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>/EMAIL:202-781-2477// >RMKS/1. ADVANCE CHANGE NOTICE 1/A OF THE U.S. NAVY TOWING MANUAL >PROVIDES CLARIFICATION FOR ENSURING SEAWATER SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN >ADEQUATELY SECURED FOR CONDUCTING TOWING OPERATIONS. >2. THIS ACN, IN ADDITION TO BEING PROMULGATED BY NAVAL MESSAGE, WILL >BE POSTED ON THE NAVSEA 00C WEB SITE (WWW.NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL/SEA00C) TO >ENSURE THAT THE MOST ACCURATE AND TIMELY UPDATES ARE PROVIDED. >3. SECTION 5-7.4 (TWO VALVE PROTECTION), 1ST PARAGRAPH OF REF A >PAGE 04 RULSSEA3040 UNCLAS >CURRENTLY READS AS FOLLOWS. QUOTE, TOWS OF INACTIVATED NAVY VESSELS >IMPLY THAT THE PREPARING ACTIVITY HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF NAVAL >SHIP'S TECHNICAL MANUAL (NSTM) S9086-BS-STM-010, CHAPTER 050, >READINESS AND CARE OF INACTIVE SHIPS (REF. G). THIS NSTM CALLS FOR >INSTALLING HULL BLANKS FOR ALL SEA CHESTS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE >TWO-VALVE PROTECTION TO THE SHIP'S INTERIOR. HOWEVER, TOW INSPECTORS >SHOULD STILL BE ATTUNED TO POTENTIAL FLOODING CONDITIONS ON >INACTIVATED VESSELS. END QUOTE. >4. THE REVISED SECTION 5-7.4 OF REF A SHALL BE CHANGED TO READ >QUOTE, TOWS OF INACTIVATED NAVY VESSELS IMPLY THAT THE PREPARING >ACTIVITY HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF NAVAL SHIP'S TECHNICAL MANUAL >(NSTM) S9086-BS-STM-010, CHAPTER 050, READINESS AND CARE OF INACTIVE >SHIPS (REF G). THIS NSTM CALLS FOR TWO BOUNDARY PROTECTION BY >INSTALLING EITHER EXTERNAL (PREFERRED) OR INTERNAL HULL BLANKS FOR >ALL SEA CONNECTIONS AND FOR ALL SEA VALVES TO BE WIRED SHUT. TOW >INSPECTORS SHOULD STILL BE ATTUNED TO POTENTIAL FLOODING CONDITIONS >ON INACTIVATED VESSELS. FOR SHIPS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN >DECOMMISSIONED OR REMOVED FROM SERVICE, DEFINED AS WITHIN ONE >CALENDAR YEAR, AN EXCEPTION TO THE INSTALLATION OF HULL BLANKS PRIOR >TO TOWING IS ALLOWED. IN THIS CASE, THE DECOMMISSIONING OIC AND/OR >PAGE 05 RULSSEA3040 UNCLAS >SHIP'S CUSTODIAN MUST CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT ALL PIPING SYSTEMS AND >ASSOCIATED VALVES WITH HULL PRESENTATIONS FOUR FEET ABOUT THE TOW >TRIM LINE AND BELOW ARE CLOSED AND IN GOOD MATERIAL CONDITION. ALL >SEA VALVES WILL BE WIRED SHUT AND TWO VALVE PROTECTION (TWO VALVES >WIRED SHUT) WILL BE OBTAINED WHERE POSSIBLE. SINGLE BOUNDARY >PROTECTION WILL BE SPECIFICALLY NOTED BY THE DECOMMISSIONING OIC >AND/OR SHIP'S CUSTODIAN TO THE TOW INSPECTOR. THE RATIONALE FOR >THIS EXCEPTION IS THAT IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT DECOMMISSIONING, THE >CONDITION OF THE PIPING SYSTEM SHOULD BE KNOWN AND IN GOOD MATERIAL >CONDITION. END QUOTE. >5. COMMENTS ABOUT OR RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE U.S. NAVY TOWING >MANUAL MAY BE FORWARDED TO SUPERVISOR OF DIVING, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS >COMMAND, 1333 ISAAC HULL AVENUE, SE, WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC >20376-1070 OR CALL COMMERCIAL 202-781-0828, DSN 326-0828.// >BT >#3040