Emergancy Repair Shop

Another specialty shop onboard many naval ships is an emergency repair shop. On US military ships, it’s called the DC shop or Damage Control shop. They deal with things like making sure the fire main is working properly and all the fire hoses are properly repaired to fight any fires on ship. They also keep track of things like all the repair lockers (the central areas to hold things to repair any problems like firefighting gear, flooding cleanup, pipe patching gear, hull rupture repair equipment, and shores to hold up sagging bulkheads(walls) and overheads(ceilings). There are so many frames on a ship to each repair locker with an extra locker near the main machinery spaces) and gas masks in case of chemical attacks. These are also the people in charge of the drills that are run weekly to prepare for the possibility of an emergency. Out on the high seas a ship can be hours away from any other ship. If disaster strikes the only help available is the crew so they need to be prepared for anything at any time.