JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL

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Final Contract
Trials (FCT)
Fleet Introduction
Team (FIT)
Trials that are conducted prior to the end of the guarantee period to determine if there
are any defects, failures, or deterioration other than that due to normal wear and tear.
A team of personnel assembled to support a pre-commissioning crew by monitoring
progress of construction and coordinating training and facilities. They provide
administrative support in all facets of new construction.
Fleet Week Top Management Attention (TMA) O-6 level panel meeting to discuss the Technical
Ticklers, review action items, close issues where action is complete and refer issues
to Top Management Issues that require Flag level action. Fleet Week is held twice a
year, generally in October and April.
Guarantee Material
Inspection (GMI)
Guarantee Period
(New Construction)
Guarantee Period
(PSA)
A material inspection, conducted inport prior to Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)
by a Trial Board prior to the end of the guarantee period when CNO has authorized a
Combined Trial to determine if contractor responsible equipment has operated
satisfactorily during the guarantee period. It shall include the opening and inspection
of equipment designated by the Board together with the operation and visual
inspection of equipment and the review of material maintenance records.
The period of time immediately following preliminary acceptance (delivery),
normally eight or nine months (six months for nuclear powered ships), for which the
industrial activity is responsible for the correction of deficiencies.
The guarantee period following PSA varies with the type of contract. Historically, a
"cost plus" type contract has had a guarantee period of six months and a "fixed price"
type contract a period of 90 days. The Supervising Authority will advise at the time
of PSA the guarantee that applies.
In-Service Nuclear powered ships are assigned an active status of In-Service approximately two
to four weeks (two to four months for Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers) prior to the
commencement of Sea Trials and maintain this status until commissioning.
Industrial Activity The activity responsible for accomplishing construction or repair of ships whether
private or public. This includes Naval shipyards, private shipyards, shipbuilders,
vendors, Naval Aviation Depots, Naval Ship Repair Facilities, and other Naval
Repair/Technical Activities (i.e., Naval Underwater Weapons Center, Naval Ships
Weapons Center, etc.).
Initial Dive For purposes of seawater valve and system testing, as defined in NAVSEAINST
C9094.2, the first dive to a depth not previously reached during the trials.
Initial Tightness Dive First submergence (a submarine's Alpha Trial).
INSURV Prior to the acceptance and delivery of a new ship, whether built by a private or a
naval industrial activity, all machinery, electronics and weapons systems installed
shall be subjected to acceptance trials to determine that the installations are capable of
meeting performance specifications. Depending upon your platform these trials are
referred to as either Acceptance Trials, Combined Trials or INSURV. This
independent verification of the ship's readiness for acceptance and recommendation
for fleet introduction is the responsibility of the President, Board of Inspection and
Survey.
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