"Alphonse: 600 psi and 1200 psi boilers are built basically the same they are both type D boilers and one difference is of course the higher pressure and temp between the two boilers and also the number of Burners. Also most 1200 PSI boilers could…"
"Ronnie: Other than higher steam pressure and some automation how do 1200 pound boilers differ from 600 pound boilers. I got out in 1965,fired 600 P.S.I. B & W boilers in the & worked in the Boiler Repair gang aboard U.S.S. Yorktown CVS-10 which is…"
"I was stationed aboard the Conny from 1973 to 1976. The first 2 yrs was in 1 main machinery room as a BT. The last year I spent in the Oil Lab. Also spent a short time in the BR Shop"