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is the main control for the ship up on the bridge. The bridge is the
navigation area where the master and the mates control the ship. |
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This
is the view standing in the exact center of the bridge looking forward
out over the bow.
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This
is the starboard side Z drive — one of the many controls on
the bridge.
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| Another
view of the control panel. |
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| This
is a picture of the bow thruster. It serves as the steering wheel
on the ship. The bow thruster helps when turning or docking the boat.
It gives the boat much more agility than it would have without it.
This control works two ways. The handle can be pushed forward or backward
to increase or decrease speed or it can be turned in a circle to function
like a steering wheel. |
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Here is Gavin, head mechanic and one of the pilots in training, replacing
the window on the hatch of Alvin.
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| Here
Gavin is using this fun gadget to suction the window in order to pick
it up so he doesn’t have to touch it. |
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Once
Gavin pulled the window out of the hatch, he turned it upside down
to inspect it.
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Here Gavin enlisted the help of Mark, another Alvin guy, to
smear the grease around the surface since his hands were clean. |
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Here Gavin has replaced the window and is removing bolt protectors
he had placed on the bolts while moving the window in and out. |
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Gavin
is screwing the bolts on to secure the window. This snazzy tool
is a wrench with a torque measure on it, so he knows how tight he
is making the screws — very important on Alvin.
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Alvin sitting in the hangar — the inside view. |
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This
is a picture of the lower starboard side of Alvin. They have
removed the paneling in order to access the electrical wires they
need to test and inspect.
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| This
is a picture of one of many penetrators that encircle the windows
on Alvin. Inside of these are many electrical tubes. |
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This
is a shot I took of Bruce Strickrott working on the electrical stuff
on Alvin while he was giving me a lesson on the sub.
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Here is a shot of one of the arms, or "manipulators," on
Alvin. This is used to grasp things while the sub is in the
water. |
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Remember in my daily log today I told you about how the electrical
wires are all in tubes that are filled with dielectrode oil so the
pressure does not affect them while on dives? Well, here is a picture
of one of those tubes. |
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This is a picture of the panels stacked against the back wall of Alvin.
These are the panels that were removed in order to access the electrical
areas that were being tested. |
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This
is a picture of the window on the port side like the one that Bruce
was working on.
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| For
every meal, the galley staff writes the menu on this marker board
at the beginning of the line. |
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| Since
the galley staff is short one person, all of the science crew is taking
turns helping in the galley. Here are some folks volunteering their
time this morning at breakfast. There are two staff to feed 55 peoples
three times a day — that’s a big job! |
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This
is the chair up on the bridge for folks to sit in while they’re
on watch.
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| This
is a picture of the compass. It’s huge. Enough said. |
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| This
is a shot of the controls that are on the starboard side of the bridge.
They are used when the boat is docking or when something is being
deployed over the side. |
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| This
is the view from the deck that is outside of the bridge. It’s
pretty high up there — not for those afraid of heights! |
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| This
is the deck log that the crew keeps in the bridge. It is written in
every four hours while the ship is in transit. |
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| This
is me standing on Alvin taking pictures of Gavin working.
Hepsi was on the plank so she took some pics of me! |
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| While
the window is removed from the starboard side of the sub, Gavin gives
Hepsi the thumbs up! |
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