General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

24

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION. PLEXI-GLASS HIGH- LIGHT SECTIONS APPLIED TO EXTERIOR - ONLY 1 STILL INTACT ON TEMPLATE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

100.1 cm

Width

38.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessel parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SMC

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Newfoundland and Labrador

Period

BETWEEN 1976 & 1982

Canada

DESPITE ITS SIZE, REPUTATION FOR INVULNERABILITY & REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION THE OCEAN RANGER & ALL 84 CREW MEMBERS WERE LOST DURING STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERE CANADIANS.

Function

LOCATED IN THE BALLAST CONTROL ROOM OF A SEMISUBMERSIBLE, THIS CONSOLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CONTROLS FOR PUMPS & VALVES USED TO TRANSFER BALLAST & LIQUID CARGO TO & FROM THE TANKS IN THE PONTOONS. IT INCLUDES GAUGES & INDICATORS USED TO MONITOR THESE OPERATIONS. (REPORT, P.389)

Technical

'THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF BALLAST CONTROL CONSOLE & ITS COMPONENTS TO SEA WATER DAMAGE WAS...A DEFICIENCY IN ITS DESIGN. HAD ALL THE COMPONENTS BEEN SEALED & DESIGNED FOR A MARINE APPLICATION, THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER PENETRATING THE SWITCHES WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED' (REPORT, P.92)/ "THE MIMIC PANEL WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO CONTROL THE VALVES & PUMPS BY SWITCHES AND TO MONITOR THEIR OPERATION BY THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE DAMAGE TO THE PANEL AFFECTED THE OPERATION OF BOTH THE MONITORING AND CONTROL CIRCUITS. HAD THESE FUNCTIONS BEEN DESIGNED TO OPERATE SEPARATELY, THE POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN ERROR WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED." (REPORT, p. 92)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STARBOARD TANK VALVE SWITCH MIMIC PANEL BEARS GRAPHIC LAYOUT OF TANK POSITIONS, PIPING, ETC., ALL LABELLED.

Missing

CONTROL CONSOLE INCOMPLETE - MANY PIECES MISSING

Finish

ALL PIECES PREDOMINANTLY GREY.

Decoration

N/A