What were they thinkin' ??

Ron Smith · 04-02-2010, 06:06 PM

It has twin 2500 H.P. gas turbine engines that burn JP5 or JP7 jet fuel, which is basically kerosene. The older ships were steam powered and burned bunker(black)oil.

Steam powered ships that burned bunker oil were not supposed to smoke at all. In fact they kept a close eye the stacks , and when they saw either black or white smoke , they would contact the boiler room and tell them "Your burning black" or "Your burning white" so that they could adjust the mixture. Smoke gives your position away.

When I watch an old war movies showing ships beltching plumbs of smoke I kind of get a chuckle out of it. It's like telling enemy ships, "Shoot here".

Ron

04-02-2010, 06:06 PM	#12
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	It has twin 2500 H.P. gas turbine engines that burn JP5 or JP7 jet fuel, which is basically kerosene. The older ships were steam powered and burned bunker(black)oil. Steam powered ships that burned bunker oil were not supposed to smoke at all. In fact they kept a close eye the stacks , and when they saw either black or white smoke , they would contact the boiler room and tell them "Your burning black" or "Your burning white" so that they could adjust the mixture. Smoke gives your position away. When I watch an old war movies showing ships beltching plumbs of smoke I kind of get a chuckle out of it. It's like telling enemy ships, "Shoot here". Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...