The INSURV board inspects all parts of the ship, including  storerooms,  magazines,  operating  spaces, voids, cofferdams, chain lockers, and tanks. The ship’s crew will open the spaces for inspection according to detailed  instructions  on  the  condition  sheets.  Someone who is responsible for each space must be available to open the space as soon as the inspection party arrives, to  answer  any  questions  about  the  space,  and  operate any equipment in the space. The  inspection  team  will  examine  the  operation  of all  equipment  and  material  during  the  INSURV inspection.  The  exception  is  equipment  opened  or disassembled for a more detailed inspection. Examples of  equipment  that  will  be  operated  include  the following: Anchor  engines Steering  engines Deck machinery and rigging Lifeboat handling equipment Boiler safety valves on steaming boilers Overspeed tripping devices on generators and pumps Soot  blowers Fire control systems Gun  and  missile  batteries  (in  all  methods  of control) Hoists Sprinkling   systems All  electronic  equipment The INSURV board members in attendance are considered to be the prime working group on board the ship. The ship will furnish a stateroom for each member. Each stateroom will have chairs and a writing desk where  the  member  can  complete  any  inspection  paper work in private. The ship will also furnish each board member a flashlight and a foul weather jacket, and board  members  who  will  inspect  the  hull  will  be furnished a scraper and chipping hammers. Department heads, or their representatives who are qualified to answer any operational and material questions, must be prepared to accompany each board member. During the material inspection, members of the INSURV  board  must  have  access  to  the  following records: Booklet of General Plans Ship  Information  Book  (SIB)  (all  volumes) Records  of  watertight  integrity  tests Damage  Control  Book COSAL Departmental logs and performance records Waivers   authorizing   inactivation   of   major machinery  and  equipment  (other  then  those disabled for the inspection) Preventive  maintenance  history Corrective maintenance history Complete list of approved outstanding alterations Lists   (by   department)   of   items   of   major machinery and equipment inoperative due to lack of  material  and/or  test  equipment Ship’s copy of the work items prepared for the INSURV  inspection When  the  inspection  is  complete,  the  INSURV board will hold a critique. Each member of the board reviews the results of his inspection, and the ship’s officers  have  an  opportunity  to  comment  on  the  board member’s  remarks.  For  small  ships  with  relatively inexperienced  department  heads,  each  board  member reports  his  results  in  enough  detail  to  be  sure  the commanding  officer  understands  the  conditions.  Work items  covering  deficiencies  that  were  corrected  before the critique are removed from the work list. The senior member of the INSURV board submits a complete report of the results of the inspection to the president of the INSURV board. He also sends copies to the  appropriate  type  commander  and  other  interested commands, bureaus, and officers of the Department of the  Navy.  The  report  includes  the  departmental evaluations, the inspector’s remarks, and the list of work  items.  The  INSURV  board  does  not  assign  a numerical grade or particular award of merit, but simply finds that the ship is in a satisfactory or unsatisfactory material condition of readiness for war or for further naval  service. When   an   inspection   discloses   a   significant unsatisfactory  condition,  the  senior  member  of  the inspecting board sends an advance report in the form of a speedletter to the president of the INSURV board. Its purpose is to be sure the ship begins corrective action immediately. He sends the report no later than the day 4-12