The trainee s knowledge was only as good as the information the instructor handed down. Moreover, they had varying personalities and different methods of instructing their charges. I believe it was a process fraught with the potential for unsatisfactory performance, especially when compared with the new computer-based technology program. That, of course, was of paramount importance and necessitated actually a second walk through the pipeline network to double-check valve positions and various settings. The new instruction is highly touted by senior Engineering Department officers and chief petty officers.
Arrows show the direction of fuel flow through the entire network.
The student can view the illustrated phase of ballast control where seawater is used to replace space in storage tanks as fuel supplies are diminished. A student beginning the course must go through each phase of the curriculum step by step. From the start, a self-contained monitoring system records the individual student s progress through course material, test scores, and final exam grade. Adams noted that refueling operations, both in port and at sea, necessitate the use of crew members as watchstanders. They are posted for visual inspections both above and below deck to report spillages anywhere along the network from the main fuel-induction stations to any of the ship s 21 fuel storage tanks, which are located throughout the hull of the destroyer.