The following listing deals mainly with
deficiencies pertaining to the steering gear. Other deficiencies found which
relate to structural items are discussed under class surveys.
1. Steering control system
malfunctioning/failure.
2. Loss of steering power alarm to bridge.
3. Low level alarm missing on fluid system
of steering gear.
4, Officers not knowledgeable/did not drill
in emergency steering procedures (i.e., steering from steering gear room).
5. Emergency manual steering to be
demonstrated.
6. Steering gear motor found with low insulation
reading.
7. Communication device in emergency
steering room to be operational.
1. Stanchions on port/starboard gangways
were broken, missing, and steps on upper gangway platform heavily wasted/holed.
2. Handrails broken, bent, or missing.
3. Watertight doors holed, door edges
wasted, dogs missing or frozen, gaskets missing, and unable to close properly.
4. Weathertight doors to Accommodation
Spaces not closing properly or missing.
5. Serf-Closing doors were not working.
6. Tank air vent pipes were wasted, holed,
soft-patched, and missing flame screens.
7. Ventilators were missing covers, dogs,
found wasted/holed and associated vent duds found wasted and holed.
6. Ventilators and vent ducts found
repaired with soft patches.
9. Heavy corrosion noted in the Forecastle
Storage Spaces including holes in the forward transverse bulkheads.
10. Holes (wastage) in way of the
Accommodation House Enclosed bulkheads.
11. Manhole hatch covers missing, and studs
broken.
12. Cargo Hatch Covers wasted, holed and
repaired by soft patches or doublers.
13. Cargo Hatch Covers missing bolting
attachments or belting attachments damaged.
14. Hatch comings were fractured in way of
the upper ends, and in way of lower connections to main deck. Main deck plating
in way of hatch coming connections found fractured.
15. Doublers fitted on Main Deck between
Cargo Holds, and adjacent deck, plating suspect.
16. Hatch Covers found holed.
17. Deck in Mast house holed.
18. Deck in Refrigeration Flat found wasted
and holed,
19. Closing device, for Steering Gear Room door
was disconnected, and Steering Gear Room self-closing device for sounding pipes
were inoperable.
20. Hydraulic lines for deck equipment.
found wasted, holed. and repaired with 50ft patches.
21. Brake band seized on Cargo Hatch
winches.
22. Wasted Anchor Chain.
23, Chain shackles missing on port/starboard
Anchor chains.
24. Clutch lever positioning location pins
on Windlass and Mooring Winch were missing.
25. Procure proper grates for hawse pipe.
26. Wasted Chain locker bottom structure.
27. Repair holes in stack.
28. Gross deterioration of all internal
structural numbers in the mid ship Upper Wing Ballast Tanks to the point of
their detachment room the side shell, main deck, and ballast lank slope
plating.
29. Multiple lower Angle brackets in Cargo
Hold found fractured or wasted at the toes.
30. Leaking Upper Wing Ballast Tanks.
31. Fractured and wasted web frames in
Upper Wing Ballast Tanks.
32. Numerous listings of damaged or wasted longitudinal
in topsides tanks.
33. Holes in Cargo Hold Transverse
bulkheads.
34. Bottom plating found set-up along with
associated bottom longitudinal.
35. Damaged plating areas covered with
concrete patches prior to Classification notification or examination.
36. Cargo leaking from Cargo Tanks into the
segregated ballast tanks.
37. Engine room partially flooded with oily
water, and crew felt it necessary to cut a hole in the forward transverse
bulkhead lo allow the water to flow into the cargo hold.
38. Severe pitting in way of the side shell
plating, wind and water strakes.
39. Doublers on Nº 2 double bottom lank top
are considered temporary repairs which are to be further examined and made permanent
prior to renewal of full term Cargo Ship Safety Construction.
40. All bilges, associated piping, and
strainers in cargo hold to be repaired.
41. Fractures in Cargo on Tanks, and
adjacent void spaces.
42. Heavy rust and scale found on
structural members and on bottom of ballast tanks. Tank could not be inspected
due to amount of loose scale and water in bottom of tank.
43. Suspect plating to be checked by NDT
method for further consideration.
44. Overdue for Completion of Special
Survey Nº 3, Gauging and Wastage Repairs Remain.
45. Emergency fire pumps would not start,
or would not pump water lo main deck. Pumps would run hot and/or throttle
controls required constant manual adjustment.
46. Fire pumps were found inoperable.
47. Fire mains found holed, leaking, and or
covered with doublers or soft patches.
48. Numerous fire hoses found missing
through-out numerous tire stations found with missing or no equipment.
49. Numerous leaking fire hoses.
50. Relief valve inoperable on firemains
system.
51. Emergency engine for emergency lights
and auxiliary equipment found nol working.
52. Emergency generators could not pass
operational safety trip test, and could not carry ships toad for required time.
Generators could not parallel.
53. Excessive motor leak on generator.
54. Emergency generator batteries with
charger were not suitable for use..
55. Wrong, type of fire hose nozzles.
56. Free-up firemains isolation valve.
57. No rubber mal below emergency
switchboard.
58. Emergency fighting to be repaired as
required.
59. Control circuits relays (two) worm and
contacts burnt.
60. Clean engine room. Remove excess oily
water from under generators and from engine room bilges.
61. Nº 3 Cargo Pump found to be leaking
heavily, and not to be used for pumping cargo.
62. Open wiring on forward section of
bridge.
63. Lights improperly wired in main deck
house.
64. Lights installed in paint locker not
explosion proof.
65. Missing numerous guards on pulleys and
mooring equipment in engine room and aft steering.
66. No proof of maintenance in tire fighting
equipment.
67. Renew paint locker starboard electrical
switch and protective line.
68. Renew missing glass globes in boson
stores forepeak.
69. Modify sludge piping system
70. One watertight cover missing and
another one to be repaired in electrical boxes on starboard side between cargos
holds.
71. Ballast stripping ejector pipe leaking.
72. Turbo charger gas inlets to be insulated.
73. Repair/replace sea suction fine to ballast
pumps.
74. Repair/replace fuel oil cooling line in
engine room.
75. Correct coupling to be fitted on fire
hydrant, bridge deck port.
76. Engine room bilge pumps could not be
used to pump out engine room.
77. Missing breaker panel doors and electric
motor closures.
78. Exhaust has leaks on main engine.
79. Could not move any ballast water out of
ballast tanks.
80. Thrust collar heavily scored in way of
bearing surfaces on the ahead face.
81. Unit, two (2) main bearing bottom half
scored and white metal lining partly wiped out.
82. Main engine diesel oil line leaking.
83. Naked lights in engine room.
84. Repack fire pumps shaft in both pumps.
85. Repair auxiliary S.W. pump suction
pipe.
86. The sludge pump discharge fine is
approximately 30 feet of PVC pipe and rubber tube. Replace with adequate steel
piping.
87. Demonstrate the operation of the local
steering gear control using the bypass valve instead of disconnecting the
control linkage.
88. Communication bridge-steering gear room
not functioning.
89. The 110 volt A.C. system was not
grounded.
90. Following piping systems found with
soft patches:
a. Main diesel
engine saltwater cooling suction valve.
b. Auxiliary
generator salt water discharge line.
c. Main diesel
air cooler salt water cooling.
d. Main ballast suction
line.
91. Repair sewage pump lines starboard side
in engine room
92. On deck is placed an extra generator
connected electrically to the back side of the main switchboard-cables pass
several watertight doors and hatches so closing is not possible.
93. Oil mist detector for main engine
malfunctioning.
94. Paint locker fire extinguishing
installation missing.
95. Grounds need repair on main switchboard
in engine room.
96. Large B-V fire extinguisher in engine
room has deteriorated hose.
97. Fuel oil leaks in engine room.
98. No. 4 cylinder is not functioning on
starboard main diesel engine.
99. Rudder angle indicator missing.
