Our Facilities

Facilities Description

The campus comprises three buildings, a floating laboratory instructional platform, 1,025' of pier/dock footage and several training vessels. Housed therein are six classrooms, six laboratories, administrative offices, machine shop; library; and, student lounge. Specialized facilities include: a diesel lab; hydraulics and refrigeration lab; electrical lab; rigging and trawl gear lab; radar lab; and, computer lab. The fleet consists of: 43-foot troller; 83-foot cutter and, 101-foot training ship.. The larger vessels are further described in the Training Fleet section of this home page. The principal training aids found in our engineering laboratories are summarized below along with select support facilities.

Diesel Engine Laboratory No. 1

Engine room mock-up (1,630 Sq. Ft.) equipped with working genset, distribution panel, air compressor and several working diesel engines including: GM Detroit 6045-A/In-Line 6-cylinder, 2-stroke with Gray Marine 64-HN9 reduction gear; GM Detroit 6-71/In-Line 6-cylinder 2-stroke with Crocker Wheeler 480 VAC/ 60KW generator; Fairbanks-Morse 36A-4-S/In-line 4-cylinder, 4-stroke with Twin Disc 6424 reduction gear; Continental Marine 427/In-line 6 cylinder, 4-stroke with Paragon reduction gear; and, a Hill 4R Vertical In-line 4-cylinder, 4-stroke with Delco 120 VDC/ 20KW generator. This last engine is of special significance because it is a miniature version of the large vertical in-line engines found on big ships. Hence, through extrapolation, SMA can introduce students to big ship engines.

Diesel Engine Laboratory No. 2

Diesel lab (685 Sq. Ft.) equipped with working diesel engines including: (2) Perkins 354/In-line 6-cylinder, 4-stroke; Caterpillar 3306B/In-Line 6-cylinder, 4-stroke; Case G188D/In-Line 4-cylinder, 4-stroke; GM Detroit 8V-71 8-cylinder, 2-stroke; GM Detroit 2-71 2-cylinder, 2-stroke; GM Detroit 4-71/In-Line 4-cylinder, 2-stroke; Lister air-cooled marine In-Line 6-cylinder, 4-stroke; Volvo Penta 2-cylinder, 4-stroke; and, a Westerbeke W40/In-Line 4 cylinder, 4-stroke with Paragon SA0D reduction gear.

Electricity/Electronics Laboratory

Fully furnished 734 Sq. Ft. electrical laboratory/classroom with ten student work stations fully equipped for experimentation and testing. Each work station has 125 VAC Single-Phase, 240 VAC Three-Phase Delta and 125 VDC current service. Lab is equipped with a variety of electrical training aids for use by students including: AC Resonance demonstrators; AC simulators; Analog V-O-Ms; Digital Multimeters; Capacitance Bank trainers; DC Motor/Generator simulators; Direct Circuitry demonstrators; Motor Assembly trainers plus alternate Brushes and Coils; Motor Starting Relay trainers; Phase Sequence Indicators; Phase-Shift simulators; Rheostat Control Assembly trainers; Oscilloscopes; Single/3-Phase Motor Control Circuit trainers; Single/3-Phase Transformer trainers; and, MegaOhm meters. Lab also equipped with 3 electricity experimentation stations (Hampden) inclusive of motor package consisting of following items: DC Machine; Dynamometer; Induction Motor (3-Phase AC); Multi-function Machine (Single-Phase AC); Synchronous Machine (3-Phase AC); Phase Lamps unit; Resistance Load/Reactance Load unit; Wound Rotor Controller; and, Wound Rotor Motor. Lab also furnished with blackboard and projection screen.

Hydraulics & Refrigeration Laboratory

Fully furnished 1,121 Sq. Ft. hydraulics and refrigeration lab equipped with working models and cut-aways including: 5 model refrigeration trainers; compressors; 3 hydraulic steering simulators; 2 fluid power trainers; hydraulic anchor winch trainer; hydraulic boom winch; hydraulic gypsy head trainer; hydraulic seine winch trainer; hydraulic trolling gurdie trainer; hydraulic piston pump trainers; hydraulic diaphragm pump simulator; electro-hydraulic valve pump trainers; fixed displacement axial piston pump cut-away; variable displacement axial piston pump cut-away; hydraulic vane pump cut-away; hydraulic flow control valve cut-away; hydraulic relief valve cut-away; hydraulic fluid filter cut-away; an assortment of hydraulic valves, cylinders, fittings and related equipment; and, 2 fuel-oil water separators.

Machine Shop

The machine shop occupies 1,068 Sq. Ft. and is fully equipped with 4 lathes, 3 drill presses, 3 band saws, 1 arc welder, 1 pipe cutter, 1 hydraulic press, 1 valve refacer and all related equipment, hardware and tools.

Radar Laboratory

Radar lab (225 Sq. Ft.) equipped with six operating big ship radars (Decca, Iotron & Raytheon) connected to a central gyrocompass (Sperry) as well as several small radars (Furuno & Raytheon).

Computer Laboratory

Fully furnished 484 Sq. Ft. computer lab with twenty-eight 486 and 386 student computer stations connected to a network server. Software programs of note include: ELECTRONICS WORKBENCH (electricity trainer); FLAGS (International Code of Flags/Signals trainer); QUIZME II (databank of U.S. Coast Guard exam questions); RADPLOT (radar simulator/trainer); STABILITY FOR SHIP OPERATIONS (stability trainer); and, WORDPERFECT 5.1 (word processing package).

Library

The library functions primarily as a reference library. It is equipped with a reading table, photocopier and blueprint/microfiche reader. The 2,000-volume collection includes a wide variety of books, monographs, manuals, documents and other materials covering nearly all marine technology topics. In addition, SMA subscribes to a myriad of marine periodicals which the student may review at the reading table. Via the on-line catalog system students can access the collections of all libraries within the Seattle Community College District and borrow books from those collections. Furthermore, with the assistence of the library technician and library computer, students have access to the Worldwide Web and may download (print out) information from any website.

Student Lounge (a.k.a. The Atrium Lounge)

Located adjacent to the library the lounge comprises 741 Sq. Ft. and is equipped with a full kitchen, bathroom facilities and vending machines.

Other Teaching Aids

Complementing the instructional facilities are a vast array of teaching aids including but not limited to: slide projectors; overhead projectors; movie projectors; combination VCR/monitors; sextants; peloruses; signaling lamps; CPR resuscitation mannequins; liferafts; lifeboats; portable radio transmitters; survival suits; rations; life slings; distress signals; EPIRBS; fire extinguishers; fire hoses; water strainers; nozzles; self contained breathing apparatuses; gas-free testing lamps; voltage testers; engine component cut-aways; and, tools.