Section VII. STABILITY REQUIRED AND STABILITY AVAILABLE

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Section VI. EFFECTS OF DAMAGE

TM-55-1915-200-SDC Logistics Support Vessel (LSV) NSN 1915-01-153-8801 Manual

STABILITY AVAILABLE

TM 55-1915-200-SDC

or misaligning the machinery. Engineering repair parties must be prepared to isolate such damage quickly and use the

damage control pipe and tank patching kits expeditiously to restore fuel and lube oil to the engines and generators.

Likewise, the hull systems (e.g., fire main and drainage) are likely to suffer. Local structural damage may include holes

in decks and bulkheads, plus the warping of door and hatch frames so that closed fittings leak and open fittings cannot be

closed. Repair parties must be trained in the patching and shoring of decks, bulkheads, door and hatch frames to

maintain watertight integrity. Fittings are also sometimes rendered inoperable by fragments.

Toxic gases. The detonation of any high-explosive substance liberates smoke and noxious fumes. If

confined within the ship, these vapors have a toxic effect on personnel and may cause severe illness or death. The

ordinary protective mask gives little protection against such gases within the ship, since it does not provide a source of

oxygen. The fumes from the explosion are frequently augmented by smoke from ensuing fires. To enter and work in

such compartments, personnel must wear oxygen-breathing apparatus or an air-line hose mask.

Section VII. STABILITY REQUIRED AND STABILITY AVAILABLE

5-24. STABILITY REOUIREMENTS. In determining the stability characteristics required to insure that the LSV will be

seaworthy in the intact condition and capable of surviving the greatest practical amount of underwater damage, the

following factors, among others, are considered:

Heeling effect of beam winds of typhoon force against the intact ship.

Residual stability after damage.

Heeling effect of un-symmetrical flooding after damage.

Reserve buoyancy after damage.

NOTE

For the LSV, the greatest practical amount of underwater damage is limited by reserve buoyancy

after damage.

e. The stability characteristics and the reserve buoyancy of these ships are such that a satisfactory condition of

stability and reserve buoyancy will exist after the flooding of any one compartment providing:

(1)

The specified limiting drafts are not exceeded before damage,

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