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COMFLTFORCOMINST 4790.3 REV A CH-1<br />

Final Contract<br />

Trials (FCT)<br />

Fleet Introduction<br />

Team (FIT)<br />

Trials that are conducted prior to the end of the guarantee period to determine if there<br />

are any defects, failures, or deterioration other than that due to normal wear and tear.<br />

A team of personnel assembled to support a pre-commissioning crew by monitoring<br />

progress of construction and coordinating training and facilities. They provide<br />

administrative support in all facets of new construction.<br />

Fleet Week Top Management Attention (TMA) O-6 level panel meeting to discuss the Technical<br />

Ticklers, review action items, close issues where action is complete and refer issues<br />

to Top Management Issues that require Flag level action. Fleet Week is held twice a<br />

year, generally in October and April.<br />

Guarantee Material<br />

Inspection (GMI)<br />

Guarantee Period<br />

(New Construction)<br />

Guarantee Period<br />

(PSA)<br />

A material inspection, conducted inport prior to Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)<br />

by a Trial Board prior to the end of the guarantee period when CNO has authorized a<br />

Combined Trial to determine if contractor responsible equipment has operated<br />

satisfactorily during the guarantee period. It shall include the opening and inspection<br />

of equipment designated by the Board together with the operation and visual<br />

inspection of equipment and the review of material maintenance records.<br />

The period of time immediately following preliminary acceptance (delivery),<br />

normally eight or nine months (six months for nuclear powered ships), for which the<br />

industrial activity is responsible for the correction of deficiencies.<br />

The guarantee period following PSA varies with the type of contract. Historically, a<br />

"cost plus" type contract has had a guarantee period of six months and a "fixed price"<br />

type contract a period of 90 days. The Supervising Authority will advise at the time<br />

of PSA the guarantee that applies.<br />

In-Service Nuclear powered ships are assigned an active status of In-Service approximately two<br />

to four weeks (two to four months for Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers) prior to the<br />

commencement of Sea Trials and maintain this status until commissioning.<br />

Industrial Activity The activity responsible for accomplishing construction or repair of ships whether<br />

private or public. This includes Naval shipyards, private shipyards, shipbuilders,<br />

vendors, Naval Aviation Depots, Naval Ship Repair Facilities, and other Naval<br />

Repair/Technical Activities (i.e., Naval Underwater Weapons Center, Naval Ships<br />

Weapons Center, etc.).<br />

Initial Dive For purposes of seawater valve and system testing, as defined in NAVSEAINST<br />

C9094.2, the first dive to a depth not previously reached during the trials.<br />

Initial Tightness Dive First submergence (a submarine's Alpha Trial).<br />

INSURV Prior to the acceptance and delivery of a new ship, whether built by a private or a<br />

naval industrial activity, all machinery, electronics and weapons systems installed<br />

shall be subjected to acceptance trials to determine that the installations are capable of<br />

meeting performance specifications. Depending upon your platform these trials are<br />

referred to as either Acceptance Trials, Combined Trials or INSURV. This<br />

independent verification of the ship's readiness for acceptance and recommendation<br />

for fleet introduction is the responsibility of the President, Board of Inspection and<br />

Survey.<br />

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