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This document contains an attachment to a solicitation for the operation and maintenance of eight Watson-class vessels for the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command. The attachment provides definitions and acronyms relevant to the solicitation, including terms related to ship operations and maintenance, equipment, personnel, and logistics. Key areas addressed include allowances, installed equipment, provisions, spare parts, corrective and preventative maintenance procedures, and medical support requirements. The solicitation seeks a contractor to provide operation, maintenance, and logistical support for the eight Watson-class vessels over a five-year base period and a five-year option period.
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N32205-19-R-3009 WATSON O&M Attachment A Rev1
ATTACHMENT A - ACRONYMS and DEFINITIONS
AB – Able Bodied Seaman
ABS - American Bureau of Shipping.
AC – Area Command
ACAS – Assured Compliance Assessment Solution – Patching and network scanning software
AC/DH – Air Condition/ Dehumidification
ACOR – Assistant Contracting Officer’s Representative
ACR – Allowance Change Request
Actual Cost - Direct costs not including any overhead, general and administrative costs, profit or any other extra cost beyond the direct cost of the goods or services.
ADCON -. ADCON is the direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to administration and support. This includes control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations.
AED – Automatic External Defibrillator
AEL - Allowance Equipage List - A document that lists the required operating space allowances.
This material falls into the general category of tools and equipage which are retained in various departments.
AGR – Authorized Growth Reserve
AIS – Automatic Identification System
ALG – Afloat Logistics Guidance
ALMSC - All MSC. Messages addressed to all MSC commands, activities, units and elements.
Alteration - Any change in hull, machinery, fittings, equipment, or allowance which involves a change in design, material, number or location of components of a ship.
AMAL - Authorized Medical Allowance List - the minimum amount of medical supplies and equipment required to support a particular part of the medical department.
AMC - Air Mobility Command, formerly Military Airlift Command (MAC).
AMK – Advanced Medical Kit
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AO – Area of Operations
AOR – Area of Responsibility
APL - Allowance Parts List - A document that lists both the technical characteristics of a particular piece of equipment and its logistic information. It also specifies all maintenance significant Spare Parts associated with the equipment.
APSR – Accountable Property System of Record
ASAP – As Soon As Possible
ASTM - ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials
ATAC – Advance Traceability And Control
AT/FP – Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection
ATT – Afloat Training Team
Availability - A period of time assigned a ship for industrial assistance, the uninterrupted accomplishment of inspections, maintenance, repairs, alterations, or drydocking. Types of availabilities include: Regular overhauls, drydocking availability, midterm inspection, topside availability, Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD), and emergency repair.
BDN – Bunker Delivery Note
BUMED - Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (formerly NAVMEDCOM); responsible for the oversight of health care in the Navy.
CAA – Clean Air Act
CAC – Common Access Card
CAGE – Commercial And Government Entity code
CAP - Contractor-Acquired Property - Property acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided by the contractor for performing a contract and to which the Government has title.
CAPAC – Brand of Cathodic Protection System
CASCAN - Casualty Canceled Report.
CASCOR - Casualty Corrected Report.
CASREP - Casualty Report.
CBR-D – Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense.
CBRN – Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear
CCO – Contract Change Order
CCR – Configuration Change Report.
CDRL - Contract Deliverable Requirements List.
CFM - Contractor-Furnished Materials.
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
CLF - Combat Logistics Force
CLIN –Contract Line Item Number
CM – Corrective Maintenance
CMEO – Civilian Marine Engineering Officer (refers to training courses)
CMLS – Consolidated Maintenance and Logistic System
CMS - Communications Security Material System. Also Condition Monitoring System
CMWD – Countermeasure Washdown (CMWD) System
CNIC – Commander Navy Installations Command
CO- Carbon Monoxide
COI - Certificate of Inspection.
COLREG – Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea
COMUSFLTFORCOM – Commander Fleet Forces Command
COMSC - Commander, Military Sealift Command.
COMSCINST - Commander, Military Sealift Command Instruction.
COMSEC - Communications Security.
CONMAR- Contract Mariner
Consumable Supplies - Items used in the normal course of shipboard operations and considered expendable, even though some are routinely used for extended periods.
Contractor - The ship operator addressed in Section C of this performance work statement.
CAP – Contractor Acquired Property - See FAR Part 45.101
Contracting Officer - Representative of the Government authorized to execute contracts and contract modifications.
Controlled Substance - Those substances listed in Schedules I - V established by the
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. S 812, and as updated under the provisions of that act.
CONUS - Continental United States (contiguous 48 states).
COSAL - Consolidated Shipboard Allowance List - a maintenance and supply document that is representative of the ship’s configuration. The document lists a ship’s installed equipment and associated repair parts.
COR – Contracting Officer Representative; generally, a PM individual.
Corrective Action – An action taken to eliminate the causes of a non-conformity in order to prevent recurrence
Corrective Maintenance – A maintenance task performed to identify, isolate, and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance,_repair_and_operations
CP – Contractor-Owned Property - Property owned or leased by the contractor for performance during the contract.
CPCM – Certified Professional Contract Manager Amend 02
CPI – Critical Program Information - elements or components of a Research, Development and
Acquisition program as defined by DoD Instruction 5200.39: “CPI Identification and Protection
Within RDT&E” – 17 Nov 2017, that, if compromised, could cause, amongst other things, significant degradation in mission effectiveness.
CPP – Controllable Pitch Propeller
CPPM - Communications Policy and Procedures Manual
CPPS - Certified Professional Property Specialist
CPR – Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CSE - Cargo Securing Equipment
CSI – Class Standard Item
CSM – Contract Shipyard Monitoring – Provision of full time MSC representative during SY availabilities for MSC owned vessels to provide PM real time status of availability progress, and first-hand information on issues, change order requirements, work quality and work completion.
Provides liaison between OPCO and PM to expedite decision making in the SY environment.
CSM REP – CSM Representative
CWA – Clean Water Act
DAWIA - Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act
DC - Damage Control.
DCAA - Defense Contract Audit Agency.
DCC – Damage Control Central
DCMA - Defense Contract Management Agency.
Designated Maritime Physician - Approved hospitals, clinics, or physicians jointly approved by
Contractor/Union/COMSC providing primary care, second opinions, or hospitalization for emergency medical care.
DFARS – Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement – a subset of the FAR applicable to the DoD
DFS – Departure From Specification
DLA – Defense Logistics Agency
DLA-E – Defense Logistics Agency-Energy previously known as DESC
DLA-DS – DLA Disposition
DLR - Depot Level Repairable
DoD - Department of Defense.
DMLS - Defense Logistics Management System
DMP – Durable Movable Property – Tangible property, other than real property or tangible intellectual property, that is transportable and visible. Formerly known as loose equipment.
DOC – Document of Compliance
DON – Department of Navy
DOT – Department of Transportation
DPA – Designated Person Ashore
DRRS-N - Defense Readiness Reporting System for Navy, which replaces the Status of
Readiness and Training System (SORTS)
DSS - Defense Supply System
DTAG – Diesel Engine Test and Analysis Guide
DTG – Date Time Group. A unique number assigned to each naval message which facilitates making reference to that message.
DRY DOCK – Large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ship or repairing a ship below its waterline (either via a graving dock or a floating dry dock).
DWCF – Defense Working Capital Fund
EAP/EDP – Emergency Action Plan / Emergency Destruction Plan
ECC – Engineering Casualty Control
ECCE – Engineering Casualty Control Exercise
EFD - Equipment Functional Description
EKMS – Electronic Key Management System
EMCON – Emissions Control
Emergency Repairs - Unexpected and unscheduled repairs required to maintain the integrity of the ship's hull, machinery and systems; to insure the safety of the crew; and to provide for the effective performance of the ship's mission.
ENDS – Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
EPI – Element Performance Inspection
EPIRB – Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
Equipment - Shipboard items which are not controlled equipage, provisions, consumable supplies, spare parts, or medical supplies. This includes both durable movable property
(unattached to ship) and installed equipment (permanently or semi-permanently attached to the ship). Refers to any functional unit of hull, mechanical, electrical, ordnance, or electronic type material which is singly or as a component of a system or subsystem and which is identified by a
Component Identification Number (CID), Numerical Control Number (NCC), Allowance Parts
List (APL) or similar designation.
ERMS – Electronic Records Management System
ERP - Enterprise Resources Planning
ESAF – Electronic Spillage Action Form
EST - Embarked Security Team
ESTA - Emprise Secure Transfer Agent Amend 02
Expense - An expense occurs at the time when a good or service from an existing obligation is received by the Contractor.
Export Controlled Data / Information - technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms
Export Control Act (Title22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (Title50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq.).
FA – Failure Analysis
Facility - Physical platform from which a service is performed. This includes the ship and all installed equipment.
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation.
FBB – Fleet Broadband
FCC – Federal Communications Commission
FCFBR – Fleet COSAL Feedback Report
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
FFD - Fit For Duty.
FFR – Fleet Freight Routing
FORAC – For Action – The assignment of a task
FOS - Full Operating Status. Ship fully manned and provisioned, all required equipment operational and ship prepared in all respects to perform its mission.
FOLO – Fuel Oil Lube Oil
FP or FP/AT – Force Protection or Force Protection/Anti-Terrorism
FPCON – Force Protection Condition
FPE – Force Protection Equipment
FPO – Fleet Post Office
GFE – Government Furnished Equipment
GFM - Government Furnished Material. Property that may be incorporated, or attached, to an end item or that may be consumed or expended in performing a contract.
GFP - Government Furnished Property. Property owned by the Government and issued to the contractor.
GMDSS - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time Amend 02
GOCO – Government Owned Contractor Operated
Government Personnel - Sponsor personnel and other Government employees.
GP – Government Property - all property owned or leased by the Government. Government property includes both Government-furnished and Contractor-acquired property. Government property includes material, equipment, special tooling, special test equipment, and real property.
Government property does not include intellectual property and software.
GPA – Government Property Administrator
GPS – Global Positioning System
GSA – General Services Administration
GTR – General Technical Requirement
HAZMAT - Hazardous Material.
HF – High Frequency
HP – Horse Power
HSC - Hierarchical Structure Code
HUBZone - Historically Under-utilized Business Zones
Husbanding Services - Services generally provided by a steamship agent rendered for the convenience of the ship or her Master, Officers or crew, or in connection with the ship's business. These include: arrange for delivery of food, stores and supplies, arrangement of mail delivery and posting, repatriation of crew members and crew replacement, supply of currency, medical treatment of crew members, and any other crew related expenses.
IA – Information Assurance
IA - Industrial Assistance - Maintenance and repair work performed by an independent subcontractor to the contractor.
IAW - In Accordance With.
ICS – Internal Control System
IDC – Independent Duty Corpsman
IDIQ – Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
IHAT - International Heavy weight Air Tenders
IMO - International Maritime Organization.
Independent Agency - Commercial entities under contract to the Government to provide all
Government owned ships of the Military Sealift Command various shipboard supplies and services required for compliance with certain MSC operations and maintenance Programs.
INMARSAT - International Maritime Satellite.
Installed Equipment – All items except furniture, recreation and gym equipment that are permanently or semi permanently attached to the ship by welds, bolts, or similar methods of attachment. This includes engines, winches, kingposts, booms, antennae, etc. This category of material is generally treated in the same manner as the ship’s hull, so that the terms “ship and installed equipment” and simply “ship” are generally synonymous.
Invoice - A payment due document received from a vendor/subcontractor for payment of goods and services received. (Note: Only invoices that are paid by the Contractor shall be reported).
Inventory – Refers to the function whereby the property on hand is physically inspected and counted, and official property records reconciled accordingly.
IPD – Interport Differential
IPMS - Industrial Property Management Specialist iRAPT- Invoice, Receipt, Acceptance, and Property Transfer
ISM - International Safety Management System
ISO – International Standards Organization
ISSM – Information System Security Manager
ITAR – International Traffic in Arms Regulations
IUID - Item Unique Identification created for each delivered item that is a serially managed subassembly, component or part
JIT – Just in Time
JMPA - Joint Military Postal Activity
JPAS - Joint Personnel Adjudication System
JSA – Job Safety Assessment/Analysis
JTR - Joint Travel Regulations.
KBA – Key Billet Approval Amend 02
KEY BILLET PERSONEL – Crewmembers and shore side staff designated as critical to the successful operation of the vessels and the ashore office.
LAN - Local Area Network.
LCMP – Life Cycle Maintenance Plan
LCP – Life Cycle Plan
LE – Local Element
Licensed Physician - Holder of a valid license issued under the authority of a state, commonwealth, territory of the U.S. or the District of Columbia.
LLTM – Long Lead Time Material
LMSR – Large Medium Speed Roll On Roll Off
MARPOL – International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MEDEVAC - Medical Evacuation; usually to the nearest medical treatment facility.
MEPC – Marine Environmental Protection Committee of the IMO
MDR – Medical Department representative
MEF – Marine Expeditionary Force
MF- Medium Frequency
MHE – Material Handling Equipment
MILSTRIP – Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
M&R - Maintenance and Repair.
MLOC – Master’s Letter Of Concern -
MOA - Memorandum Of Agreement.
MOGAS – Motor Vehicle Gasoline
MOS - Military Occupational Specialty.
MOVREP – Movement Report
M-PIC – Medical Person in Charge aboard a commercially manned ship. This is generally a collateral duty of the Master or Chief Mate for first aid purposes.
MRI – Medical Readiness Inspection
MRMS - Technical Authority, Maintenance Philosophy, Maintenance and Repair Management
System
MSC – Military Sealift Command
MSD – Marine Sanitation Device
MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
MTA – Mid-Term Availability
NACLC – National Agency Check with Law and Credit
Narcotics- Any opiates, or opiate derivatives, including their synthetic equivalents. Included as opiates are morphine, codeine, heroin, Methadone, Talwin, Percodin, Darvon, etc.
NAVADMIN – Naval Administrative Message
NAVAIR – Naval Air Systems Command
NAVSEA - Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSUP – Navy Supply Command
NAVTEX – Navigational Telex
NAVSUP FLC – Navy Supply Fleet Logistics Center (formerly FISC)
NFD – Not From Due
NGDS - Next Generation Delivery Service
NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMCARS – Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement
NOAA – National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOSC – Navy On Scene Commander
NSN - National Stock Number.
NSF – National Sanitation Foundation
NVIC – Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular
NWP - Naval Warfare Publication.
OAA – Ordnance Accounting Ashore
O&M - Operation and Maintenance.
Obligation - The legal responsibility to meet the terms of a contract. In the financial world, obligation refers to an outstanding debt that a party must still repay. An obligation typically occurs at the time the Contractor issues an approved Purchase Order to a vendor or subcontractor.
OCI – Onboard Condition Inspection – Survey of vessel conducted by N75, N4 and MSC medical personnel to assess material condition, appearance, mission equipment readiness and confirm compliance with contractual requirements.
OCMI – Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection
OCONUS – Outside the Continental United States
ODC – Other Direct Cost
ODS - Ozone Depleting Substances.
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
OERA - Out-Year Engineering Requirements Assessment
OIC – Officer In Charge
OPCON - Operational Control by Military Authority.
Operation - Operation includes the daily, or other periodic starting, stopping, adjusting, inspecting, lubricating, etc. of the mechanical, electrical and auxiliary systems and equipment;
watch standing and conducting rounds to maintain ship's status.
OPNAVINST - Chief of Naval Operations Instruction.
OPORD - Operational Order.
OPSEC - Operations Security.
OPTEMPO – Operating Tempo
ORA – Operational Risk Assessment
ORM – Operational Risk Management
OSI – Operating Space Item
OSR – Outstanding Recommendation
OT - Overtime
OTSR - Optimum Track Ship Routing.
P&I - Protection and Indemnity (Part of Insurance)
P/S – Port and Starboard
PA - Property Administrator. An authorized representative of the contracting officer assigned to administer the contract requirements and obligations relating to Government property.
PENG – Port Engineer software program.
Physical security - Security concerned with the physical measures designed to safeguard personnel, prevent unauthorized access and protect against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft.
PII – Personally Identifiable Information – Data protected by The Privacy Act of 1974, codified at 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq.
PLAD – Plain Language Address
PLC – Programmable Logic Controllers
PM – Program Manager or Preventative Maintenance
PMIA – Planned Maintenance Industrial Assistance
PML – Program Manager Logistician
PMSA – Property Management System Analysis
POA – Post Overhaul Analysis
POC – Point of Contact
POAM- Plan of Action and Milestones.
POAR – Post Overhaul Analysis Report
PoP – also POP – Period of Performance
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
Predictive Maintenance (PdM) – The use of condition monitoring technology (used oil analysis, vibration monitoring, etc.) to identify the need for repairs before functional failure of that equipment occurs.
Preventive Maintenance - Routinely scheduled work on structures, items of equipment, systems, subsystems and components required to provide continuing operation, to preclude breakdowns, and to prolong the life of equipment by operating, inspecting, servicing, topping up, adjusting, cleaning, coating or replacing of expendable items.
Property Administration -The process by which the Government determines the Contractor's degree of compliance with his own procedural and contractual property provisions.
Property Control System - The Contractor's system that identifies a contractor’s internal management program encompassing the protection, preservation, accounting for, and control of property from its acquisition through disposition.
Provisions - Food stuffs. Inedible items directly connected with food preparation, but not food, such as coffee filters, paper plates and wax paper, are not included in this definition.
PSDPN - Production Schedule Delinquent Progress Notification
PWS - Performance Work Statement
QDR – Quality Deficiency Report
QMED - Qualified Member of Engine Department.
QMS – Quality Management System
Qualified Personnel - A person or persons having successfully completed the required education, training and experience, and who possess current, valid licenses, certificates, endorsements, records, or other verification of their ability to perform the task to which they have been assigned.
RADAR – Radio Detection and Ranging
RAM – Reutilization Asset Management
RAV - Repair Availability - That scheduled or unscheduled period of time when a ship is undergoing scheduled inspections, overhauls, or alterations.
Repatriation, Medical - The removal of a person from an assigned position aboard ship due to an inability to perform, for medical reasons, the requirements of his/her position, and the ultimate return of that person to the primary base of operations (home port) for medical care, consultation, convalescence, or reassignment.
RFP – Request for Proposals
RMF – Risk Management Framework
ROC-POE – Required Operational Capability / Projected Operational Environment
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) – A class of problem solving methods aimed at identifying the primary causal factors of problems or events.
ROH – Regular Overhaul
ROS - Reduced Operating Status.
RTCH - Army Standard Rough Terrain Container Handlers
SAAR-N – Systems Authorization Access Request –Navy
SAC – System Application Code
SAFENET – Survivable Adaptable Fiber Optic Embedded Network
SAILORD - Sailing Order (Ship Movement Directive).
SALTS – Streamlined Automated Logistics Transmission System
SAMM - Shipboard Automated Maintenance Management System.
SART – Search and Rescue Transponder
SATCOM – Satellite Communication
SB – Small Business
SBS – Shore Based Spares
SCR – Single Channel Radio
SDB – Small Disadvantage Business
SDVOSB - Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
SECNAVINST - Secretary of the Navy Instruction.
Selected Records - A group of technical documentation selected specifically for their reference value illustrating important features/systems throughout the life of the ship.
Sensitive Property - Those items which require special management control because the material is essential for the protection of life; or are relatively valuable and easily convertible to personal use.
Serious marine incident – Defined in 46CFR §4.03-2
SF – Ship’s Force
SFWL – Ships Force Work List
Ship Delivery – The official transfer of a ship from the government to the contractor as evidence by a delivery certificate. The delivery date of the ship delivered under the Contract starts the
Contract PoP.
Ship Redelivery - The transfer of ship operations and maintenance to the government or a new government contractor that is documented in a redelivery certificate. The redelivery date for that ship shall be the end date of the Ship’s PoP.
Shipboard Furnishings - All furniture in mess and habitability areas, including but not limited to chairs, wastebaskets, clocks (plastic/inexpensive), couches, desks, tables, bunks, wardrobes, bookcases, file cabinets, etc.
SHIPCLIP – Shipboard Configuration and Logistics Program. An automated, multi-user technical reference, and retrieval software package providing a change reporting and feedback and processing capability.
SIPRNET – Secret Internet Protocol Network
SITREP - Situation Report. Also SitRep
SIV – Sample Invoice Validation
SMART - Ship Material And Readiness Test
SMC – Safety Management Certificate
SMS - Safety Management System.
SMT – Ship Management Team
SNDL – Standard Navy Distribution List
SOE – Schedule of Events
SOH – Safety and Occupational Health
SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea Convention.
SOM - Standard Operating Manual.
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOPEP - Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
SOVC – Statement of Voluntary Compliance
SP - Sponsor Property - Property that is acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided to the contractor for execution of a contract by another government agency.
Spare Parts – Those component pieces of a larger piece of equipment (up to and including the ship itself) that are necessary to maintain, repair, and keep operable, the equipment in which they are installed. This does not include items such as nuts, bolts, washers, gasket material, etc.
Items listed in the APL are Spare Parts.
Sponsor – The branch (or branches) of the US Armed Forces providing funding to MSC for vessel operations and maintenance. The sponsor also defines mission requirements that the vessels must meet.
SRD – Selected Record Drawing (see Selected Record)
SRI- Store Room Item
SSECC- Ship Sanitation Exemption Control Certificate
STCW – Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping.
STE – Secure Telephone Equipment. Provides secure voice or data via INMARSAT/ landline which replaced STU III equipment.
SWI – Standard Work Item
TACON – Tactical Control - TACON is a sub-element of OPCON. It includes the detailed and local direction and control of ship movements necessary to accomplish operational missions. It is normally delegated to the cognizant MSC Area Commander or office by the Operational Commander
T-AK – Auxiliary Cargo Ship
TAV – Medical Technical Assist Visit
TB – Tuberculosis
TBN – Total Base Number
Technical Authority - the authority, responsibility, and accountability to establish, monitor and approve technical standards, tools, and processes in conformance with applicable Department of Defense (DoD) and DON policy, requirements, architectures, and standards.
Technical Representative – A person who provides technical advice on the application, installation, operation, and maintenance of a manufacturer’s product.
TEP – Temporarily Embarked Personnel
TEU – Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
TPOC – Technical Point of Contact
TRANSALT - Any alteration in hull, machinery, equipment, arrangement or allowance that involves any replacement or change in design, material, quantity or location of equipment and components in a ship. This change includes replacement of machinery or equipment that has the same operating characteristics as the replaced machinery or equipment, but is of a different manufacturer or model than the replaced equipment. This requirement also includes changes and upgrades to electronic and communications gear.
TWIC – Transportation Worker Identification Card
UHF- Ultra High Frequency
UI – Unit of Issue
UKC – Under Keel Clearance
UL – Underwriters Laboratory
UNDERWAY - A vessel which is moving through the water under its own power.
UNREP - Underway Replenishment.
USC – United States Code
USCG - United States Coast Guard.
USDOT – See DOT
USN – United States Navy
USNS - U.S. Naval Ship.
USPHS - U.S. Public Health Service
VAR – Visitor Authorization Request
VDR – Voyage Data Recorder
VHF – Very High Frequency
VLA - Vehicle Lashing Assembly
VMS – Vibration Monitoring System.
VOSB - Veteran-Owned Small Business
VOSIP – Voice Over Secure Internet Protocol
VR - Voyage Repair(s) - General repairs which can be accomplished during regular in-port time without requiring a change in the ship's operating schedule. Voyage repairs may or may not include minor repairs which are a part of corrective maintenance.
VRP - Vessel Response Plan
VRR - Voyage Repair Request
VSA- Vessel Self-Assessment
VSP – Vessel Security Plan
VTAG – Vibration Test Analysis Guide
VTL – Virtual Technical Library
WAWF – Wide Area Work Flow
WOSB - Women-Owned Small Businesses
WIPG – Work Item Preparation Guide
WWDS – Water Wash Down System
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