Rontini Submarine BBS : Need Help With Question http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 11:44:18 +0000 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:45:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4125 <![CDATA[Rontini Submarine BBS]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_images/Rontini_2021_5.gif http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/ <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Did some more homework, and I...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11062&title=need-help-with-question#11062 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4125
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 at 7:45pm

Did some more homework, and I can not find a single reference to SPGB anywhere.  However, on my first Nuke, the CO insisted that EOOWs had to qualify fully at all subordinate watch stations. When I had my EOOW Final Board I was not left with a bunch of oolies to look up.
Lt. Bell asked me to name the three aft-facing "panels" in Maneuvering.
I gave the stock answer, he signed me off, and told me to check on the nameplates.
I did. Had Capt. White later asked me that question I would have answered to include SPGB. (He asked me no questions, but rather told me he was proud of me and gave me a talk on responsibility.)

I'm quite sure he gave me the same talk when I qualified OOD and also in Submarines.Thumbs Up



Edited by SaltiDawg - 24 Jul 2017 at 9:41am]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:45:36 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11062&title=need-help-with-question#11062 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : No confusion - I may well be mistaken,...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11061&title=need-help-with-question#11061 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4125
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 at 5:21pm

No confusion - I may well be mistaken, however.
]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:21:35 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11061&title=need-help-with-question#11061 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : No problem Dr. Stan,. My memory...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11059&title=need-help-with-question#11059 Author: Dantini
Subject: 4125
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 at 2:34pm

No problem Dr. Stan,.  My memory is fading fast too.
 
Saltidawg; the panels are the EPCP - Electric Plant Control Panel. RPCP - Reactor Plant Control Panel, and the SPCP-  Steam Plant Control Panel.
 
You may be confusing the SPCP with SGWLCP (Squiggle) the Steam Generator Water Level Control Panel which was located in AMR #2 upper level.
]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:34:20 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11059&title=need-help-with-question#11059 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : I also failed the location part....]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11057&title=need-help-with-question#11057 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4125
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 at 1:42pm

I also failed the location part.  !@#$%&
All of us have referred to the SPGP, RPCP, and EPCP.

Actually it was the SPGB, was it not?  Thumbs Up


]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:42:05 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11057&title=need-help-with-question#11057 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Dantini wrote: Dr. Stan let...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11056&title=need-help-with-question#11056 Author: Dr. Stan
Subject: 4125
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 at 1:37pm

Originally posted by Dantini Dantini wrote:

Dr. Stan let me test your memory:  As an RO on the 610 when you had a scram, didn't you first shift the MCPs from fast to slow (if they were running in fast) and then shut MS 1 & 2?  Who else besides the RO would have shut those valves?  That was before Thresher went down.  After that, MS 1 & 2 were not shut as a matter of fact depending upon the cause of the scram, and a possible rapid restart of the Reactor was commenced with an emergency high power startup rate allowed.

Well, Dan, I have not seen or even thought much about an RPCP in 49 years so my memory has faded somewhat.  Further, I was sitting at the RPCP at S1W when I heard the news about the Thresher, so when I qualified on the Edison toward the end of 1963 the procedures may have been changed.  However, the MS switches would likely not have been relocated; so, apparently, I have just forgotten about them.  However, I do remember some switches like the MCP, MCV and, in particular, the In-Hold-Out switch.   So, even though my memory is like Swiss cheese (i.e., full of holes) some traces do remain.  But, sadly, I failed your MS switch test. Ouch Embarrassed

]]> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:37:01 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11056&title=need-help-with-question#11056 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : You mean I was right and only...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11048&title=need-help-with-question#11048 Author: Sewer Pipe Snipe
Subject: 4125
Posted: 22 Jul 2017 at 5:06pm

You mean I was right and only thought I was wrong? This getting old just isn't that much fun. Forgetting stuff from 45 years ago shows my mind is slipping. ]]> Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:06:12 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11048&title=need-help-with-question#11048 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Dr. Stan let me test your memory:...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11047&title=need-help-with-question#11047 Author: Dantini
Subject: 4125
Posted: 22 Jul 2017 at 4:00pm

Dr. Stan let me test your memory:  As an RO on the 610 when you had a scram, didn't you first shift the MCPs from fast to slow (if they were running in fast) and then shut MS 1 & 2?  Who else besides the RO would have shut those valves?  That was before Thresher went down.  After that, MS 1 & 2 were not shut as a matter of fact depending upon the cause of the scram, and a possible rapid restart of the Reactor was commenced with an emergency high power startup rate allowed.
 
Sewer pipe - that would be the 637 not the 627 class  Smile
]]> Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:00:45 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11047&title=need-help-with-question#11047 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Qualified as RO on 610 in 1963...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11044&title=need-help-with-question#11044 Author: Dr. Stan
Subject: 4125
Posted: 22 Jul 2017 at 2:16pm

Qualified as RO on 610 in 1963 but I can't recall any Main Steam valve switches or indicator lights on the RPCP.  There were switches/lights for MC valves, etc., but MS valves I don't recall.  Doesn't mean they weren't there but . . .? Embarrassed

]]> Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:16:53 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11044&title=need-help-with-question#11044 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Funny those valves had some big...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11037&title=need-help-with-question#11037 Author: Sewer Pipe Snipe
Subject: 4125
Posted: 21 Jul 2017 at 4:34pm

Funny those valves had some big ass springs on them, that made opening them a task indeed. Like I said 627 class.

Edited by Sewer Pipe Snipe - 22 Jul 2017 at 4:09am]]> Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:34:42 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11037&title=need-help-with-question#11037 <![CDATA[Need Help With Question : Reading the Thresher report and...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4125&PID=11036&title=need-help-with-question#11036 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4125
Posted: 21 Jul 2017 at 4:26pm

Reading the Thresher report and analysis threads, seems little doubt that MS-1&2 had a AUTO position at the time of Thresher'ss loss, likely to prevent a cold water acident. At some point post-Thresher NR disabled or removed the AUTO function so as to allow a quicker recovery followin a Scram.

I can not find definitively whether was in Open or Auto at the time of her loss. I did not get to my first S5W boat until 3 years after Thresher.

Again, thanks for help. My bad about SPCP.


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