INDEX 



Main line shaft bearing, 96 



Mail lubricating oil system, 225 



Main steam systems, 205 



Main thrust bearing, 96 



Material conditions of readiness, 63 



Measurement-principles of, 119-156 



concept of, 119 



fluid now, 143-146 



instrument accuracy, 155 



liquid level, 146 



Navy calibration program, 151-155 



pressure, 135-143 



rotational speed, 147-150 



specific gravity, 150 



systems units and standards of measurement, 

 120-127 



temperature, 127-135 



viscosity, 150 

 Mechanical cooling, 487-490 



chilled water circulating systems, 488-490 



refrigerant circulating systems, 487 



self-contained air conditioners, 490 

 Mechanical energy, 158-161 

 Mechanical steam traps, 367 

 Mixed-flow pumps, 411 

 Moderators, 621 



Modern Naval surface ships-development of, 7- 

 12 



Navy calibration program, 151-155 



NBC attack-defenses against, 74-81 



NBC contamination-detection of, 75 



NBC decontamination, 77-81 



Needle valves, 375 



Neutron reactions, 620 



New developments in Naval engineering, 628-653 



central operations system 639-652 



combined power plants, 638 



direct energy conversion, 634-638 



fuel conversion program, 652 



general trends, 652 



hull forms, 628-631 



propulsion and steering, 631 

 Nuclear energy source, 618-620 

 Nuclear power plants, 614-627 



advantages of nuclear power, 614 



naval nuclear power plant, 626 



nuclear fundamentals, 614-622 



nuclear power-problems of, 627 



nuclear reactors, 622-625 



principles of reactor control, 625 

 Nuclear reactors, 622-625 



OHM'S law, 496-500 



Orifice-type steam traps, 370 



Other auxiliary equipment, 520-539 

 anchor windlass, 530-532 

 capstans, 530 

 carrier catapults, 532-539 

 electrohydraulic elevators, 528 

 electrohydraulic transmission, 520 

 operation, maintenance, and safety, 539 

 steering gears, 521-528 

 winches, 528 



Overall ship survival measures, 64 



Overspeed trips, 435 



Pipe fittings, 366-386 



expansion joints, 366 



flanges, 366 



flareless fluid connection, 366 



steam traps, 366-370 



unions, 366 

 Piping, fittings, and valves, 363-390 



design considerations, 363 



identification of, 387 



packing gaskets and insulation, 388 



pipe and tubing, 364-366 (366) 



safety, 389 

 Piston valves, 375 

 Plug valves, 374 



Positive-displacement meters, 144 

 Potable water systems, 228 

 Power distribution system, 509-516 

 Pressure head, 392-395 

 Pressurized-furnace boilers, 257-261 

 Preventive and corrective damage control, 61-82 



corrective measures, 64 



damage control organization, 62 



damage control precautions, 82 



investigations of damage, 64 



material conditions of readiness, 63 



practical damage control, 65-74 



resist damage-preparations to, 61 

 Principles of air conditioning 



air motion, 486 



humidity, 483-485 



sensation of cooling, 487 



temperature, 485 

 Properties of A-C circuits, 504 

 Propeller pumps, 410 

 Propellers, 88-93 



blade angle, 89 



blade velocity, 89 



controllable pitch propellers, 90 



problems, 91-93 



657 



