TM 55-1930-209-14&P-15
Table 5-1. Major Components of Bilge System
Component
Function
Location
500-gal sludge tank
Holds bilge water and sludge
Void 2 starboard
for discharge to shore or other
vessel
Sludge tank visual
Indicates level of sludge in tank
On sludge tank
liquid level
indicator
Sludge tank liquid
When level in tank reaches
On liquid level
high level
level switch, switch activates
indicator
switch
EMS alarms alerting crew that
sludge tank must be emptied
9 bilge level switches
When level in void reaches level
One in each void except
switch, switch activates EMS
2 in void 1
alarms alerting crew that bilge
water in void is too high and must
be emptied and problem causing
high level eliminated
Bilge pump
Pumps bilge from voids to sludge
Void 2 starboard
tank, from bilge to offboard
facility, from sludge tank to
offboard facility
Strainer
Protects pump by filtering out
Void 2 starboard
foreign materials
Bilge pump motor starter
For manual operation of bilge
Void 2 starboard
pump
16 deck drains
Provide gravity feed to sludge
6 in ROWPU spillage
tank
catchment
6 on deckhouse top
1 in fuel oil day
tank spillage
catchment
1 in compressor
spillage catchment
2 in ROWPU space
forward
Spillage catchments
Contain liquid spillage
ROWPU space
ROWPUs
Air compressor
Fuel oil day tank
Weatherdeck
Fuel oil fill
station w/ball
drain valve
on bottom
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