USCG USCG General Eng
Set 15 • Question #196 of 498
Launch Interactive Practice Room The bilge system is unable to pump out the aft starboard engine room bilge-well due to the bilge-well suction being fouled. With two feet of water over the top of the bilge-well, which of the following actions should be carried out?
A
Send the wiper into the bilge-well with a scoop and pail.
B
Remove the effected bilge manifold valve and attempt to back flush the line.
✓ Correct Answer
C
Simultaneously operate all available bilge pumps.
D
Transfer half the contents of a drum of degreaser into the bilge well and pump out the bilge well with the system.
USCG NMC Regulatory Explanation
In USCG Marine Engineering General Subjects, for engine room systems involving 'The bilge system is unable to pump out the aft starboard engine room bilge-well due to the bilge-well suction being fouled. With two feet of water over the top of the bilge-well, which of the following actions should be carried out', the standard operating requirement is: 'Remove the effected bilge manifold valve and attempt to back flush the line.'.
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