What is the purpose of a bilge well?

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What is the purpose of a bilge well?

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• Bilge: the lowest part of a ship where unwanted liquids accumulate • How water and other liquids are removed from a vessel’s hull • Typical features found in a ship’s double bottom versus in the bilge

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• Where does water that seeps or leaks inside the hull tend to collect naturally? • Which part of the ship’s structure is designed so that pumps can easily remove accumulated liquids? • Do sounding reference points or access to the shell plating require a special ‘well,’ or is that more associated with drainage and pumping?

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• Identify what normally happens to small amounts of leakage, condensation, or wash water in a compartment • Think about which choice best relates to drainage and pumping rather than measurement or access • Eliminate any options that mainly describe measurement or structural access functions, not collection of unwanted liquids

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What is the purpose of a bilge well?

To provide access for the pneumercator

To collect water to be pumped out

To afford access to the shell through the double bottoms

To provide a base line for sounding measurements

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