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Title: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 4:16pm Can anyone tell me what the hell the name of this is? I know it came from some kind of ship that was dumping live ammo 12 miles out of Boston harbor just after WW2. The gears on the cart go in either side of the pedastil...I guess to control foward/reverse and maybe speed. Can anyone name it...I cant...weve all seen them in movies. http://tinyurl.com/39ha9 ...............................jonny Sorry, from the top of the pedasti two levers would stick straight up and one would have to push them forward and pull then back to operate it. |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by floridian on Dec 31st, 2003, 4:44pm I'm not nautical, but in layman's terms, is that the throttle or shifter? From this page, it seems to be a throttle (but theirs is modern/digital). http://www.kmss.no/C125697E0025A0C0/WebHomepage/$first?OpenDocument&framemain=/www/01/wProd.nsf/AllWeb/15483A161F520307C1256AD1002D22EF?OpenDocument yeah, it seems like a throttle: http://www.airdmhor.gen.nz/blancmange/sjmanual/Controls/Throttle/SJThrot.html oh, wait, that's for a space ship. Damn sci-fi freaks. Who let them on the internet?? Avast, methinks its a bridge "command unit" (see bottom picture) http://www.amacoil.com/html/art_15.htm |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 4:57pm LOL....try WW2 or after ;;D ...........................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by forgetfulnot on Dec 31st, 2003, 5:45pm I can't name it but from a few old boats I've been on the left lever is the throttle and the right the transmission. ? Lee |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 6:08pm Bingo Flo, Makes sence to me. A dude brought it into my shop to have cleaned (Brass) and welded....seems he got it on a 200 foot dive 8 miles from where the Navy said it was. He had to dive it again and bring up proof before the Navy would believe it was their ship.......Go figure! Anyways, he had short bucks so he got short shine (Me?, I would have kept the sea damage to display in my house.....but you dont see that cause it was sand blasted when I got it) http://tinyurl.com/3yre3 http://tinyurl.com/3bsd ........................................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 6:11pm on 12/31/03 at 17:45:56, forgetfulnot wrote:
Damn straight Lee, thats what I was trying to say....one lever for speed and the othe for direction What the hell do they call it......LOL ;;D ............................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by floridian on Dec 31st, 2003, 6:28pm Its the "FullSpeedAhead-AyeAyeSir!" |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by BlueMeanie on Dec 31st, 2003, 6:33pm jonny, Being the x-squid that I was. I think I have your answer. It's called an EOT - Engine Order Telegraph. Your missing parts so I'm not positive. I used to work in the hole (engineroom). They would call us for throttle positions from the bridge. |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 7:03pm Im sorry......60 something years at 200 feet dont give me much. But I appreciate you dudes helping me out. Can you feel the love? .................................................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by Gofishgriff on Dec 31st, 2003, 7:18pm Blue Meanie... another squid amongst the ranks? So you were a snipe, eh? I was a brown shoe. Spent most of my time on the flight deck of the Indy. If I'm right, this device did nothing 'mechanical' as in making the ship move. It simply advised the crew in the engine room to go forward/backwards and how fast. Nice piece. Would love to have one out by the pool as a conversation piece. |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Dec 31st, 2003, 7:38pm on 12/31/03 at 19:18:15, Gofishgriff wrote:
And it makes that "Ching-ching" noise right?....Like gears?.....or chains Im due for a nappy (FU Don.....LOL ;;D) ........................................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by BlueMeanie on Dec 31st, 2003, 8:44pm on 12/31/03 at 19:18:15, Gofishgriff wrote:
Yes gofish. Snipe I was. The EOT would just let us know where to put the throttle on the engines. It would also make noise (a bell sound) jonny. My brother-in-law was on the flight deck of the Indy. Aviation fuels. |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by Woobie on Jan 1st, 2004, 12:27pm Looks like one of them thingy-ma-bobs they had on the movie Titanic.. when they were tryin to move the ship real fast to not hit the iceburg - is that what you all are talking about??? The thingy they cranked?? Had a wheel tho....... am i helpin?? didn't think so.............. shudding up now [smiley=bag.gif] |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Jan 1st, 2004, 1:10pm Woobie!!! You got it babe....thats what it is ;;D ...........................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by BobG on Jan 1st, 2004, 2:59pm Blue Meanie is correct. It's a EOT. Engine Order Telegraph. The handle was moved to send orders for engine speed to the engine room. In the engine room was an answering telegraph that was moved to reply to the tower or bridge that the order was received. It did not control the engine speed. If the EOT has 1 handle the ship had one engine and if the EOT has 2 handles, one on each side or face, the ship had 2 engines. Ching-ching |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by Charlie on Jan 1st, 2004, 4:50pm Damn thing has some real parts value Jonny. Nautical shit is pretty popular: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=Engine+Telegraph&ht=1&sosortproperty=1&from=R10&BasicSearch= Charlie |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by cootie on Jan 1st, 2004, 5:53pm Brad said it's onea them deals the captian or who ever in the bridge that's driven 'cranks' ta let the engine room know what speed or direction.......what do we win if were rite Pam ? ;) |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by Irma on Jan 1st, 2004, 6:45pm Looks like a Lithium dispenser to me... ;;D Irma |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Jan 2nd, 2004, 6:14am on 01/01/04 at 18:45:06, Irma wrote:
LMMFAO.....I wish!!! ;;D ....................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by Kirk on Jan 2nd, 2004, 12:35pm It's a dead ringer for a engine room telegraph,that you see on a few WW2 tubs that are still working in Alaska. TTFN |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by captdshea on Jan 3rd, 2004, 5:33pm Don't know the name, but as others have said you signal the engine room for more turns. ( rpm ) Those ships had pitch adjusted wheels, The numbers selected was in reference to the pitch in the prob. David |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by ClusterChuck on Jan 5th, 2004, 6:29am It is an EOT. It does control the speed and direction of the ship, but only indirectly. It sends the orders to the engine room, the engine room then responds by moving their levers (they have another one in the engine room)to the same position, which tells the bridge that their orders have been received, and understood. The enginemen then go to the actual controls that govern the speed and direction and do what they have to do. As Charlie said, they are worth a fair amount of money. VERY collectable. Ex-Navy Radioman Chuck |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by TomM on Jan 5th, 2004, 8:55am Dam--sorry jonny. I missed this thread. I looks like the control on the bridge that sends the signal down to the engine room for throttle and motion (ahead/astern). [quoate]Looks like one of them thingy-ma-bobs they had on the movie Titanic..[/quote] Bingo! Another ex-snipe here....shallow water sailor snipe, that is. BTW--the value of it will drop dramtically if you "fix"it. TomM |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by CCTV_guy on Jan 15th, 2004, 6:56pm Am an ex-ICman and yes as has been stated is an EOT but is missing a lot of parts. I used to work on that equipment and it is still used on US Navy ships (just a little updated) |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by jonny on Jan 15th, 2004, 7:07pm Thanks for that CCTV dude, It was brought up from 250 ft down, was an ammo ship that blew up off cape cod that was dumping old ammo into the sea after WW2 so im told. .....................jonny |
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Title: Re: Are you a mariner?...(Tom M) Post by ClusterChuck on Jan 15th, 2004, 8:04pm on 01/15/04 at 18:56:51, CCTV_guy wrote:
As an ex ICman, did they ever tell you to CALL YOUR FATHER?!?!?!?!? Sheesh!!! Dad |
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