Engineers Tried for Hours to Restart the “Dead” Warship — Then the Admiral Called a Retired Sailor No One Remembered

a compact digital thermometer from his toolbox—an older model, well-used but precise—and began moving through the engine room, taking measurements at different points and recording each one in his notebook. “This ship generates enormous heat. The turbines, the electronics, the systems running at capacity—all of it produces thermal energy that has to continue reading …