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l l l CHAPTER 7 MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION When you have read and understood this chapter, you should be able to answer the following learning objectives: Describe the roles of the higher level naval l organizations that oversee ship maintenance and repair. l Describe casualty reporting (CASREP) and casualty correction (CASCOR) programs. l Explain the monitoring and follow-up programs within the CASREP program. Explain the Detection, Action, and Response Technique (DART program. Describe the Fleet Modernization Program (FMP). Describe the Ship Alteration Status (SAS) and the Ship Alteration Return Cost Analysis (SARCA) programs. This chapter covers the various organizations and functions that affect ship engineering operation and maintenance at all levels of organization. We will look first at the several echelons of management above the individual ship level. Each of these higher level echelons includes an engineering, maintenance, or logistics subdivision, depending on its purpose in the Navy organization. Generally, they formulate and fund repair and overhaul functions and promulgate and/or implement the basic policies and procedures that govern those activities. ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Before we can understand the overall management of naval ship engineering, we need to know how the echelons above the ship level function and what effect they have on ship engineering departments. In this section, we’ll discuss the roles of those organizations and activities. NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND The Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (COMNAVSEASYSCOM), is responsible to the Chief of Naval Material (CNM) for the design, acquisition, maintenance, and repair of ships and craft assigned to the operating forces according to Navy regulations and directives. COMNAVSEASYSCOM may carry out those duties by assigning work to naval shipyards or procuring from private industry. For the latter purpose, he is designated as a contracting officer with authority to make and administer contracts for materials and services. He, in turn, delegates that authority to the Director of Contracts and to individuals within the director’s office. The Superintendent of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) is delegated authority to award contracts for repair and alteration of vessels and to issue job orders for those purposes. The Ship Repair Contracting Manual (Repair Manual), NAVSEA 0900-079-5010, explains this authority. These contracts are known as master ship repair (MSR) contracts. Only COMNAVSEASYSCOM and those he delegates can commit the government to any contract for the Navy. COMNAVSEASYSCOM also acts as coordinator of shipbuilding, conversion, and repair for the Department of Defense (DOD). He acts in a similar capacity for the Department of Commerce on ship repair and conversion. NAVAL SHIP ENGINEERING CENTER The Naval Ship Engineering Center (NAVSEC) was established in 1966 to “split out” functional 7-1

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