+59. How do you figure the cubic capacity of a lifeboat? How many cubic feet allowed per person?+
+60. What is the strength of a new six-inch manila line? Of a five-inch wire hawser?+
+61. What is the tensile strength of mild steel? Of cast iron? The compressive strength?+
+62. Can you figure out the safe load for a steel boom under given conditions? Shell and stiffening given, supports and angle given? Safety factor 5.+
+63. Become familiar with the fittings of the holds. Go in, look around and study out the plan of construction and use.+
+64. Find out the location and use of the following parts—+
+Limbers.+ +Limber boards.+ +Ceiling.+ +Cargo battens.+ +Rose boxes (strums, also strainers).+ +Intercostal plates.+ +Keelson.+ +Stringers.+ +Framing.+ +Beams.+ +Shell plating.+ +Pillars.+ +Bulkheads.+ +Tanks.+ +Bilges.+ +Smothering lines.+ +Sounding pipes.+ +Fire lines.+ +Light connections.+ +Mast partners.+ +Mast wedges.+ +Shaft trunk.+ +Hatch coamings.+ +Hatch strong backs.+ +Hatch fore and afters.+ +Hatch battens.+ +Hatch covers.+ +Wedges.+
+65. Where do the steam pipes lead into the holds?+
+66. Where are the valves located? Which is which?+
+67. Where are the plugs for cargo clusters?+
+68. Where are the cargo clusters kept? How many are there?+
+70. How much dunnage wood in the holds?+
+73. How much and what kind of dunnage will be needed?+
+74. Who is the boss stevedore? Watch him.+
+75. Note where each ventilator leads to.+
+76. Get acquainted with the deck engineers.+
+78. Get familiar with all details of the cargo handling gear. How many booms, capacity? Is gear rove off on steel boom? Where is it stowed? In what condition? How is it rigged?+
+79. How many hawsers in the vessel? Where stowed? In what condition?+
+80. How many wires in the vessel? What size? Where and how stowed?+
+81. How does hand steering gear work? What type of steering engine? How is it locked when shifting from steam to hand?+
+82. Are there wave oil tanks? Where? How is flow of oil controlled? What kind of oil is used? How much on board? How much required by law?+
+83. Where are the following lockers, and what do they contain?+
+84. Is there a steam line running into the paint and lamp lockers for smothering fire?+