Chapter  2—ADMINISTRATION,  SUPERVISION,  AND  TRAINING a list of functions which are common to all repair parties: 1.  Each  party  must  be  capable  of  making repairs  to  electrical  and  sound-powered  telephone circuits. 2. Each party must be capable of giving first aid and transporting injured personnel to battle dressing stations without seriously reducing the damage control capabilities of the repair party. 3. Each party must be capable of detecting, identifying, and measuring dose and dose-rate intensities  from  radiological  involvement,  and  of surveying  and  decontaminating  contaminated  per- sonnel and areas, except where specifically as- signed to another department as in the case of nuclear weapons accident/incident. 4. Each party must be capable of sampling and/or  identifying  biological  or  chemical  agents, and  of  decontaminating  areas  and  personnel affected as a result of biological or chemical at- tack, except where this responsibility is assigned to the medical department. 5.  Each  party  must  be  capable  of  controlling and extinguishing all types of fires. 6. Each party must be organized to evaluate and report correctly the extent of damage in its area. This will include maintaining: Deck plans showing locations of NBC con- tamination,  battle  dressing  and  personnel  clean- ing stations, and safe routes to them. A  casualty  board  for  visual  display  of structural damage. A graphic display board showing damage and   action   taken   to   correct   disrupted   or damaged systems. The use of standard control symbology  and  the  accompanying  preprinted message  format  are  recommended  to  facilitate recording transmitted damage control informa- tion.  Use  the  standard  control  symbology  shown in figure 2-17 to read the message format in figure 2-18. In reading this message you should have come  up  with  the  following  information:  An 8-inch hole, 4 feet up from the deck at frame 38, starboard side of compartment 2-35-0-L. Some  of  the  specific  functions  for  which Repair 5 is responsible in its own assigned area are  listed  below: 1.  Maintenance  of  stability  and  buoyancy— members of the repair party must be: a.  Stationed  so  that  they  can  reach  all parts of their assigned area with a minimum open- ing of watertight closures. b. Able to repair damage to structures, closures, or fittings that are designed to maintain watertight   integrity,   by   shoring,   plugging, welding,  caulking  the  bulkheads  and  decks,  reset- ting valves, and blanking or plugging lines through watertight subdivisions of the ship. c.  Be  prepared  to  sound,  drain,  pump, counterflood, or shift liquids in tanks, voids, or other  compartments;  and  be  thoroughly  familiar with the location and use of all equipment and methods of action. d. Maintain two status boards for accurate evaluation of underwater damage: the Stability Status Board (Flooding Effects Diagram) to be used for visual display of all flooding, flooding boundaries, corrective measures taken, and effects on list and trim; the Liquid Load Status Board to show the current status of all fuel and water tanks and the soundings of each tank in feet and inches. 2.  Maintenance  of  ship’s  propulsion—the  per- sonnel in the repair party must be able to: a.  Maintain,  make  repairs,  or  isolate damage   to   main   propulsion   machinery   and boilers. b. Operate, repair, isolate, and modify the segregation  of  vital  systems. c.   Assist in the operation and repair of the steering  control  systems. d. Assist in the maintenance and repair of communications   systems. e. Assist Repairs 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the crash and salvage team when required. 2-27