To aid in this, small how-to manuals were provided for each engine-room crewman, and in each manual was a plastic-coated diagram that was far easier to use than the builder’s plans. The big marine diesels were of a new sort, perversely designed to be very easy to operate and maintain. “What makes you think that?” Wegner asked. The engine isn’t installed right,” the youngster said. “You ain’t gonna believe it,” Owens announced. Wegner arrived to find the only worktable covered with plans, and an engineman-apprentice hovering over them, with his engineering officer standing behind him. Wegener had been on the bridge, napping in his leather chair during the forenoon watch when the growler phone rang, and Chief Owens invited him to the engine room. The painting was accomplished in the Florida Strait, as was something even more important.
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