U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets train in the ship's Engine Room to learn the mechanics of the engine, generators and ship systems. Video by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi
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PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS ROBERT MEYERS
In the Engine Room we have a D39 9,000 horsepower, 16-cylinder Caterpillar engine. For generators, we have two 3406C engines. They put out 320 kilowatts 400 amps for power.
PETTY OFFICER 1st CLASS JOH DeHART
The EOWs will train the cadets in the engine room on basic line drawings of systems - fuel systems, oily bilge systems, raw water for the engines.
We're hoping to teach them because a lot of the guys and girls will become engineering officers, and they'll eventually need to know these systems for the cutter they go to. This just gives them a baseline.
THIRD CLASS CADET ERIC BONOMI
One of the things cadets learn in the engine room is to do engineering officer rounds and oiler rounds. Being in the engine room, especially on the Eagle, fortress my education particularly because I'm a marine engineer at the academy, and seeing these systems on an actual cutter in the Coast Guard is very important to me for hands-on learning and experience for future operations.
I would say the biggest thing that has impressed me about the engine team and the engineering crew here is their willingness to help you and teach you and help you understand.
THIRD CLASS CADET ALEX SULLIVAN
Right now I'm learning to be a qualified oiler. I'm learning all the ship's systems, such as the boiler system, the air conditioning system, and the engines and generators.
Being around the giant engine is awesome. Learning how a refrigeration system works, I think it's cool because a refrigerator system on a ship is the same as how it works in a refrigerator or in your car. It all works generally the same way.
THIRD CLASS CADET ERIC BONOMI
You might hear a concept at the academy and not know exactly what it refers to. In the Engine Room, you get that hands-on experience where you can understand what it is being referred to.
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