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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
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organizations that oversee ship maintenance and
repair.
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Describe casualty reporting (CASREP) and
casualty correction (CASCOR) programs.
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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
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