tons.
difference is a ship doesnt work on land, its in the water and doesnt need as much effort to move, well carrying hundreds of thousands of litres or kgs it does but not as much power as it would if it was on land.
A ships engine room is essentially a floating power plant. The control room is where the engineers manage the plant from, much the same way a nuclear plant is controlled.
There are 2 x 16 bar boilers which run the steam turbine cargo pumps and produce inert gas for the cargo tanks. There is also a 7 bar composite boiler which provides heating for fuel oil and jacket water.
@@leonardobenegas5543 No problem :) Any vessel running on Heavy fuel Oil will need to generate steam for heating in order to prevent the heavy fuel from getting cold and solidifying. Where crude oil tankers differ is that they use steam to drive the cargo pumps during discharge of crude oil cargo.
hello, the video's author, can you help me? I russia student. I write diplom, I need engin room plan this ship or other tanker. Please, help me)how can I contact you?
My dad is 90 years old. He was an engineer on several US Navy destroyers and aircraft carriers during the the Korean War. He tells me often that the the men in the "hole" are the unappreciated heroes of the war. Without them that ship and those pilots can't fly and those gunners can't shoot. He points out that all he sees on television are movies about what happens on deck and above deck. After hearing all his stories I appreciate this video and the men and women below deck in the engine room a lot more. Very interesting.
That's "hole"....
Engineer myselh in the Navy from 87-00. 2 FFGs and 1 DDG. Believe me when I tell you that your dad is correct.
Also belive me when I tell you that it is "Hole" not "Whole". As in climbing down into a "hole". Where the engine rooms and machinery spaces are located. Technically it is not a hole but since these spaces are pretty much the lowest spaces on the ship, they are collectively called the hole.
I'm a former Machinists Mate 2nd class on several ol' ratty and one new Tin Cans from 66 through 71. Most were Reserve Cans on their last legs. Stood top watch in the After Hole or Bravo 4 or AER what ever your preference.All are long gone. In fact most of their replacements are also gone. Most of our Deck Ape, Twidgets and weapons types shipmates thought that we were flat out nuts to be there. They always refused invitations to join us. Candy asses! :-)
Yeah long gone.
I was a GSE from 87 to 00 and every ship I served on now is either serving a foreign navy or is sitting in the scrapyard docks in Philly.
It saddens me.
Yeah. Deck apes and Twigits are definately candy asses.
Shortly before I retired in 2005 my company got job to remove the refrigerant from the A/C chillers from the Ticonderoga and several other cans. They were going to become reefs . I thought it's a disgrace that the Navy can just throw out several thousand tons of various metals. Very little was removed from the ships . BTW they were at Philly. That isn't a shipyard any more either. They use about 2 piers to decommission and prepare ships for disposal It's all done by an outside company PNSY , at it's highest point , employed 50,000 people.
17 years since I was last on duty down an engine room, nothing's changed much, still wonderfully dirty, noisy, roasting hot, sweaty places of beauty!
Dirty? I worked as a marine engineer for 25 years, never had a "dirty" engine room.... I can agree with hot and sweaty.
Super, brings back fond memories for me. I have worked on Ruston Hornsby, Sulzer, Doxford, and small Lister Mirlees.
Machinery to start machinery to run machinery to support the operation of more machinery to support the operation of more larger machinery. Without question being able to operate and run this massive amount of machinery is a skilled trade.....a trade that requires extremely skilled people. Impressive.
Very interesting and informative video ( albeit without dialogue). Thank you.
AWESOME. would love to see that in person. THANK YOU. would have never seen this without your effort. what diameter is the connecting crude pipe ? are the tanks ever cleaned ?
As a submarine veteran who worked in the engine room (nuclear reactor operator), all I can say is that there is LOTS and LOTS of what seems to me wasted space. Don't mean it as a critical remark. It just doesn't fit my head space. I loved working in the engineering spaces. The Electrical Operator sat to my right, controlling power from the ship's turbines and other sources (diesel generator and battery) and distributing it throughout the ship. To my left was the throttle operator with his engine order telegraph from the control room (the "conn"), and who also monitored important aspects of the steam plant. Just outside and behind the "door" from our panels were the four steam turbines, two for propulsion, two for electricity. Behind the propulsion turbines were the reduction gears, and then the electric propulsion motor, and then the main shaft. I can still hear the sounds of that thrumming engine room in my ears.
AQ9, yeah, I recognized it by those long tubes.
Thanks for the timed description.
Great video Sam. Keep doing more of this. However, you can do some annotations as the video is played e.g. main engine and name, governor,etc,etc. You have it but in the description below the video. But very informative. Thanks so much for sharing.
Underrated Video! This should get more views! How big is the crew? How many are Marine Engineers? How long do you stay at sea? How are the shift schedules like?
Thank you!
The crew on this vessel consists of 17 personell.
4 of which are engineers. The rest comprise of navigators, cooks, stewards and integrated ratings.
The vessel is permanently moored to a calm Bouy which is where it connects to an oil rigs crude oil discharge hose, so the vessel will only ever sail due to cyclonic weather. Because of this, there are 2 crews which cycle on a 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off rotation.
It's essentially an 8 to 5 job with the exception being watches, unplanned maintenance or crude oil discharges.
Thanks for your questions.
@@samreyy TEEKAY accept apprentice engineer?Because i heard that they don't accept and also engineers from Greece.Can you inform if its true this?Thank you,nice video.
thank you for this nice video! Hello from Russia:)
Thank you, Glad you liked it :)
Great Video.....we don't get to see in a ships engine room much...........be great to have a commentary tour one day when the engines are off and you can talk without the noise ;)
There are always engines and supporting machinery running so its very noisy even with the main engine shut down ;) But I would like to make one with commentary as well, thank for your comment.
yes I guess Ships have to be fully self supporting, so they never get truely quiet.......
Even if you did a voice over of the things on camera would be great.......they really look likr interesting places.
Even as a chartered engineer, I found it difficult to work out what some of the pumps, compressors and parts of the fuel system were doing. We all know that it is noisy, and a running commentary would be impossible to record during the tour, but it would be wonderful if you cold edit the soundtrack with the original sound attenuated and a running explanation added. I know that it would take a lot of preparation to get the timing synchronised, but it would be well worth it. A few short bursts of the full sound level from the engines between comments would maintain a full sense of the working conditions that the engineers have to work under. Kindest Regards, Wills.
wilsjane Thanks Wilsjane, I am on a new ship now, not a tanker so no big steam plant on board but she's a bigger ship. I plan on making one with commentary :)
A detailed explanation would be wonderful. Covering what every pump is doing, refrigeration, Whether the refrigerants are used DX and where shell and tube evaporators are employed, along with brine pumps used in secondary cooling to air conditioning or food storage. The compressed air system used for engine starting would also be very interesting. I appreciate that along with generators, synchronising them and explanations of the heavy fuel heating and distribution systems along with lube filtration will lead to a very long video, but it would be extremely educational and quite unique here on You-Tube PS I have just realised that I have taken more than 3 hours giving students a fully explained tour of a London theatre, so a similar in depth tour of a ship may take several hours.
I have just put my brain in gear and wondered if you would consider making a series of videos, each one dealing with a different aspect of the ships operation. Along with the name of your ship, titles such as main engine, fuel system, engine lubrication, generators, electrical distribution, boilers, refrigeration, pneumatics, hydraulics, sewage systems... I am sure that you can think of plenty more, particularly if you have items such as bow thrusters.
Fascinating tour..I like it without the narrative sort of "You are there!"
I worked like ship's Motorman - 13 years !!! :-) :-) Before become ship's Pumpman :-)
This is awesome! Ive always wondered what it was like aboard all those tankers sitting off the coast of brisbane here. Would be an awesome job!
It is
She may not be as pretty as some of the girls out there but to me a beauty all the same !
Dean, Only some will understand that .:-) But admit it ,she could be a bitch sometimes!!!
Hello from Ukraine (Odessa) :-) SUPER :-) SUPER :-)Your video is Super :-) Thanks :-)
Glad you liked it!
Interresting rhythm! Sample that engine roar, overlay it wirh some distorted synthie and you got a heavy industrial track.
Thanks for sharing this exciting video
Thanks for sharing........ redlined at 50 rpm.
I think my transit has the same procedure...
Love the under water shot.
What happens if you drop over board...... a nightmare of mine......... is a subject in itself (I believe...... you have ONE chance to scream for help....... after that swim fast .........and start praying.)
This is POWER!
Beautiful vessel. Teekay seems to run a tight ship.
Do you happen to know their BWT technology?
Interesting that you can't hear the main engine noise (at least not that the camera microphone can pick it up) outside the engine room, EXCEPT when underwater, and then it seems to carry some distance from the ship.
Wonderfully enlightening vid!
Nice SHINKO pump !
Could you make annotations explaining what we are seeing?
+Tuppoo94 Sure thing, Ill do it when I get some spare time, Thanks
+Tuppoo94 Hey - I have added some info in the description corresponding to the timeline - Annotations would not sync with the video unfortunately. Hope that helps - I will add more info - Thanks
samreyy Ok. Thanks!
Very good video shot well what camera did you use ?
Thanks! GoPro4
Great video I’m assuming the ship is around 100,000 ton deadweight?
Thanks I need to get one
I had 50 yrs now I'm like a fish out of water
thanks for this video ^^ :)
No problem!
Thank you for your good video ~
What is the main's exhaust note like (@ the stack)?
I didn't know those large main engines would run continuously at 38 RPM, never heard one that slow.
A very large engine will run much slower than that. I remember going dead slow down the River Elbe in Germany with a B&W 12L90GFCA (12-cylinder, 900 mm bore, 2180 mm stroke, nominal rating of 47300 bhp) running steadily just below 12 rpm and still putting out about 4000 bhp. At 5 seconds per revolution (not 5 rev/s) you can really feel the rhythm of the engine, especially when standing on a cylinder head.
At 10:43,your opening the outlet vv next to the controler vv and at the same time your opening the by-pass vv below them.if your controller vv working well,you dont need to open the by-pass valve below.is your controller vv not working properly?just asking,thanks!
Woodward UG governors for the aux engines and PGA for the main engine....i overhaul and repair engine governors
Very nice video,I can’t to understand why many crewing is telling we need people with tanker experience only,I don’t think so,if you smart and hard worker I will working everywhere doesn’t matter what type of vessel!!im agree have something different but not totally!!!! This not reason to crying everywhere,every time only taker experience!!!
some M/E cylinder has a different voice, check broo or increase CY OIL
And of course all videos recorded on intrinsically safe camera :)
go pro in a watertight case would be more than sufficient.
@ 6:00 good sound isolation
very impressive
Awesome !!!
What are the boilers for? I thought ships either use directly driven shafts, or maybe diesel-electric?
Where would steam fit in there?
The steam is used for heating up of heavy fuel oil as it is extremely viscous. The 2 large boilers are used to produce steam for the Cargo Pumps which are powered by steam turbines. Also, the large boilers are used to generate inert gas to inert the cargo tanks.
Cool! Thanks!
I felt like I was watching the beginning of Cloverfield for this entire video.
Very interesting but your camera distorts everything.
Maybe GoPro fish eye lens
May I use for training video pls ?
That was pretty interesting. Would be nice if there was a commentary on what all that stuff was. I thought those three engines at the beginning was the ship engines until we saw just a part of the real one. I have a million questions, but, oh well. Still a good video.
Thanks for your comment, In the future i hope to make more detailed videos and include commentary. Those 3 engines where the Diesel Generators for the ships electricity.
Jesus, what BHP is that?
About 13,500
Are you sure?
I would assume more.
A Leopard 2 tank has a power of 1103 kW (1500 PS) and its engine is much much smaller.
13500 would mean it has only as much power as 9 of these tanks.
That's a little few for such a big ship in the range of several thousands displacement metric tons.
difference is a ship doesnt work on land, its in the water and doesnt need as much effort to move, well carrying hundreds of thousands of litres or kgs it does but not as much power as it would if it was on land.
yeah now compare torque figures........ horse power is only half the game..
your tank engine wont do much in that.
HP really is meaningless for a diesel engine of any kind. It's all about torque
is the shiph stil in service
Can I get more vedio like this....!!!?!?!?
What's the company name bro?
Thanks....like it
How big is the radiator?
might as well be at the laundramats
My submechanophobia spiked at 1:36
My profession is - Ship's Pumpman :-) :-) :-)
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mine, sitting here dreaming about working on a ship haha
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45 RPM. Like a record.
How you change an alternator on this thing?
I'm guessing quite a bit of head-scratching and grimaced eyes would be involved.
6:28 why does this look like a control room for a nuclear reactor
A ships engine room is essentially a floating power plant. The control room is where the engineers manage the plant from, much the same way a nuclear plant is controlled.
seeing ship propellers is enough to give me a heart attack
why does it need a boiler? what does it do with the steam?
There are 2 x 16 bar boilers which run the steam turbine cargo pumps and produce inert gas for the cargo tanks. There is also a 7 bar composite boiler which provides heating for fuel oil and jacket water.
@@samreyy so, tankers need much more steam than other ships, like bulk or container ships, right?
thanks for your answer!
@@leonardobenegas5543 No problem :) Any vessel running on Heavy fuel Oil will need to generate steam for heating in order to prevent the heavy fuel from getting cold and solidifying. Where crude oil tankers differ is that they use steam to drive the cargo pumps during discharge of crude oil cargo.
hello,
the video's author, can you help me? I russia student. I write diplom, I need engin room plan this ship or other tanker. Please, help me)how can I contact you?
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Pabisita naman sa barko namin. New lang
Sure hope Teekay knows what he's doing.
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Dirty tank top
Hello :-) :-) :-) Not at all :-)
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Very old engines very old ship.i can see on there appearance.very poor
It's in good shape for a ship built in 1989
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