U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
Ship's Manuals

While we think of the Sumner as a ship ready for combat she was also a floating technical library. During the Sumner's 8 1/2 years at sea she could not phone a local repair service to fix whatever was not working properly or even ask questions. Therefore, the crew had to be able to make repairs and do maintenance on their own. Each piece of equipment had a manual of operating procedures, maintenance, schematics and parts lists.  All the administrative offices also relied on manuals to perform their functions. While not a machinery space the Supply Office, for example, lived by the guidelines and rules laid out in the BuSandA and NavComp manuals and the parts lists included in the FOCSL, COSAL, ERPAL and many other documents. Our friend Ed Zajkowski recently had the chance to view many of these old manuals and sent along some samples for you to enjoy.

Ship's Service and Emergency Distribution Systems by Gibbs & Cox, Inc. - 1944
Turbine Driven High Pressure Air Compressors by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. - 1941
Emergency Feed and Fire & Bilge Pumps by Naval Sea Systems Command - 1975

Foam Generator (Carbon - Dioxide) System
General Notes

Soloshell L. P. Distilling Plant
By Griscom-Russell Company - March 1, 1942

Operation Manual
Main Propulsion Plant
DD445 and DD692 Classes

Arrangement of Machinery Upper Level - Forward Plant	Arrangement of Machinery Lower Level - Forward Plant	Arrangement of Machinery Upper Level - After Plant	Arrangement of Machinery Lower Level - After Plant
Condensate System #1 Engine Room	Condensate System #2 Engine Room	Fuel Oil Transfer System	Sequence Table for Emptying Fuel Oil Tanks
Forward Generator and Distribution Switchboard	Babcock & Wilcox Single-Uptake Controlled-Superheat Marine Boiler		After Generator and Distribution Switchboard

Do you have any manuals from those Sumner days?  We are looking for almost any type including 3&2, 1&Chief, FOCSL, etc.
Let us know.