National Defense 1*1 Defence nationale Maritime *t&<£V Engineering Journal July 1990 Canada Update: Whatever happened to Kootenay's old bow? ...page 36 MARITIME ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY 1990 Maritime Engineering Journal JULY 1990 DEPARTMENTS Editor's Notes Letters 4 Commodore's Corner 5 FEATURES NaMMS EDM - Automated Maintenance Management for the Fleet by LCdr R.H. Bayne, LCdr W. Dziadyk and Lt(N) J. Roop 7 AAW Computer Modelling of CPF and TRUMP Director General by Michel Beaulne and Greg Walker 13 Maritime Engineering and U.S. Navy Ship Shock Trial: Maintenance Commodore W.J. Broughton An Observer's Account by Ole Bezemer 18 Editor Authors' Proposal: Capt(N) Dent Harrison A Naval Reserve NCM Engineer Training Plan by Lt(N) Dave Marecek and PO1 Ken Quick 20 Technical Editors Cdr Roger Cyr (Combat Systems) Why Ada Makes Good Sense LCdr Rick Bracken (Combat Systems) by Cdr Roger Cyr 25 LCdr N. Leak (Marine Systems) LCdr Darcy Byrtus (Naval Architecture) FORUM 29 LCdr Cliff Johnston (Naval Architecture) LOOKING BACK : DDH-205 Destroyer Towing Incident 33 Production Editor LCdr(R) Brian McCullough NEWS BRIEFS 34 (819) 997-9355 Graphic Design Ivor Pontiroli DPGS 7-2 Word Processing by DMAS/WPRC 4MS Mrs. Terry Brown, Supervisor Translation Services by Secretary of State Translation Bureau Mrs. Elaine Lefebvre, Director OUR COVER The Maritime Engineering Journal (ISSN 0713-0058) is an authorized, unofficial publication of the Domenic Racanelli, NETE system manager maritime engineers of the Canadian Forces, published four times a year by the Director General Mari- for the NaMMS EDM (see story inside), time Engineering and Maintenance. Views expressed are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect official opinion or policy. Correspondence can be addressed to: The Editor, Maritime Enginee- explains VMS operating system commands ring Journal, DMEE, National Defence Headquarters, MGen George R. Pearkes Building, Ottawa, to MSET Jim Green and P2 Gilles Desrosiers Ontario, Canada K1A OKI. The editor reserves the right to reject or edit any editorial material, and of HMCS Huron. (CFphoto by Cpl Richard while every effort is made to return artwork and photos in good condition the Journal can assume Sirois, Base Photo Esquimalt) no responsibility for this. Unless otherwise stated, Journal articles may be reprinted with proper credit. MARITIME ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY 1990 Editor's Notes The investment is paying off Keep those cards and letters coming in. We've done it! After eight years of What was certain, however, was that And finally, as I prepare to leave publication the Maritime Engineering the Journal had to be made more acces- DMEE and the Journal to take up my Journal has officially gone quarterly. sible to the membership it serves. Breaks new posting as Director of Military Pro- Only three issues will appear during this of even four months between issues were gram Planning in NDHQ, I would like calendar year, but the publication of the just too long for the magazine to func- to extend farewell best wishes to three issue you are reading now marks the tion properly as a working journal of senior MAREs who will be retiring this beginning of our new quarterly produc- Canadian maritime engineering activity, summer: Rear-Admiral D.R. Boyle tion schedule. From here on in we'll be ideas and concerns. It would have to ap- (Chief of Engineering and Main- bringing you the Journal four times a pear at least quarterly. So we pressed tenance), Commodore Ed Bowkett year — in January, April, July and on, believing that somehow enough (Project Manager Canadian Submarine October. article submissions would find their way Acquisition Project) and Commodore into our mail-bag. Bill Broughton (Director General This is a significant milestone for us Maritime Engineering and Main- because it marks the achievement of a As it turned out, the supply of arti- tenance). These officers deserve the con- goal that was set back in 1985. That was cles was the least of the worries. Con- gratulations of the maritime engineering the year the Journal began publishing tributions have reached the point now community for their many years of dedi- three times a year after being redesigned where we must produce four issues a cated and meaningful naval service. into more or less the format we see year just to accommodate them all today. In the five years since then the within a reasonable time frame. This is editorial staff has been steadily groom- tremendously encouraging, especially ing the Journal and streamlining its since we're beginning to see some fairly production process to make quarterly strong feedback to articles published in production of our branch journal a recent issues. If ever proof were needed reality. of the Journal's importance within the maritime engineering branch, few things So why a quarterly. Well, it might in- could be more convincing than the Our thanks go to Captain Harrison for terest you to know that we did not step present demands for publishing space. the discerning editorial direction and up publication to accommodate an in- guidance he provided during the past creasing number of article submissions. two years, and we extend to him our best To the contrary, when the Journal was wishes for a successful term with his new started along this path five years ago, directorate. (The editorial staff) there was some concern we wouldn't receive enough articles to "fill" four issues every year. MARITIME ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY 1990 Cmdre E.G.A. Bowkett Cmdre W.J. Broughton MARITIME ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY 1990 Letters to the Editor Dear Sir, Thank you for sending me the Provincial statutes (in Ontario "The The apparent contradiction is this: (January/April issue) of the Maritime Professional Engineers Act") require even though many engineers within the Engineering Journal. I especially that no person shall practice engineering DND are licensed "P.Eng." (or "ing." enjoyed the article on the HMCS Koo- in the province without licensure as a in Quebec), we are not necessarily com- tenay collision repair as I was working Professional Engineer. This requirement pliant with all of the requirements of the at NEU(P) when this work was done. is cascaded from a federal statute which Act. requires the provinces to enact such Slt(R) Bruce Trayhurn legislation, but exempts employee engi- It would seem that the situation HMCS Unicorn neers of the federal government from within the federal civil service creates an Saskatoon, Sask. compliance with the licensing requi- environment where incompetent and rement. negligent engineers could continue to Dear Sir, work, and escape responsibility and To quote from the Ontario Act, Arti- accountability for their actions. A short while ago I had occasion to cle 2.(3) : "The principal object of the read an article in the April 1989 edition Association is to regulate the practice of A further complication arises in the of the Maritime Engineering Journal professional engineering and to govern MARE community as many of our entitled "Naval Officers as Program- its members, holders of certificates of number are relocated to different pro- mers - A Wasted Resource" by Cdr authorization, holders of temporary vinces on a regular basis. Should we be Roger Cyr. Being the present course licences and holders of limited licences seeking to be relicensed every time this officer for the Advanced Programmer in accordance with this Act, the regula- happens? An unworkable situation Analyst course at the Canadian Forces tions and the bylaws in order that the would result. Fleet School in Halifax, I am opposed public interest may be served and pro- The opinions of the readership are to much of the content of this article. tected." Clear evidence of the results of solicited. Accordingly, I am enclosing a paper this activity are reflected in the bi- which looks at Canadian naval pro- monthly APEO journal "Engineering G.E.Clunis, P.Eng., ing. grammers from a different perspective. Dimensions," with its publishing of dis- (formerly) DMEE 2-7-3 ciplinary actions against members. Lt(N) C.P. Conrad M.L. Gingras, ing. APA Course Officer Specific obligations under the Act DMEE 2-3-4 CF Fleet School, Halifax include compliance with a Code of Pro- fessional Conduct, a Code of Ethics, (Lt Conrad's paper and other commen- and Performance Standards (Ontario taries appear in the Forum section of Regulation 538/84 Sections 86, 91, and this issue. - Ed.) 9la). To quote from a letter issued by the Order of Engineers of Quebec : Dear Sir, "...the engineer must affix his seal and signature on plans and specifications, We write this letter to explore certain sign reports and studies which he has aspects of professional engineering prepared himself or which have been within the DND. prepared by a non-member, under his immediate supervision. By performing such an act the engineer commits his entire responsibility relative to any fault resulting from his work." There is no provision in the Act exempting licensed Professional Engi- neers from the requirements of the Act should they happen to work for the federal civil service. MARITIME ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JULY 1990 - Commodore's Corner The View from Washington By Commodore E. Lawder I was delighted to be asked to write the Commodore's Corner for this issue. The last time I had the honour was in 1985 when I was COSMAT in Maritime Command. In that last job I was very much in a "technical" position so there was some logic to appear on this august page. Other than having "grown up" as a MARE, you may ask what are my credentials now for this honour since I am the Canadian Forces Naval Attache (CFNA) in Washington.