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NAVAL SHIPS’ TECHNICAL MANUAL

CHAPTER 583 - VOLUME 1

BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT

THIS CHAPTER SUPERSEDES CHAPTER 583 Rev 6 DATED 1 APRIL 2010

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FOREWORD

NSTM Chaoter 583 Volume 1 provides information on BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT and contains the following 14 sections:

SECTION 1 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES PROCESSES AND CONTROLS

SECTION 2 DIMENSIONS, WEIGHTS, AND CHARACTERISTICS

SECTION 3 REGISTRY NUMBERS AND IDENTIFICATION

SECTION 4 BOAT CAPACITY, OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

SECTION 5 EQUIPMENT AND REPAI

SECTION 6 PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AT SEA

SECTION 7 HOISTING SLINGS AND FITTINGS

SECTION 8 MAINTENANCE

SECTION 9 PRESERVATION OF BOATS ASHORE

SECTION 10 BARGES AND GIGS

SECTION 11 ANTI-TERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION AND SPECIAL MISSION BOATS AND CRAFT

SECTION 12 LIFE RAFTS AND ABANDON SHIP BOAT

SECTION 13 SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR)

SECTION 14 BOAT TRAILERS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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583 VOLUME 1

BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

SECTION 1 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES PROCESSES AND CONTROLS . . . . . . . . 1-1

583-1.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 583-1.1.1 BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

583-1.2 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 583-1.2.1 DEFINITION OF A NAVY BOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 583-1.2.2 BOAT RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

583-1.2.2.1 Boat Life Cycle Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 583-1.2.2.2 Boat Accountable Property Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

583-1.2.3 BOAT REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 583-1.2.4 BOAT PROCUREMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

583-1.3 AUTHORIZED ALLOWANCE OF BOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 583-1.3.1 ALLOWANCE OF BOATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 583-1.3.2 CHANGES IN BOAT ALLOWANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

583-1.3.3 BOATS ASSIGNED TO FLAGS AND COMMANDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

583-1.3.4 HOW BOATS ARE OBTAINED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

583-1.4 BOAT ASSIGNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

583-1.4.1 DETERMINING SPECIFIC BOATS TO BE ASSIGNED. . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

583-1.4.1.1 Issue of a New Boat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 583-1.4.1.2 Issue/Transfer of “As-is” Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

583-1.4.2 UNFILLED ALLOWANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 583-1.4.3 ASSIGNING BOATS TO A CUSTODIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

583-1.4.3.1 Custodian Boat Account Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 583-1.4.4 BOAT TRANSFER/RECEIPT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

583-1.4.4.1 Originating Custodian Transfer Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . 1-7 583-1.4.4.2 Receiving Custodian Receipt Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 583-1.4.4.3 Boat Receipt: New Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 583-1.4.4.4 Boat Depreservation and Reactivation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 583-1.4.4.5 New Boat Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

583-1.4.5 CUSTODIAL ACCOUNTABLITY FOR ASSIGNED BOATS. . . . . . . . . 1-9

583-1.4.5.1 Sub-Custody Procedures: Higher Level Custodians. . . . . . . . 1-9 583-1.4.5.2 Sub-Custody Procedures: Ship’s Boat Pools. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 583-1.4.5.3 Physical Inventory Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

583-1.4.6 BOATS TRANSFERRED WITH A FLAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 583-1.4.7 EMERGENCY BOAT TRANSFER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

583-1.4.8 BOAT ASSIGNMENT TO SPECIAL PROJECTS AND TEMPORARY

LOANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

583-1.5 BOATS IN SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

583-1.5.1 OPERATING AND SUPPORT (O&S) RESPONSIBILITIES. . . . . . . . . . 1-12

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583-1.5.1.1 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) Sponsor. . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.2 PEO Ships, PMS 325 Life Cycle Manager (LCM). . . . . . . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.3 Support Commander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.4 Custodian Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.5 Engineering Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

583-1.5.1.5.1 In-Service Engineering Agent Support. . . . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.5.2 Boat Planning Yard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 583-1.5.1.5.3 Integrated Logistics Support Manager. . . . . . 1-13

583-1.5.2 LIAISON ACTION RECORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 583-1.5.3 IN-SERVICE INSPECTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

583-1.5.3.1 Boat Materiel Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 583-1.5.3.1.1 MI Conduct and Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 583-1.5.3.1.2 Condition Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 583-1.5.3.1.3 Operational Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 583-1.5.3.1.4 Configuration Audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 583-1.5.3.1.5 MI Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

583-1.5.4 BOAT ASSESSMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

583-1.6 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

583-1.6.1 BOAT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION IDENTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

583-1.6.2 BOAT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CHANGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

583-1.6.2.1 Configuration Changes: General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 583-1.6.2.2 Configuration Change Request Submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 583-1.6.2.3 Configuration Change Request Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 583-1.6.2.4 Alteration Authority to Develop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 583-1.6.2.5 BOATALT Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

583-1.6.2.5.1 Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 583-1.6.2.5.2 Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 583-1.6.2.5.3 BOATALT Issuance and Cancellation. . . . . . 1-20

583-1.6.2.6 Alteration Authority to Implement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 583-1.6.2.7 Emergent Liaison Action Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 583-1.6.2.8 BOATALT Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

583-1.6.2.8.1 Active Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 583-1.6.2.8.2 Repair Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 583-1.6.2.8.3 Reporting BOATALT Installation Records. . . . 1-21 583-1.6.2.8.4 BOATALT Completion Record. . . . . . . . . . 1-21

583-1.7 BOAT SERVICE LIFE AND REPLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 583-1.7.1 SERVICE LIFE FOR NAVY BOATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 583-1.7.2 SERVICE LIFE BUSINESS RULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 583-1.7.3 BOAT REPLACEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 583-1.7.4 REPAIRABILITY OF BOATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

583-1.8 BOAT DISPOSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

583-1.8.1 CUSTODIAN DISPOSITION RESPONSIBILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

583-1.8.2 REQUESTING DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 583-1.8.3 BOAT INSPECTION REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 ii

583-1.8.4 DISPOSITION DETERMINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 583-1.8.5 PREPARATION FOR DISPOSITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25

583-1.8.5.1 Demilitarization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 583-1.8.5.2 Preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 583-1.8.5.3 Removal of Hazardous Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 583-1.8.5.4 Packaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 583-1.8.5.5 Shipment Preparation and Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 583-1.8.5.6 Boat Shipment/Disposition Execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 583-1.8.5.7 Boat Transportation Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27

583-1.9 WHOLESALE INVENTORY STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 583-1.9.1 STOCK FACILITY MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 583-1.9.2 STOCK BOAT MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

583-1.9.3 STOCK BOAT RECEIPT, INSPECTIONS AND STORAGE. . . . . . . . . 1-28

583-1.9.4 STOCK BOAT PART REMOVAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

583-1.10 BOAT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29 583-1.10.1 BOAT INVENTORY CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

583-1.10.2 ADDITION OF BOATS TO THE NAVY INVENTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

583-1.10.2.1 Boat Addition to Inventory: New Construction Boats. . . . . . . 1-30 583-1.10.2.2 Boat Addition to Inventory: Existing Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30 583-1.10.2.3 Boat Addition to Inventory: Contractor Purchased Boats. . . . . 1-30 583-1.10.2.4 Boat Addition to Inventory: Boats from Other Defense Agencies.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30 583-1.10.3 CONTROL OF BOATS IN THE INVENTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

583-1.10.3.1 CBSS/DPAS Inventory Reconciliation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 583-1.10.3.2 Inventory Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 583-1.10.3.3 Annual Boat Inventory Validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 583-1.10.3.4 Triennial Physical Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

583-1.10.4 REMOVAL OF BOATS FROM THE NAVY INVENTORY. . . . . . . . . . 1-32

583-1.10.4.1 Boat Removal from Inventory: Disposition Instructions. . . . . . 1-32 583-1.10.4.2 Boat Removal from Inventory: Property Loss. . . . . . . . . . . 1-33

SECTION 2 DIMENSIONS, WEIGHTS, AND CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

583-2.1 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 583-2.1.1 DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 583-2.1.2 WEIGHT REPORTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

583-2.2 STANDARD SHIP’S BOATS CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

583-2.2.1 SHIP’S BOAT PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

583-2.3 PAINT PUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 583-2.3.1 PAINT PUNT DEFINITION AND USE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 583-2.3.2 PAINT PUNT PURCHASE DESCRIPTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

SECTION 3 REGISTRY NUMBERS AND IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS . . . . . . . . . 3-1

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583-3.1 REGISTRY NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

583-3.1.1 ASSIGNED NAVY HULL REGISTRY NUMBERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

583-3.1.2 REQUEST FOR REGISTRY NUMBER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

583-3.2 IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 583-3.2.1 STANDARD MARKINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

583-3.2.1.1 Flag Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 583-3.2.1.2 Unit Commander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 583-3.2.1.3 Chief of Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 583-3.2.1.4 Commanding Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 583-3.2.1.5 Ships’ Boats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 583-3.2.1.6 Shore Based Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 583-3.2.1.7 Letters and Numeral Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

583-3.2.2 IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR COMBATANT CRAFT. . . . . . . . 3-3

SECTION 4 BOAT CAPACITY, OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAFETY

PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

583-4.1 BOAT CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

583-4.1.1 BOAT REGISTRY AND BOATALT LABEL PLATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

583-4.1.1.1 Registry Plate Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

583-4.1.2 DETERMINATION OF PERSONNEL CAPACITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

583-4.1.3 SHIP’S 7-METER RIB WEIGHT CONSIDERATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

583-4.1.3.1 Ship’s 7-Meter RIB Full Load Condition: Boats Procured Prior to September 30, 2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

583-4.1.3.2 Ship’s 7-Meter RIB Full Load Condition. Boats Procured On/After September 30, 2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

583-4.1.3.3 Ship’s 7-Meter RIB Hoisting Condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 583-4.1.4 CAPACITY NOT TO BE EXCEEDED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

583-4.1.4.1 Flotation Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 583-4.1.5 HANDLING OF MISSION PAYLOAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 583-4.1.6 REDUCTION IN CAPACITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

583-4.2 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMERGENCY USAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

583-4.2.1 INTERNAL BUOYANCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 583-4.2.2 LIFE PRESERVERS STOWED IN BOATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

583-4.3 BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT FIRE HAZARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 583-4.3.1 LIST OF FIRE HAZARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 583-4.3.2 GASOLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

583-4.3.2.1 Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

583-4.3.3 CLOTHING AND OILY WASTE OR RAGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

583-4.3.4 FUEL LEAKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

583-4.3.4.1 Shutoff Valves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 583-4.3.4.2 Components of the Fuel System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 583-4.3.4.3 Stowages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

583-4.3.5 VENTILATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 iv

583-4.3.5.1 Leakage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 583-4.3.5.2 Gasoline Vapor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 583-4.3.5.3 Vapor in Bilges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 583-4.3.5.4 Explosive Sparks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

583-4.3.6 FUELING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 583-4.3.6.1 Before Starting Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 583-4.3.6.2 Flame Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

583-4.3.7 BILGES AND SUMPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 583-4.3.8 EXHAUST PIPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 583-4.3.9 DIRTY ENGINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

583-4.4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 583-4.4.1 GASOLINE VAPOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 583-4.4.2 CLOSED ENGINE ROOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.3 ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.4 FUEL PIPING AND TANK FITTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.5 WIRE GAUZE SCREENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.6 BILGES AND SUMPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.7 VENTILATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 583-4.4.8 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 583-4.4.9 LIQUIFIED GAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

583-4.4.10 SIGNALING DEVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

SECTION 5 EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

583-5.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 583-5.1.1 BOAT EQUIPMENT AND OUTFIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

583-5.1.1.1 Boat Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 583-5.1.1.2 Allowance Parts List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 583-5.1.1.3 Outfit Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 583-5.1.1.4 Allowance Equipage List). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

583-5.1.2 PROCUREMENT OF OUTFIT AND MAINTENANCE PARTS. . . . . . . 5-2

583-5.1.3 DISPOSITION OF OUTFIT AND MAINTENANCE PARTS. . . . . . . . . 5-2

SECTION 6 PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AT SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

583-6.1 COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

583-6.2 NAVIGATION RULES (RULES OF THE ROAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

583-6.2.1 INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND NAVIGATION RULES. . . . . . . . . . 6-1

SECTION 7 HOISTING SLINGS AND FITTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

583-7.1 NAVSEA REQUIRED SAFETY FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

583-7.1.1 BOATS AND CRAFT ASSIGNED TO SHIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

583-7.1.2 BOATS AND CRAFT ASSIGNED TO SHORE STATIONS AND

NON-SHIP EXPEDITIONARY COMMANDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

v

583-7.1.3 HOISTING CONDITION WEIGHTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 583-7.1.4 GALVANIZING OF PARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

583-7.2 MANUFACTURE OF HOISTING SLINGS, BAILS, AND FITTINGS . . . . . . . . 7-2

583-7.2.1 TESTING FACILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

583-7.3 INSPECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 583-7.3.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 583-7.3.2 WIRE ROPE SLINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 583-7.3.3 WEBBING SLINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 583-7.3.4 ARAMID FIBER (KEVLAR) SLINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 583-7.3.5 LIFTING FRAMES, INSPECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

583-7.4 TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 583-7.4.1 HOISTING SLINGS LOAD TESTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

583-7.4.1.1 Wire Rope Sling Load Test Periodicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 583-7.4.1.2 Webbing Sling Load Test and Replacement Periodicity. . . . . . 7-4 583-7.4.1.3 Aramid Fiber Sling Load Test and Replacement Periodicity. . . 7-4 583-7.4.1.4 Retesting of New Slings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

583-7.4.2 LIFTING FRAME LOAD TESTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 583-7.4.3 HOISTING FITTING LOAD TESTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 583-7.4.4 FIT TESTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

583-7.5 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 583-7.5.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 583-7.5.2 WIRE ROPE SLINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 583-7.5.3 WEBBING AND ARAMID FIBER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 583-7.5.4 LIFTING FITTINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 583-7.5.5 IN-SERVICE TAGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

583-7.6 RECORDS OF INSPECTION AND TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 583-7.6.1 BOAT LOG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

583-7.6.2 REPAIR ACTIVITIES’ RECORD OF INSPECTIONS AND TESTS. . . . . 7-7

583-7.7 SIDE GUYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 583-7.7.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 583-7.7.2 RIGGING FIBER LINE SIDE GUYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

SECTION 8 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

583-8.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 583-8.1.1 PLANNED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

583-8.1.1.1 Maintenance Support Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

583-8.2 ALUMINUM BOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 583-8.2.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

583-8.2.1.1 General Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 vi

583-8.2.2 GALVANIC CORROSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 583-8.2.2.1 Galvanic Corrosion Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

583-8.2.3 CLEANLINESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 583-8.2.4 FORMING ANNEALED ALLOYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

583-8.2.5 FORMING STRAIN HARDENED ALLOYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

583-8.2.6 REFORMING DAMAGED PARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 583-8.2.7 PAINTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

583-8.2.7.1 Underwater Hull on Boats that Require an Antifouling Coating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

583-8.2.8 CATHODIC PROTECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 583-8.2.9 SEACOCKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

583-8.2.9.1 Lubricating Aluminum Fittings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 583-8.2.9.2 Pipe Hangers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 583-8.2.9.3 Propeller Shafting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 583-8.2.9.4 Shaft Buildup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

583-8.2.10 MOORING AND TOWING DECK FITTINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

583-8.2.10.1 Dissimilar Metal Fittings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 583-8.2.10.2 Deck Equipment Reinstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

583-8.2.11 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 583-8.2.11.1 Mooring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.2 Shore Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.3 Gangways and Welding Machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.4 Isolating Welding Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.5 Battery Chargers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.6 Bilge Flush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 583-8.2.11.7 Drydocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.3 STEEL BOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.3.1 PAINTING, SAND-BLASTING, AND SCRAPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.3.2 CATHODIC PROTECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 583-8.3.3 STRAY CURRENT PROTECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.4 GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC BOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.4.1 GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC BOAT HULLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.4.2 GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC BOAT CONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . 8-6

583-8.4.3 GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC BOAT CONSTRUCTION TYPES. . . . 8-6

583-8.4.4 PAINT REMOVAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 583-8.4.5 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

583-8.4.5.1 Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 555-8.4.4.2 Loose Fastenings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 555-8.4.4.3 Propeller, Shaft, and Strut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

583-8.5 CATHODIC PROTECTION OF BOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 583-8.5.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

583-8.5.2 INSTALLATION OF ALUMINUM HULL ANODES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

555-8.6 ENGINE MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 vii

583-8.6.1 ENGINE MAINTENANCE GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

583-8.6.2 ENGINE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

583-8.6.3 WARNING CONCERNING ENGINE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINES. . . 8-9

583-8.7 GUIDANCE FOR FLEET PERSONNEL ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE

AND REPAIR OF BOATS AND LANDING CRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

583-8.7.1 INITIAL INSPECTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 583-8.7.2 REFERENCE MATERIAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

SECTION 9 PRESERVATION OF BOATS ASHORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.1 PRESERVATION APPLICABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.1.1 PRESERVATION FOR TURN IN TO STOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.1.2 PRESERVATION FOR LOCAL STORAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.2 PRESERVATION PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.2.1 CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PRESERVATION. . . . . . . . . . 9-1

583-9.2.2 PROPULSION SYSTEM PRESERVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 583-9.2.3 OVERALL BOAT PRESERVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

SECTION 10 BARGES AND GIGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10.1 CONVERSION OF STANDARD BOAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10.1.1 STANDARD ITEMS APPROVAL AND INSTALLATIONS. . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10.2 STANDARD ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10.2.1 CONVERSION OF STANDARD BOATS TO BARGES AND GIGS. . . . . 10-1

583-10.2.2 STANDARD ITEMS APPROVAL AND FUNDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10.2.3 PAINTING OF BARGES AND GIGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

SECTION 11 ANTI-TERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION AND SPECIAL MISSION

BOATS AND CRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.1 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.2 FORCE PROTECTION/ANTI-TERRORISM BOAT TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.2.1 HARBOR SECURITY (HS) AND PATROL BOATS (PB). . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.2.2 BARRIER BOATS (BB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 583-11.2.3 ESCORT BOATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.3 FORCE PROTECTION/ANTI-TERRORISM HULL CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.3.1 COLLAR TYPES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.4 ENGINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 583-11.4.1 PROPULSION UNITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

583-11.5 WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 viii

SECTION 12 LIFE RAFTS AND ABANDON SHIP BOAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

583-12.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 583-12.1.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 583-12.1.2 TYPES OF INFLATABLE LIFE RAFTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 583-12.1.3 LIFE RAFT SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 583-12.1.4 ABANDON SHIP BOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

583-12.2 ALLOWANCES AND ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 583-12.2.1 CORRESPONDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 583-12.2.2 STANDARD SHIPBOARD ALLOWANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 583-12.2.3 CHANGES IN ALLOWANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 583-12.2.4 HOW RAFTS ARE OBTAINED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

583-12.3 REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 583-12.3.1 MAJOR REPAIR REPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 583-12.3.2 LIFE RAFT TURN-IN OR EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 583-12.3.3 RECEIPT OF NEW LIFE RAFT REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

583-12.4 DISPOSALS AND SURVEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 583-12.4.1 DISPOSAL OF LIFE RAFTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

583-12.4.2 REPLACEMENT AT END OF 25-YEAR SERVICE LIFE. . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

583-12.4.3 LOSS OF LIFE RAFT AT SEA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

583-12.4.4 CERTIFIED AND REPAIR FACILITIES DISPOSAL OF LIFE RAFTS. . . 12-4

583-12.4.5 LIFE RAFTS FROM SHIPS BEING DEACTIVATED. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.5 STOCK CLASSIFICATION, LEVELS, AND DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.1 CLASSIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.5.1.1 Condition A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.1.2 Condition F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.1.3 Condition H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.1.4 Condition M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.5.2 STOCK LEVELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.3 DISTRIBUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.5.3.1 Repair Priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.5.3.2 Estimated Repair Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.6 IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 583-12.6.1 LIFE RAFT REGISTRY NUMBER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

583-12.7 CAPACITIES, WEIGHTS, AND DIMENSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 583-12.7.1 LIFE RAFT CHARACTERISTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 583-12.7.2 CONTAINER DESIGN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

583-12.8 EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

583-12.8.1 SURVIVAL GEAR AND REPAIR PARTS FOR MK 6, MK 7, AND MK 8

LIFE RAFTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 ix

583-12.8.2 LIST OF SURVIVAL GEAR FOR EACH TYPE LIFE RAFT. . . . . . . . . 12-5

583-12.9 STOWAGE AND HANDLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6 583-12.9.1 STOWAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

583-12.9.1.1 Hydrostatic Release Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 583-12.9.1.2 Sea Painter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

583-12.9.2 HANDLING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 583-12.9.2.1 Covered Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

583-12.10 INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 583-12.10.1 TYPES OF PERIODIC MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 583-12.10.2 STOWAGE SECURING HARNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

583-12.10.2.1 Hydrostatic Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 583-12.10.3 DEPOT LEVEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

583-12.11 SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8 583-12.11.1 SERVICING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

583-12.11.1.1 Repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8 583-12.11.1.2 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

583-12.12 RAFT CERTIFICATION AND EXCHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

583-12.12.1 INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION AND EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

583-12.12.2 TEST OF THE HYDROSTATIC RELEASE DEVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

583-12.12.2.1 Can-Type Hydrostatic Release Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9 583-12.12.2.2 Thanner DK84.1M Hydrostatic Release Device (HRD). . . . . . 12-9

SECTION 13 SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

583-13.1 READY SERVICE RESCUE BOAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

583-13.2 PROCEDURES FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

583-13.3 SAR EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

SECTION 14 BOAT TRAILERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.1 BOAT TRAILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.2 BOAT TRAILER RECEIPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.3 BOAT TRAILER MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.4 BOAT TRAILER REPAIR AND MODIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.5 BOAT TRAILER INTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

583-14.6 BOAT TRAILER EXTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2 x

583-14.7 BOAT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY FROM TRAILERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2 583-14.7.1 BOAT LAUNCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2 583-14.7.2 BOAT RECOVERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2

A TECHNICAL MANUAL DEFICIENCY/EVALUATION REPORT (TMDER) . A-1

A-1 DISTANCE SUPPORT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

A-2 TMDER INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 xi

LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page

583-2-1 Characteristics for Navy Boats and Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

583-10-1 Standard Items for Barges and Gigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

583-10-2 Recommended Colors for Barges and Gigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

583-12-1 Abandon Ship Survival Case Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

583-12-2 Characteristics for Inflatable Life Rafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

583-12-3 Survival Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 xii

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure Title Page

583-1-1 Boat Inspection Report (BIR) Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

583-1-2 Liaison Action Record (LAR) Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

583-1-3 Boat Alteration Label Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

583-1-4 Boat Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25

583-1-5 Boat Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26

583-1-6 Navy Boat Addition Transaction Process Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

583-1-7 Navy Boat Removal Transaction Process Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34

583-3-1 Hull Registry Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

583-4-1 Gas Tank Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

583-7-1 In-Service Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 xiii

SAFETY SUMMARY

Warnings and Cautions listed throughout document summarized below:

Operate exhaust fans/blowers for at least 4 minutes before starting engine, and check engine compartment bilge for gasoline vapors. (Page 4-7)

No list of precautions can provide for every conceivable situation that might arise. The only adequate safety precaution is a constant awareness of the hazards and a consistent application of common sense to situations that arise. (Page 4-9)

In the case of the Navy standard 7-meter RIB and the Navy standard 11 meter RIB, there will be instances when the boat must be launched from a ship while the ship is underway. In such instances, it is imperative the boat’s engine(s) be started during the launch phase and in advance of the boat’s water entry in order for the boat coxswain to safely accelerate the boat to a speed approximately equal to that of the ship. This operation requires that each engine’s seawater impeller run dry for a short period. Each engine seawater system is equipped with an auxiliary hose connection to allow the boat to be started in its shipboard stowage to ensure the crew of its reliability and ensure the seawater impeller is operating properly and the boat is, in all respects, ready for launch. (Page 4-3)

Aramid fiber (Kevlar) rope slings require specialized manufacturing process con-trols to maintain safety standards. Slings shall not be obtained from any source other than those designated on the approved drawings. (Page 7-2)

Stringent precautions shall be taken in the case of mercury. The presence of mer-cury, even in small amounts, causes severe corrosive attack and under no circum-stances are the two metals to be permitted to come in contact with each other.

(Page 8-2) xiv

The nature of aluminum hull boats merits special attention for mooring location, particularly next to steel ships, buoys, and piers. Under these conditions, it is essential that non-conducting mooring lines be used, as well as insulating camel sections, to prevent electrical contact of the aluminum hull with a steel structure, since this could result in galvanic corrosion of the aluminum hull. (Page 8-5)

Magnesium and aluminum anodes shall not be used on aluminum hulls. (Page 8-8)

Anode faces shall not be coated or covered in any manner except for masking while painting adjacent surface. (Page 8-8)

Drain bilges under guidance of local regulations for HAZMAT. (Page 9-1)

On some craft such as the LCAC (landing craft, air cushion) it may be necessary to orient the sea painter end of the life raft container to face forward to move the sea painter away from the air intake of the lift fans. (Page 12-6) xv / (xvi Blank) xvi

CHAPTER 583

VOLUME 1

BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT

SECTION 1

ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES PROCESSES AND CONTROLS

583-1.1 INTRODUCTION

583-1.1.1 BOATS AND SMALL CRAFT. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series, provides policy for boats of the U.S. Navy. Chapter 583 reinforces this policy by providing the administrative procedures, processes and controls which implement it, and related policy, for these boats, as well as their asso-ciated equipment and ancillary items such as trailers and shipping/storage cradles. This chapter also covers life rafts and paint punts, which are specific small craft not managed as boats. In addition, this chapter covers a range of boat and small craft information to facilitate readiness, operational effectiveness and safe operation under nor-mal and emergency conditions and to enable effective Economic Service Life (ESL) of Navy boats.

OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series states: “Commander Naval Sea Systems Command (COMNAVSEASYSCOM) shall purchase, procure, acquire or otherwise obtain all boats including boats required by the Military Sealift Command for operational use.” The Program Executive Office (PEO), Ships is COMNAVSEASYSCOM’s Acqui-sition Program Manager (APM) and Life Cycle Manager (LCM) for Navy boats. As a program office, PEO Ships, Program Manager Ship (PMS) 325, has overall responsibility for boat acquisition and life cycle management. The exception to this is that acquisition and life cycle management responsibility for the Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) boats is assigned to PEO Ships, PMS 377.

PEO Ships accomplishes acquisition and life cycle related efforts with technical support from engineering agents designated by the Combatant Craft and Boats Technical Authority namely the Acquisition Engineering Agent (AEA), Test and Evaluation Authority (TEA), In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA), Planning Yard (PY) and Integrated Logistics Support Manager (ILSM). The roles, responsibilities and functions delegated to these engineering agents, as they relate to the program office, are provided in this chapter. The engineering agents (i.e., AEA, TEA, ISEA, PY and ILSM) for Navy boats designated in accordance with NAVSEAINST 5400.57 Series, “Engineering Agent Selection, Assignment, Responsibility, Tasking and Appraisal” are resident within Naval Sur-face Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Detachment Norfolk, Code 23, Combatant Craft Division (CCD).

Additionally, PEO Ships, PMS 325 transferred the functions of the Boat Inventory Manager (BIM) to CCD via a Memorandum of Agreement on 1 May 1998. CCD point of contact information is available at http:// www.boats.dt.navy.mil. Technical contacts on the website relate to the functions as follows: for AEA functions contact Naval Architecture (Code 231); for ISEA and PY contact Life Cycle Management and Sustainment Engi-neering (Code 234); for ILSM and BIM contact Integrated Logistics Support (Code 236).

Virtual SYSCOM Joint Instruction VS-JI-22, Virtual SYSCOM Engineering and Technical Authority Policy, of 3 Jan 2005 established the policies for weapon systems assigned to COMNAVSEASYSCOM which includes Navy boats and craft. In accordance with this policy COMNAVSEASYSCOM established the Deputy Warrant-ing Officer under SEA 05. COMNAVSEASYSCOM Memo 5400, Ser TAB/07, dated 9 Jun 2005 identifies the Technical Area Expert (TAE) for Combatant Craft and Boats. As such, warranted TAE responsibilities are orga-nized by the following competencies:

a. Setting Technical Standards

b. Technical Area Expertise

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c. Ensuring Safe and Reliable Operation

d. Systems Engineering Expertise

e. Judgment in Making Technical Decisions

f. Stewardship of Engineering Capabilities

g. Accountability and Technical Integrity

The scope of this technical warrant includes the following:

a. Full Life Cycle/Full Spectrum/In-Service responsibilities for Combatant Craft and Boats (manned and unmanned) including Life Rafts and Encapsulated Life Raft Stowages, Patrol Coastal Ships, Seaborne Targets, High Performance Craft, other Watercraft and associated HM&E and Mission systems, subsystems and equip-ment.

b. Total platform systems engineering for combatant craft and boats, including: Mission Systems Integration;

Science and Technology; Research and Development; Test and Evaluation; Design; Acquisition; Smart Buyer;

Construction Technical Support; Integrated Logistics Support; Design Management; Life Cycle Management;

Technology Advancement and Transfer; In Service Engineering; Repair, Modification and Modernization sup-port; Fleet Support; regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle; and ensuring contract administration and oversight.

PEO Ships, PMS 325 and COMNAVSEASYSCOM, SEA 05D have designated CCD as their engineering agent, in accordance with NAVSEAINST 5400.57D, Engineering Agent Selection, Assignment, Responsibility, Tasking and Appraisal.

583-1.2 GENERAL INFORMATION

583-1.2.1 DEFINITION OF A NAVY BOAT. Navy boats are powered waterborne craft ranging from small outboard engine powered Utility Boats to large non-commissioned vessels (e.g., Torpedo Weapons Retriever;

Landing Craft, Utility). The OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series definition and description of Navy boats includes the fact that boats, by definition, are “self-propelled craft suitable primarily to be carried on-board ships and to oper-ate in and around naval activities,” are supported by appropriated funds and are listed in the Craft and Boat Sup-port System (CBSS); boats include those of standard Navy design or commercial design, and the term ‘boat’ includes combatant craft and landing craft.

Not all boat-like vessels meet the definition of a Navy boat as defined by the policy in OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series. The following lists boat-like vessels which are not under the cognizance of the OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series policy, are not managed as Navy boats, and are not covered by this chapter:

1. Wholly inflatable boats (e.g., Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC)); these are items of supply to be man-aged as any other personal property.

2. Boats supported with non-appropriated funds such as those for the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) program.

3. Service craft (also known as ‘Y Craft’), including powered service craft such as yard tugs (YTBs and YTs) and dive tenders (YDTs).

4. Waterborne craft which are part of the Cargo Offloading and Transfer System. such as the Maritime Prepo-sitioning Force Utility Boat (MPF UB); these are managed as an element of the Cargo Offloading and Trans-

583-1-2 fer System by the Naval Facilities System Command (NAVFAC) and are not classified as boats, unless they are accessed by the Cargo Offloading and Transfer System program and transferred into the Navy boat inven-tory.

5. Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC); the OPNAVINST 4780.6 Series policy explicitly states it does not apply to these specific landing craft.

6. Naval Special Warfare watercraft assets; these are managed by the United States Special Operations Com-mand (USSOCOM), and are not classified as boats, unless they are excessed by the USSOCOM and transferred-in to the Navy boat inventory.

7. Watercraft assets of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) are not classified as Navy boats; however, some boats are assigned to Navy personnel based at USMC installations. These boats are part of the Navy boat inventory.

In addition to the watercraft listed above, paint punts and life rafts are not managed as boats; however, they are covered in this chapter for shipboard safety and suitability purposes.

All Navy boats are centrally managed personal property assets and are classified as military equipment. The Boat Inventory Manager (BIM) is the accountable owner of all assets managed as Navy boats. In addition, the BIM is the Navy boat Personal Property Manager and maintains auditable chain of custody records. The BIM issues boats to custodian activities to fill authorized boat allowances. Upon physical receipt of boats, assigned activities become responsible officers (i.e., custodians) for ensuring the due care and safekeeping of boats assigned to their custody or the custody of those persons reporting to them. Boat custodian activities are respon-sible for physical control of assigned boats. The BIM has sole disposition authority for Navy boats. Boats which become excess to a custodian activity are referred to the BIM for disposition as described in this chapter. Based on the material condition of the boat and the Navy’s on-going need for the boat, the BIM executes disposition authority to retain the boat in Navy inventory by transfer or turn in to stock, or to remove the boat from Navy inventory by authorizing disposal, sale or transfer.

583-1.2.2 BOAT RECORDS. All records (e.g., correspondence, technical reports, Naval messages, inspections, records of maintenance action, log book entries, etc.) related to a specific boat shall cite the boat’s assigned Navy hull registry number (see Section 3). Wherever practical, records related to multiple boats shall cite applicable Navy hull registry numbers or other definitive identification data such as class or applicable acquisition contract number. In addition, applicable Navy hull registry numbers are to be included as metadata in electronic records, whenever practical.