EOOW

Acronym	Definition
EOOW	Engineering Officer Of the Watch

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Imagine an Officer of the Deck calling the EOOW upon a loss of propulsion and getting a response of: "We are not tracking that issue but will check into it right away," or worse yet, the EOOW responding with: "Do you have a trouble ticket or is this a new issue?"

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Among the first steps in responding to any casualty is the EOOW taking control of the system from the remote station.

In main-reduction, shafting and control reversible-pitch casualties, the EOOW will take control of propulsion in CCS and stop the ship.

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The OOD, combat systems officer (CSO), engineer officer (EO), systems test officer (STO), EMO, CSOOW, and EOOW all must adhere to and enforce established aloft/radiation-zone safety procedures.

A navy job with a view ... and its share of risks: a chief electronics technician (left) works aloft on radar equipment. We realize there are a couple of safety violations (e.g., he has no working lanyard, and the leg straps are loose), but we couldn't find a single photo without at least some violations--hence, the reason for this story