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or shut the exhaust valve too soon. Our nuclear Navy enginemen seldom fire up the emergency diesel, so it’s just not a routine operation them like it was for the diesel boat fleet of the 60s.
Even though routine, we still filled the diesel boat with exhaust many a time during normal engine startup or shutdown procedures. Everything inside that 306 foot long and 27 feet wide pressure hull smelled like diesel fumes, but most of the 89 crew offset the diesel smell by smoking a pack of cigarettes to make the air smell more like nicotine and less diesel. 
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