USCG-DDE-L3.1
The small-vessel diesel plant — what actually fails
USCG-DDE-M3 · The Plant · USCG-DDE-M3-A The machinery a DDE actually runs
A DDE's mains are usually high-speed marine diesels — light, hot, highly rated, and asked to make a great deal of power from very little metal. They are extremely reliable when they are given clean fuel, clean air and cold water. They fail, almost always, because one of those three was not delivered.
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