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In port ships fuel - 6/29/2011 8:01:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Does anyone know the normal procedure relating to the amount of fuel a ship has while in port? Does a ship fuel directly when it returns to port (from a voyage or patrol) or is it a process of getting ready for a voyage or patrol?
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RE: In port ships fuel - 6/29/2011 8:10:25 PM   
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Does anyone know the normal procedure relating to the amount of fuel a ship has while in port? Does a ship fuel directly when it returns to port (from a voyage or patrol) or is it a process of getting ready for a voyage or patrol?


It usually refuels when it arrives in port. I don't know if it rearms at that point, too.

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RE: In port ships fuel - 6/29/2011 8:11:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Buck Beach

Does anyone know the normal procedure relating to the amount of fuel a ship has while in port? Does a ship fuel directly when it returns to port (from a voyage or patrol) or is it a process of getting ready for a voyage or patrol?


It usually refuels when it arrives in port. I don't know if it rearms at that point, too.


Thank you.

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RE: In port ships fuel - 6/29/2011 9:10:25 PM   
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During my ships company tours on CV-43 and CV-59 we always unloaded fuel and weapons a few days prior to entering home port. Not on cruise port visits though.

In our home port the Coast Guard hated to see an ancient warship with leaky fuel tanks show up topped off to the brim! We were required to place a boom around the ship in port and it was amazing what would leak out of them even when we were hooked up to shore power, plumbing and cable TV!.

Pulling out we would top off from AOE's off the coast, we did not even fill those old gals up when we were tied up to the pier.

Not sure these old sea stories have any relevance to how the fleet operated during WW2 but I was feeling "blabby" :)

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RE: In port ships fuel - 6/29/2011 9:24:47 PM   
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Does anyone know the normal procedure relating to the amount of fuel a ship has while in port? Does a ship fuel directly when it returns to port (from a voyage or patrol) or is it a process of getting ready for a voyage or patrol?


Usually in a large port the ship is going to be on shore power/pier steam service and cold iron for boiler maintenance. If the anchorage is off-pier they would need on-going fuel from lighters, but little need to be full. In-port is when you fix things, and full tanks usually don't help in that task.

DIn peacetime ships coming into Hampton Roads stop at the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station and off-load. Going out, they can stop if, umm, they're certain kinds of ships (cough), but usually they do an unrep with an ammo ship in the first 2-3 days for training and to top off on their deployment loads. In WWII, in a large rear port like PH, I'd guess they would keep their magazines as they were unless they needed to off-load for repairs. You don't normally go into drydock full of ammo if you can help it, for example. Its heavy, it can shift, and it can go boom if welders get careless. A functioning drydock is worth more to the fleet than any single ship short of a carrier.

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RE: In port ships fuel - 7/10/2011 2:21:48 AM   
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