engineering   from   broad   management   and   policy planning  within  NAVSEASYSCOM.  NAVSEC  has  six field  divisions  strategically  located  across  the  United States.  The  following  paragraphs  summarize  their responsibilities. The Norfolk division is responsible for shipboard installation and maintenance engineering. This includes research,   development,   testing,   and   evaluation (RDT&E)  for  shipboard  electronic  equipment  and systems and for the small craft program. this division also  provides  marine  and  mechanical  engineering technical  assistance  to  the  operating  forces. The  Philadelphia  division  is  responsible  for RDT&E;   installation;   and   quality   assurance   and maintenance  engineering  on  shipboard  hull,  main propulsion,   mechanical,   electrical,   and   auxiliary systems, equipment, and components. This division also  provides  technical  assistance  to  operating  forces and  field  activities  in  the  operation  and  maintenance  of the systems listed in this paragraph. The   Great   Lakes   division   provides   technical representation  for  NAVSEC  to  provision  electronic equipment.  The  division  also  provides  engineering services to the electronic supply office for shipboard electronic  equipment  and  systems. The  Mechanicsburg  division  provides  engineering support to the Ship’s Parts Control Center (SPCC) for hull,  mechanical,  and  electrical  systems  and  equipment under NAVSEA’s control. The  San  Diego  division  is  the  west  coast counterpart  of  the  Philadelphia  division  for  hull, mechanical, and electrical matters, and of the Norfolk division for electronic matters. The  Port  Hueneme  division  is  responsible  for system design, procurement, installation, and test of range  instrumentation  and  special-purpose  ships;  and the development of design and installation data for government-furnished  equipment  required  for  ship design and test. NAVSEC’s   responsibilities   lie   in   “total   ship engineering.”    This means they are concerned with a ship from concept through inactivation. NAVSEC is organized into two departments: the Ship Material Department and the Ship Systems Engineering and Design  Department. The Ship Material Department plans, programs, initiates,  and  coordinates  action  to  procure  new equipment and restore and repair material on hand. To help  them,  the  field  divisions  at  Great  Lakes  and Mechanicsburg also provide logistical support. The  Ship  Systems  Engineering  and  Design Department is the larger of the two departments and is the heart of NAVSEC. It is charged with nearly all naval architecture and engineering functions and it tasks NAVSEC’S  other  four  field  divisions.  The  department distributes its functions among four in-house divisions and five staff offices. First, we will explain the roles of the divisions, and then of the five staff offices. The  Ship  Concept  Design  Division  does  all preliminary   and   conceptual   design   work   in   the development of new ships. At the same time, the Hull Division handles the structural aspects of these ships, including  weight  control,  stability  assurance,  mine defense,  and  systems  integration. The Machinery Systems Division is responsible for the propulsion systems of new ships and those now in the  fleet.  It  also  handles  the  Navy’s  distillate  fuel project,  the  pollution  control  program,  life  support functions,  and  underway  replenishment  systems. The  Command  and  Surveillance  Division  has become more important as we plan for a smaller but more  mobile  fleet.  It  will  work  to  meet  heavier operational  requirements  by  advancing  the  state  of  the art in electronic warfare systems. The five staff offices under COMNAVSEC perform the  following  functions: The Materials Development Office develops the materials  required  for  naval  service  in  the  marine environment. The   Engineering   Services   Office   implements quality  assurance,  human  engineering,  shipboard manning,  and  computer-aided  ship  design  and construction  (CASDAC)  techniques. The Technical Administration Office monitors the department’s  program  formulation  and  review  project. The Ship Safety, Damage Prevention, and Control Office develops engineering criteria, standards, and policies on safety, damage control, and ship protection in the design of total ship systems. The  Fleet  Support  Office  is  responsible  for NAVSEC’S role as the strong technical right arm of NAVSEA’S  Fleet  Maintenance  and  Logistics  Support Directorate, its staff, and the ship logistic divisions. These NAVSEA managers in the Fleet Support Office, with help from the fleet, receive, investigate, evaluate, and  define  the  problems  that  demand  Headquarters’ 7-2