Engine Room Tour
Where is the Forward Machinery Room?
The ladder leading to the Forward Machinery Room is on Third Deck, right next to First-Class Mess. Going down, the Fourth Deck contains just a stair landing. You can’t get to any other rooms on the Fourth Deck because down here, you are below water level. If the ship were to be struck by a torpedo, only a small section of the ship would be destroyed, and since the water would not be able to pass from compartment to compartment, the ship would not be sunk by a single torpedo strike.
By Ron Ucovich, Docent USS Hornet
Engine Room
58 minute presentation by Chuck Soules.
Information about the fire room boilers.
This program focuses on thermodynamics, states of matter, and how each is vital to the production of fresh water aboard the Hornet. Students will observe various objects in a bell jar and hypothesize about what occurred as a result of changing air pressure. The described demonstration is appropriate for students elementary through high school, and allows them to connect their findings to a real-world application.
From the USS Hornet Museum Education Department Sue Renner, Alissa Doyle, rev. May 2018
A file that documents the Engine Room Tour as given by Toe-Knee Cooper tracing the water through the ship starting with a view of the bay > Forward Aux Machinery Room > Fire Room #2 > Forward Engine Room.