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NAVSEA OP 4
0640-LP-115-2819 ELEVENTH REVISION
ACN 1/8
AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

SAFETY AFLOAT
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT C
Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors;
administrative/operational use; 1 July 2015. Other requests for this document
must be referred to the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) (N3).
DESTRUCTION NOTICE
Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of
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THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES NAVSEA OP 4 TENTH REVISION DATED 1 APRIL 2012.
PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF COMMANDER, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

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NAVSEA OP 4
0640-LP-115-2819 ELEVENTH REVISION
AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

SAFETY AFLOAT
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT C
Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors;
administrative/operational use; 1 July 2015. Other requests for this document
must be referred to the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) (N3).
DESTRUCTION NOTICE
Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of
contents or reconstruction of the document.
THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES NAVSEA OP 4 TENTH REVISION DATED 1 APRIL 2012.
PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF COMMANDER, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND
1 JULY 2015
NAVSEA OP 4 ELEVENTH REVISION
Reproduction for nonmilitary use of the information or illustrations contained in this manual is not
permitted. This does not preclude reproduction and use of any part of this manual by contracted agencies
responsible for the training and instruction of personnel who handle and transport military ammunition,
explosives, and related hazardous materials. The policy for military use reproduction is established for
the Army in AR 380-5, for the Navy and Marine Corps in SECNAVINST 5510.36 (series), and for the
Air Force in Air Force Regulations 205-1.
LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES
The total number of pages in this manual is 192. They are all original Revision Eleven pages. The date
of issue for all pages in this manual is 1 July 2015. Change bars are included to assist the reader in
identifying areas where changes to requirements or procedures have occurred.
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Title/A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 4-1 thru 4-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
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Date of Issue for Original and Changed Pages is:
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A
FOREWORD
1. It is the policy of the Department of the Navy (DON) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to maintain
an effective and aggressive ordnance safety program. The adherence to the instructions and regulations
contained in NAVSEA OP 4 will provide a continuing, aggressive accident prevention program through-
out all commands afloat.
2. The instructions and regulations prescribed in NAVSEA OP 4 are considered minimum ammunition
and explosives safety criteria. The specific items, technical manuals, drawings, and specifications
referenced in this publication should be consulted for additional detailed requirements.
3. Supplementary instructions for transporting, handling, and stowing nuclear and other
nonconventional weapons are not contained in this publication. These instructions are promulgated in
appropriate Navy publications.
4. The application of these instructions and regulations in the Fleet can be expected to reveal omissions
as well as the need for modifications to NAVSEA OP 4. This manual is designed to accommodate such
changes and additions. Recommendations for updating and correcting this manual should be submitted
as described in chapter 1.
5. This publication supersedes NAVSEA OP 4, Tenth Revision, dated 1 April 2012, which should be
destroyed.
6. Copies of this CD-ROM or correspondence involving distribution quantities, address changes, etc.,
should be forwarded to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) Detachment Picatinny, Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage
and Transportation (PHST) Center, Code G13, Building 458, Whittemore Avenue, Picatinny, NJ 07806-
5000.
Foreword-1/(Foreword-2 Blank)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter/Paragraph Page
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-1. Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

1-2. Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-3. Mandatory and Advisory Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-4. Deviations to Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-4.1. Waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-4.2. Exemptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-4.3. Requests for Waivers or Exemptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-4.4. Renewal of Waivers or Exemptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1-4.5. Event Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1-4.6. Request for Event Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1-5. Reporting Errors and Omissions in Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . 2-1
2-1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2-2. Operational Risk Management (ORM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-3. Command Responsibilities and Relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-3.1. Commanding Officer (CO)/Master Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-3.2. Supervisor Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-3.3. Personnel Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-3.4. Pre-Arrival or Arrival Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-3.5. Visiting Afloat Command and Naval Shore Activity Command
Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-3.6. Pierside Transfer Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-3.7. Shipboard Explosives Safety Inspection (SESI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-4. Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO). . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-5. Designation of Explosive Handling Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-5.1. Ammunition Terminals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-5.2. Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-5.3. Explosives Anchorages and Other Permitted Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-5.4. Joint Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-5.5. Lighters and Barges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-5.6. Small Boats and Craft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-5.7. Roll On/Roll Off (RORO) Vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-6. Explosives Safety Quantity-Distance (ESQD) Requirements. . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-6.1. Combatant Ammunition and Explosives ESQD Requirements. . . . . . . . . 2-6
2-6.2. Cargo Ammunition and Explosives ESQD Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
2-6.3. Amphibious Warfare Ammunition and Explosives ESQD

Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2-7. Bravo Flag Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-8. Approved Ammunition, Explosives and Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-8.1. Approved Packaging for Ammunition, Explosives and
Related Hazardous Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2-8.2. Privately Owned Ammunition, Explosives and Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2-8.3. Commercial Explosives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2-8.4. Small Arms Weapons Stowage with Ammunition and Explosives. . . . . 2-10
2-8.5. Simulators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
2-9. Physical Security for Arms, Ammunition and Explosives. . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
2-10. Thermally Protected Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
2-11. Authorized Maintenance of Ammunition and Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
2-12. Safety Interlocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2-13. Signs, Placards, Hazard Markings and Label Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2-14. Emergency Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-15. Firefighting and Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-15.1. Firefighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-15.2. Inoperable or Deactivated Sprinkling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-15.3. Onloading or Offloading Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-15.4. Use of Flame-, Heat-, or Spark-Producing Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2-15.5. Hot Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2-16. Ship Repairs and Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
2-16.1. Offloading Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
2-16.2. Offload Requirements Before Drydocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
2-16.3. Retaining Ammunition Onboard in Shipyards and Naval Stations. . . . . 2-19
2-16.4. Movement of Ammunition and Explosives in a Shipyard or
Ship Repair Facility (SRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2-17. Inert Ammunition Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
2-18. Inert Display Ordnance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
2-19. Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH). . . . . . . 2-22
2-20. Emergency Jettison of Ordnance at Sea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
2-21. Mishap Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
2-22. Surface Ship Combat System Smooth Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
CHAPTER 3 HANDLING AND STOWAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3-1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3-2. Handling and Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-3. Emergency Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-4. Handling Operation Minimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-5. Doors and Hatches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-6. Ammunition Administration and Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-6.1. Return of Unsafe, Armed, or Suspect Ammunition or Explosives. . . . . . . 3-4
3-6.2. Pierside Ammunition Transfer Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
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3-7. Shipboard Installed Handling Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

3-7.1. Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-7.2. Shipboard Ammunition Handling Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-7.3. Cranes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-7.4. Vertical Package Conveyors (VPCs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-7.5. cARGO bOOMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-7.6. Aircraft Elevators (ACE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-7.7. Underway Replenishment (UNREP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-8. Handling Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3-8.1. Approved Handling Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3-8.2. Ordnance Handling Equipment (OHE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3-8.3. Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
3-8.4. Weight Handling Equipment (WHE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
3-8.5. Armament Weapons Support Equipment (AWSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3-9. Ordnance Staging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3-10. Work in Stowage Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3-11. Use of Magazines and Lockers for Purposes Other than
Ordnance Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3-12. Stowage Arrangements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3-13. Securing of Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3-14. Exposed Ordnance Risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-15. Ammunition and Stowage Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-15.1. Ammunition Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-15.2. Magazine Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-15.3. Magazine Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-15.4. Magazine and Ready-Service Locker Temperatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3-16. Permissible Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3-16.1. Compatibility Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
3-16.2. Criteria for Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
3-17. Specific Handling and Stowage Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3-17.1. Ready-Service Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-17.2. Torpedoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-17.3. Depleted Uranium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-17.4. Grenades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-17.5. Pyrotechnic Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3-17.6. Demolition Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
3-17.7. Chemical Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3-17.8. Rockets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3-17.9. Hypergolic and Fuel Air Explosives (FAE) Mixtures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3-17.10. Guided Missiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3-17.11. Bomb-Type Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3-17.12. Gun Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3-17.13. Gun Propellant Charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3-17.14. Small Arms Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3-17.15. Cartridge and Propellant Actuated Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
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3-17.16. Shaped Charged Warheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

3-17.17. Lithium Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
3-18. Lithium Batteries and Ordnance Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
3-19. Inert Ordnance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
CHAPTER 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4-1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4-2. Electrically Powered Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4-3. Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO). . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4-4. Atmospheric Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-5. Igniter Circuit Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-6. Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-6.1. Ground Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-6.2. Weather/Flight Deck Ground Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-6.3. Ground Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-7. Personnel Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4-7.1. Precautionary Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4-8. Grounding During Weapons Test, Maintenance, Assembly,
and Disassembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4-9. Grounding During Aircraft Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-10. Aircraft Ordnance Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-11. Grounding During Stowage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-12. Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seat (NACES) Operational
Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-13. Weapon Test and Reprogramming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
CHAPTER 5 SHIP DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5-1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5-2. Human Systems Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5-3. Risk Management During Acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5-3.1. Emerging Technologies During Acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5-4. General Requirements, Standards and Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-4.1. Approved Handling Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-4.2. Ordnance Handling Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-4.3. Materials Handling Equipment (MHE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5-4.4. Portable Ordnance Handling Equipment (OHE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5-4.5. Shock and Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5-4.6. Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5-4.7. Grounding Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
5-4.8. Firefighting Hose Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
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5-5. Magazine and Other Ammunition and Explosives Area

Design Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
5-5.1. General Magazine Design Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
5-5.2. Specialized Magazine Design Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
5-5.3. Alarm Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
5-5.4. Fire Protection Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
5-5.5. Water Injection System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
5-5.6. Fire Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
5-5.7. Aviation Facility Sprinkler Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5-5.8. Assembly Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5-6. Surface Combatant Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
5-7. Submarine Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-7.1. Small Arms Ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-7.2. Blasting Caps And Demolition Fuzing Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-7.3. Demolition Charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-7.4. Pyrotechnic Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-7.5. Countermeasures Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5-7.6. Sprinkler Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5-7.7. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5-8. Amphibious Warfare Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
APPENDIX A TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
APPENDIX B REFERENCE DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
APPENDIX C LANDING FORCE AMMUNITION COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
APPENDIX D SIGNS, PLACARDS, HAZARD MARKINGS AND LABEL PLATES . . . D-1
APPENDIX E DON EXPLOSIVES SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . .E-1
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Title Page
2-1 Permissible and Non-Permissible Hot Work Areas (Surface Ships). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
2-2 Permissible and Non-Permissible Hot Work Areas (SSBN/SSGN Submarines) . . . . 2-18
3-1 Close-Up of Container Lift Arm Assembly (Interlocking Feature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3-2 Container Unitizing Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3-3 Test Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
5-1 Properly Marked Flight Deck Ordnance Ground Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
D-1 Sample “AMMUNITION FAR SIDE” Sign or Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
D-2 Standardized General Safety Regulations for Magazines and Lockers Placard . . . . . D-4
D-3 Standardized General Safety Regulations for Ordnance Handling Placard. . . . . . . . . D-5
D-4 General Safety Precautions for White Phosphorus (WP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
D-5 First Aid Treatment for White Phosphorus (WP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
D-6 Safety Precautions, CIWS Mk 15 Ammunition Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
D-7 Pyrotechnic Ammunition Safety Precautions Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
D-8 Pyrotechnic Ammunition with Water-Activated Battery Warning Placard . . . . . . . . . . D-9
D-9 Mk 137 Launcher Loading Zone Danger and Warning Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-11
D-10 Chaff Launcher Loading Zone Warning Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-12
D-11 Safety Margin Hatches Hangar Deck and Flight Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-13
D-12 Weapons-Elevator Safety Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-14
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Title Page
2-1 Guidance for Offloading Ammunition Before Drydocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
3-1 Ammunition Handling and Stowage Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3-2 Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Surface
Combatant Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3-3 Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Submarines . . . . . . . 3-22
3-4 Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Combat
Logistics Force (CLF) and Cargo Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
3-5 Compatibility Chart for Various Classes of Landing Force Ammunition
Stowed on Amphibious Assault Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
C-1 Examples of Ammunition Compatibility Using Ammunition Groups
Aboard Amphibious Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
D-1 Safety Precaution Label Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-15
E-1 Explosives Safety Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-7
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SAFETY SUMMARY
This publication is a safety manual which contains mandatory instructions and regulations necessary for
safe ammunition handling and ordnance operations aboard ship. Separate warnings or cautions are not
contained herein because the entire publication provides information of a warning or cautionary nature to
the user. However, notes in the text are used to emphasize unusual or special procedures or conditions.
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1-1. PURPOSE. OPNAVINST 8020.14 establishes the principal Department of the Navy (DON)
explosives safety policies. This publication amplifies this DON policy and provides mandatory technical
direction and procedures, including ship design requirements and standards for the safe handling,
stowage and use of all ammunition and explosives afloat. Specific ammunition and ship technical
instructions and procedures are not contained in this publication; refer to the applicable documents for
detailed requirements and procedures. If a conflict exists between this publication and the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) instructions, OPNAV instructions shall take precedence. If a
conflict exists between this manual and any other technical instruction and procedures, the provisions
specified in this manual shall take precedence. Notify Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
(NOSSA) of the conflict so that it may be resolved.
1-2. SCOPE. This publication is applicable to all afloat platforms owned or operated by the U.S. Navy
or otherwise handle and stow U.S. Navy ordnance. It provides guidance to all personnel engaged in the
handling, stowage, use and transfer of ammunition and explosives and to provide a source for a
continuing, aggressive ammunition and explosives mishap prevention program. The policies and
requirements herein also affect ship, weapon and combat system design, construction, modification,
maintenance and use.
a. Fleet activities shall use the most current version of this manual.
b. Ship acquisition programs shall use the revision/change of this manual invoked in
shipbuilding contracts to assess compliance with the shipbuilding contract until the ship is delivered to
the Navy. If newer explosives safety requirements are promulgated in NAVSEA OP 4 subsequent to
contract date, the new requirements shall be assessed to determine the risk not invoking these new
requirements into the shipbuilding contract. The risk assessment should not be related to the shipbuilding
contract, but instead should be related to the safety of the ship and to the personnel.
1-3. MANDATORY AND ADVISORY REGULATIONS. The requirements in this manual that use
the commands “shall,” “will,” or “must” are mandatory. The words “may” or “should” are intended to be
advisory. These advisory commands shall be followed unless exceptions are authorized in writing by the
ship’s Commanding Officer/Officer-In-Charge (CO/OIC) or Master.
1-4. DEVIATIONS TO REGULATIONS. Many situations involving contingency, readiness, or

operational requirements can be satisfied only by deviating from established explosives safety criteria.
The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), recognizing this need, has delegated authority to OPNAV to issue
waivers, exemptions and event waivers when strategic or other compelling reasons dictate. OPNAV has
also approved the use of event waivers for special occasions that are of a short duration in terms of time
and scope. Authority has been delegated by OPNAV to Fleet Commanders; i.e., U.S. Fleet Forces
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(USFF) Command, Commander, Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT); Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
(COMUSNAVEUR); Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa (COMNAVFORAF); and Commander, U.S.
Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT). Safety risks accepted and documented during
the ship design acquisition process, as described in paragraph 5-3, are issued for the life of the ship class
or until rescinded by OPNAV. Deviations will not be considered for new construction ships.
1-4.1. WAIVERS. A waiver is written authority to deviate from mandatory explosives safety
requirements for the purpose of temporary satisfaction of recurring readiness or operational requirements.
It is generally issued for 2 years pending completion of corrective measures to eliminate the waiver
requirement. Waivers will not be granted unless a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) for eventual
correction is provided with the request. Waivers can be renewed only if adequate progress is being
demonstrated to comply with established explosive safety criteria.
1-4.2. EXEMPTIONS. An exemption is written authority to deviate from mandatory explosives safety
requirements for the purpose of long term satisfaction of recurring readiness or operational requirements.
It is generally issued for a maximum of 5 years, but can be renewed, as required, to allow for correction
of the deficiency. Exemptions will not be granted unless a program for eventual correction is planned.
1-4.3. REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS OR EXEMPTIONS. All requests for waivers or exemptions
shall be submitted to OPNAV (N411), via the operational chain of command and NOSSA, and shall
include the following information:
a. General statement of waiver or exemption requirement.
b. Specific document(s) or table(s) that contains the requirements to be waived.
c. Specific description of the conditions that created the need for the waiver or exemption.
d. Statement specifying reason(s) why compliance with these requirements cannot be effected.
e. Alternatives examined. Include all possible practical alternatives to prevent the continuation
or issuance of an exemption or waiver, and the rationale for each alternative.
f. The mission effect of a maximum credible, explosives accident.
g. Safety precautions to be enforced during the period of waiver or exemption.
h. Resources required to eliminate the waiver or exemption.
i. Actions initiated or to be initiated for eliminating the exemption or waiver and the estimated
time to completion. At a minimum, a POA&M must be provided for incremental correction of all
waivers.
j. Justification of operational necessity.
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1-4.4. RENEWAL OF WAIVERS OR EXEMPTIONS. Requests for renewal of waivers and

exemptions shall be submitted three months prior to the expiration to allow proper staffing and shall
contain the same information in paragraph 1-4.3 above.
1-4.5. EVENT WAIVERS. An event waiver or multiple handling event waivers is an approved
deviation from explosives safety criteria that is issued by a competent authority on a case-by-case basis
for a particular evolution(s), for a limited period of time to meet a specific, non-recurring readiness or
operational necessity requirements that cannot be otherwise satisfied. These waivers result from
compelling mission requirements, not operational convenience or cost savings.
1-4.6. REQUEST FOR EVENT WAIVERS. In accordance with OPNAVINST 8020.14 (series), all
event waivers or multiple handling event waivers shall be requested by message addressed to the
commands that will provide the operational necessity certification. Normally, the Numbered Fleet
Commanders (e.g., 6th Fleet, 7th Fleet) serve as the certifying official, but may include the appropriate
Type Commanders (TYCOMs). Landlord concurrence will be obtained via the Regional Commander.
Information addressees for the message will be others in the chain-of-command, OPNAV (N41),
NOSSA, appropriate TYCOMs, and Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC). Geographic Fleet
Commanders can approve these waivers to meet their operational needs. The information contained in
the message request should be in the format of paragraph 1-4.3, including the date(s) for which the
waiver(s) is (are) required to the maximum practicable extent.
1-5. REPORTING ERRORS AND OMISSIONS IN MANUAL. Ships, training activities, supply
points, Naval shipyards, and supervisors of shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) are requested to arrange for the
maximum practical use and evaluation of this manual and other NAVSEA technical manuals. All errors,
omissions, discrepancies, and suggestions for improvement to NAVSEA technical manuals shall be
reported to the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC/PHD),
Naval Sea System Data Support Activity (NSDSA), 4363 Missile Way, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4307
on NAVSEA Technical Manual Deficiency/Evaluation Report (TMDER), NAVSEA Form 4160/1. A
copy of NAVSEA TMDER Form 4160/1 is included at the end of this manual. This form may also be
completed and processed using the NSDSA website https://nsdsa.nmci.navy.mil. To expedite, also send
as an email to ihdiv.estm@navy.mil. When using this website, the correct publication number to use to
generate a TMDER against this manual is OP00004(4 spaces)00001000. All feedback comments will be
thoroughly investigated and originator will be advised of TMDER resolution. If you prefer to submit a
TMDER using a word file, click here.
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CHAPTER 2
GENERAL REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2-1. GENERAL. The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) establishes the minimum
safety policy for ammunition and explosives afloat and the regulations and procedures are documented
herein. Occupational safety, health and environmental requirements as they apply to explosives safety
are mandatory as described in OPNAVINST 5100.19 (series). At Naval shore facilities, the regulations
of this publication and NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 apply. At explosives anchorages and commercial
explosive piers, the regulations for military ammunition and explosives onboard commercial ships are
established in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 171 through 176. Foreign vessels (military,
commercial and privately owned) will adhere to United States visit requests and regulations. As required
by OPNAVINST 3128.10 (series), Commanding Officers, Port/Harbor Masters or activity commanders
should ensure that proper visit notification and requests, along with cargo manifests, are forwarded to
OPNAV (N2/N6IE) for approval. All foreign military vessels containing arms, ammunition or explosives
shall be treated in a like manner as U.S. Navy ships.
2-2. OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM). ORM is an effectiveness process for

maintaining readiness in peacetime and achieving success in combat without infringing upon the
prerogatives of the commander and enhances operational capability by identifying hazards. It is a
decision making process that enhances operational capability. ORM is a method for identifying hazards,
assessing risks and implementing controls to reduce the risk associated with any operation. ORM shall
be used as a tool when making decisions concerning operations involving ammunition and explosives to
ensure that the hazards are identified and controls are in place to mitigate the risk. Refer to OPNAVINST
3500.39/MCO 3500.27 (series) for additional guidance.
2-3. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS. The following safety

responsibilities and relationships shall be observed during all ammunition and explosives operations.
2-3.1. COMMANDING OFFICER (CO)/MASTER RESPONSIBILITIES. The responsible party for

all authorized actions used throughout this manual is the ship’s CO or Master. The ship’s CO or Master
may delegate authority to the lowest level of competence commesurate with the subordinate assigned
responsibilities and capabilities in accordance with OPNAVINST 3120.32 (series). The ship’s CO or
Master is responsible for complying with the explosives safety program afloat requirements contained in
this manual. When ships are at a pier, wharf or explosives anchorage that forms part of a Naval shore
activity, or is in waters adjacent to a Naval shore activity as defined by local regulations, compliance with
any shore activity safety regulations that concern ammunition and explosives and the ship must be
followed. The CO of a Naval shore activity is responsible for complying with the explosives safety
program requirements ashore contained in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1. All operations involving
ammunition and explosives operations on the pier, alongside the pier, or in boats under their authority are
the responsibility of the shore activity CO.
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2-3.2. SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES. Aggressive supervision is critical to ammunition and

explosives safety aboard ship and the prevention of mishaps. Supervisors shall be designated for all
operations involving ammunition and explosives. Supervisors shall verify that only current and approved
procedures are in place and that they are in use by qualified and certified personnel. Supervisors shall be
alert for any personnel having or demonstrating a casual, inattentive or careless attitude while in the
proximity of ordnance. Some ordnance operations such as replenishment are conducted using personnel
who are not ordnance specialized; these operations shall be conducted under the direct supervision of
qualified ordnance personnel. Supervisors shall take immediate corrective action to prevent possible
accidents. Such action must involve stopping an operation and providing additional instruction at a
minimum.
2-3.3. PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES. Each person involved in an ordnance operation is

responsible for compliance with the procedures and direction provided for the conduct of the operation.
If any person detects an incorrect, unsafe or unclear procedure or observes an incorrect or unsafe
operation being conducted, they shall immediately call out the word, "SILENCE" or "STOP," stop the
particular evolution, and report the situation to the immediate supervisor for appropriate corrective
action. Hazardous jobs shall not be rushed or performed in a manner that will compromise the safety of
personnel or equipment.
2-3.3.1. Explosive Handling Qualification and Certification (QUAL/CERT) Program. All

military, civilian, and contractor personnel shall be qualified and certified in accordance with
OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) or MCO 8023.3 (series) prior to performing tasks involving ammunition
and explosives. Personnel required to bear arms, aircrew personnel, lookouts, bridge watches, man
overboard watches and working parties are exempt to the degree specified in OPNAVINST 8023.24
(series). Personnel carrying firearms for law enforcement, security duties or personal protection shall be
qualified and authorized as described in OPNAVINST 3591.1 (series).
2-3.3.2. Medical Examination. Successfully passing a periodic medical examination is a required

qualification of all personnel. Examinations are conducted to ensure personnel are physically and
mentally qualified as explosives handlers/operators. All medical examination certificates, OPNAV Form
8020/6, shall be signed by an independent provider. All explosives handlers and explosives vehicle or
equipment operators shall pass a periodic medical examination, under the requirements established by
Article 15-107 of NAVMED P-117. For submarine personnel, Article 15-106 of NAVMED P-117
satisfies the medical examination requirements. This includes personnel licensed to operate materials/
weight handling equipment. If the medical examination expires, then the explosives handler or operator
will not be permitted to participate in explosives operations until the medical examination is satisfactorily
completed. Waivers from medical standards or physical requirements with endorsements from safety,
medical and legal, as appropriate, are granted at the command level according to the criteria under the
authority of OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series).
2-3.3.3. Department of the Navy (DON) Explosives Safety Training Requirements. Civilian and
military (active and reserve duty) assigned to shipboard positions involving responsibilities related to
ammunition and explosives shall complete the required DON explosives safety training requirements
documented in chapter E.
2-3.4. PRE-ARRIVAL OR ARRIVAL CONFERENCE. Prior to or upon arrival of a Navy ship/

USCG cutter at a pier or explosives anchorage for loading or offloading of ammunition and explosives, a
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conference shall be held to coordinate the responsibilities and handling procedures on the pier and on
board ship. The ship’s CO/Master or the designated Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the ordnance loading or
unloading operation along with any other necessary ship’s personnel shall attend the conference.
2-3.5. VISITING AFLOAT COMMAND AND NAVAL SHORE ACTIVITY COMMAND

RELATIONSHIP. The command relationships between a visiting afloat command and the Naval shore
activity are outlined in OPNAVINST 8020.14 (series), Naval base commander and other command
instructions. The visiting afloat command shall conform to the regulations of NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1
and to the orders of the host shore command in matters pertaining to specific services rendered or
received including police, fire, security, safety, communications, air traffic, plant maintenance, and
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). Specific responsibilities shall be documented during the pre-arrival
conference described in paragraph 2-3.4. Conflicts involving the policies, requirements, procedures, or
authorities for the loading, handling, or unloading of ammunition or explosives shall be reconciled by the
officer in charge of the ship operation and the shore activity counterpart or brought to the attention of
both COs for resolution. Affected ammunition and explosives operations shall be suspended until the
conflict is resolved.
2-3.6. PIERSIDE TRANSFER OPERATIONS. During ammunition and explosives pierside transfer
operations, the responsibility for the safety of the transfer operation rests with the shore activity unless
the ammunition or explosives is within the ship. Ammunition and explosives are considered “within the
ship,” when the weight of them is carried in whole or in part by the ship. When being loaded into launch
systems, such as Vertical Launching System (VLS), and above deck canisters, the ammunition is
considered within the ship when the loading adapter or hook is removed whether or not the ammunition is
entirely within the launcher. Connected replenishment (CONREP) of ammunition and explosives is
prohibited between ships during pierside transfer operations.
2-3.7. SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVES SAFETY INSPECTION (SESI). NOSSAINST 8023.12

(series) promulgates policies and procedures governing the implementation, execution and management
of the SESI Program.
2-4. HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO). Activities

engaged in the handling and stowage of electrically initiated ordnance or ordnance which contains
Explosive Initiated Devices (EIDs) shall be familiar with the contents of NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR
16-1-529 Volume 2. The hazards resulting from ordnance exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy can
be mitigated if personnel follow the safety regulations prescribed therein. Refer to paragraph 4-3 of the
manual for additional HERO information.
2-5. DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE HANDLING LOCATIONS. Ammunition and explosives

shall be handled only at locations specifically site-approved in accordance with OPNAVINST 8020.14
(series) or NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
2-5.1. AMMUNITION TERMINALS. OPNAV has designated certain Naval shore activities as
ammunition terminals for issuing, loading and unloading ammunition and explosives to and from ships.
Examples of ammunition terminals are explosives handling piers (piers used primarily for handling
explosive cargo), scuttling sites, and explosives anchorages.
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2-5.2. FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE (FBM) SITES. OPNAV has designated certain Naval shore
activities as FBM sites for supporting FBM submarines, including the handling of missiles. Currently,
only Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT) and SWF Pacific (SWFPAC) serve as designated
FBM sites.
2-5.3. EXPLOSIVES ANCHORAGES AND OTHER PERMITTED LOCATIONS. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, has designated explosives anchorages which are indicated on applicable harbor
charts. The Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) must provide site approval in
order for ships to conduct loading and offloading ammunition and explosives.
2-5.3.1. Explosives Anchorages. When practical, ammunition and explosives should be loaded or
offloaded at a pier or wharf rather than at an explosives anchorage to minimize the hazards caused by
wind, waves and swells between barge and ship. The regulations of many ports prohibit loading or
offloading of ammunition and explosives while the ship is alongside wharves and piers. The Captain of
the Port (COTP) assigns berths in established explosives anchorages for handling ammunition and
explosives, and no ship shall occupy a berth without obtaining prior approval from the port authorities
having jurisdiction. All port anchorage regulations must be observed during such operations and all port
regulations concerning operations at a pier and wharf apply to loading and unloading operations at
explosives anchorages. When ammunition and explosives are to be loaded or offloaded at explosives
anchorages, the necessary lighters and motorized equipment are supplied by the Naval base commander.
The command providing the barge or lighter and motorized equipment is responsible for ensuring the
barge or lighter and motorized equipment meets all requirements.
2-5.3.2. Other Permitted Locations. OPNAV has also designated certain berths and locations at
which ammunition and explosives required for training or replenishment may be transferred to or
received from support ships by tenders. The ammunition and explosives handled will be limited to the
type and quantity specifically permitted at each location, and to that transferred to, or received from, a
single support ship. The quantity of ammunition and explosives handled will be governed by explosive
limits and other regulatory provisions specified by each location. Replenishment and training
ammunition may be issued to ships at OPNAV approved locations other than ammunition activities or
explosives anchorages. Specific locations to handle ammunition and explosives must be either
site-approved by the DDESB or granted a waiver or exemption by OPNAV. The loading and offloading
of full shipboard ammunition allowances will be performed only at site approved Naval shore activities
or explosives anchorages, except in cases of emergency. For additional guidance, refer to NAVSEA OP
5 Volume 1 for ship berthing and handling regulations. For CVN ships, the preferred method for
onloading and offloading the ship’s ammunition allowances and training ammunition is underway
replenishment (UNREP) using the Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) and CONREP methods. Refer to
paragraph 2-6 for Explosives Safety Quality-Distance (ESQD) requirements.
2-5.4. JOINT OPERATIONS. Prior to conducting joint operations aboard U.S. Navy ships, refer to
Joint Publication 3-04 (Joint Shipboard Helicopter Operations) and the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army,
COMUSSOCOM Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (Authorization to Use and Hot/Cold Tube Load
Selected 2.75-Inch Rockets Aboard Navy CV/CVN and LHA/LHD Class Ships) for specific guidance.
2-5.5. LIGHTERS AND BARGES. Lighters and barges are used for transporting or temporarily
stowing ammunition and explosives. All barges and lighters used for the transport or temporary stowage
of ammunition and explosives shall meet the requirements of NAVSEA SW020-AG-SAF-010.
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Ammunition and explosives shall be stowed aboard barges and lighters as described in NAVSEA
OP 3221/TM 55-607, NAVSEA SW020-AG-SAF-010 and NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1. Particular
importance is given to regulations against rough handling of ammunition and explosives. It must be
emphasized that even the least sensitive explosives may detonate if subjected to rough and improper
handling. Therefore, utmost care shall be exercised when handling ammunition and explosives over the
side.
2-5.6. SMALL BOATS AND CRAFT. Small boats are defined as all boats, including rigid inflatable
boats (RIBs), rubber raiding craft, or craft that can be carried aboard another vessel or are trailerable.
Refer to NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 for small boat and craft safety precautions during loading or
unloading operations at piers or wharves. Only small boats, such as Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM),
Landing Craft Utility (LCU), Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) and Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC),
that have approved secure-for-sea capabilities, a fire extinguisher, a suitable anchor and ground tackle,
fog horn or bell, radio communications equipment, life jackets and other personal protective equipment
(PPE) which special circumstances may dictate, will be authorized to transport ammunition and
explosives. Safety at sea ordnance, such as signaling flares, may be stowed on board for up to 90 days
without compatibility restrictions provided they are stowed in secured locations. Rubber Raiding Craft
Mk III and Mk V Special Operations Craft (SOC), RIBs, and other similar craft are not authorized for
ordnance evolutions, except as part of training exercises or approved special operation missions where
their use is specifically addressed in the written local procedures. The boat or craft shall carry a qualified
crew. Prior to any small boat or craft movement, an inspection will be made by the boat or craft officer
and coxswain to ensure its readiness and reliability. The explosives compatibility requirements of table
3-4 shall be observed whenever possible. For landing force ammunition, the stowage compatibility
requirements of table 3-5 apply. Other pier and wharf safety requirements for small boat or craft loading
and unloading operations are specified in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1. When a small boat or craft returns
to the host ship and is no longer actively engaged in operations, ammunition and explosives [including
their own Anti-Terrorism/Force/Protection (AT/FP) ammunition] shall be returned to the ship’s
magazine.
2-5.7. ROLL ON/ROLL OFF (RORO) VEHICLES. Ammunition and explosive material is often
transported in trucks and trailers. When crossing bodies of water, it may become necessary to use vessels
that are capable of retaining the integrity of a truck or trailers and its cargo such as barges, High Speed
Vessels (HSVs), literage, LCUs, LCMs and LCACs. Prior to conducting any Roll On/Roll Off (RORO)
evolution, the sites being used for loading and offloading vehicles from a vessel will be required to have
an explosive safety site approval. If the site does not have the necessary site approval, the activity
wishing to conduct the ammunition and explosive movement will submit a site approval request to
NOSSA or Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM). Refer to NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1
for specific site approval requests for RORO operations involving the transfer of Department of Defense
(DOD) ammunition and explosives.
2-6. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY QUANTITY-DISTANCE (ESQD) REQUIREMENTS. ESQD

standards, requirements and methods of calculation are issued by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF).
NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 documents these requirements and mandates that wherever ammunition and
explosives are handled by, stored by, or are under the supervision of the DON, such ammunition and
explosives, must be maintained at certain minimum distances from inhabited buildings, passenger
railroads, public highways, ships, lighters, and any other facilities or property. Specific ESQD standards
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for combatant, cargo, amphibious warfare ammunition and explosives, and logistic movements are
provided below.
2-6.1. COMBATANT AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES ESQD REQUIREMENTS.

Ammunition and explosives in static stowage within ship’s magazines and intended for the service of
shipboard armament, embarked aircraft, or for an embarked unit’s specific mission are exempt from
ESQD requirements. This is known or referred to as the "combatant" exemption. This exemption is
applicable to U.S. and foreign military vessels provided the onboard ammunition and explosives meets
the aforementioned criteria. No handling of ammunition and explosives shall be conducted outside the
skin of the ship. If handling of ordnance is required, applicable explosives safety criteria applies and the
ship’s Weapon Officer shall comply with the approved explosives safety siting for the amount of exposed
Net Explosive Weight (NEW). For ESQD purposes, ammunition and explosives are considered:
2-6.1.1. Secure.
a. The ammunition or explosives is below an open deck or positioned behind the outer skin of the
ship and is not being handled. For CVN, LHA and LHD ships, the hangar deck of the ship is considered
inside the skin of the ship when all aircraft elevator doors are fully closed.
b. The missiles being loaded into VLS tubes/cells, Multiple All-Up Round Canister (MAC) cells
or other Payload System (PS) middleware, or above deck canisters are inserted into the launcher and the
loading adapter or hook is removed, whether or not the missile is entirely within the launcher.
2-6.1.2. Not Secure.
a. Ammunition and explosives are being transferred to/from the ship. The total NEW is
computed as the amount of exposed ammunition.
b. If any SSBN missile hatch is open for any operation related directly to the missile (i.e., loading
or maintenance), the missiles are not considered secured and the total NEW of all missiles on board must
be applied for ESQD calculations.
c. If an SSGN missile hatch or VIRGINIA Payload Tube (VPT) hatch is opened in support of a
missile onload or offload, the total NEW will be computed as the number of exposed missiles in that
MAC tube and any exposed ordnance. If more than one missile or Payload Tube (PT) hatch is open at the
same time, then the NEW will be cumulative.
2-6.2. CARGO AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES ESQD REQUIREMENTS. Cargo

ammunition and explosives also includes all bulk ammunition and explosives carried by Combat
Logistics Force (CLF), Military Sealift Command (MSC), Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships,
commercial ships, and tenders, even though the ammunition is stowed in approved magazines. It also
includes all ammunition or explosives carried or intended to be carried on board any ship and stowed in
locations other than approved magazine spaces, launchers, or ready-service lockers. All cargo
ammunition and explosives are subject to ESQD requirements regardless of where the ship is located and
whether or not it is being handled as noted in the following paragraphs:
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2-6.2.1. T-AKE, T-AOE and AS Class ships meeting the below restrictions are permitted to moor at
piers, wharves and anchorages without application of ESQD arcs:
a. NEW does not exceed 400 pounds of hazard class/division (HC/D) 1.2.2 ammunition, 2,500
pounds of HC/D 1.3 ammunition, and mission essential quantities of HC/D 1.4 ammunition.
b. HC/D 1.2.2 ammunition is stowed in the ship’s main cargo holds.
c. HC/D 1.2.2 and HC/D 1.3 ammunition is stowed in separate cargo holds.
2-6.2.2. ESQD arcs will be applied to cargo ammunition and explosives handling operations in
accordance with NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
2-6.2.3. Ammunition and explosives carried by these ships, intended only for use by the ship’s own
installed weapons systems and stowed in approved magazines, is not considered to be cargo ammunition
and explosives. The following requirements apply to ships carrying cargo ammunition and explosives:
a. All cargo ammunition and explosives shall be loaded in compliance with the compatibility
requirements detailed in paragraph 3-16 or special instructions of NOSSA.
b. Ships shall be berthed so that the ESQD standards of NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 are met.
When in foreign ports, ships must also meet the applicable requirements of the host government if these
requirements are more stringent and an appropriate international agreement makes compliance with the
host country's requirements mandatory.
c. When the ship's damage control (DC) capabilities are fully functional, welding, burning, or
other hot work can be conducted only when one intervening compartment not containing ammunition and
explosives separates such shops or spaces from cargo or ship's magazine spaces which contain
ammunition and explosives, and is approved in writing by the ship’s CO/Master. Additionally, hot work
may be performed on top-side spaces and areas as long as the one-intervening-compartment rule is not
violated and the area under consideration for hot work is above the main deck. Refer to paragraph 2-15.5
for specific hot work safety requirements.
d. When a waiver has been issued to allow a deviation from ESQD requirements, there shall be
no impairment of the ship's normal security and DC capability, and no internal shifting of cargo or ship's
ammunition is to be undertaken, unless at an ammunition terminal or an explosives anchorage.
e. All ammunition spaces are to be inspected a minimum once a day. Refer to paragraph 3-15 for
ammunition and stowage inspection requirements.
f. At every port providing berthing for loaded ammunition ships, Senior Officer Present Afloat
(SOPA) instructions shall contain a detailed plan for actions to be taken in an emergency which may
involve or affect the ship. This plan shall include specific details for coordination between the ship and
the support activity concerning required services, tugs, supplemental firefighting equipment, changes in
the ship's DC or firefighting status, etc. It shall also contain specific actions to be carried out in order to
handle any foreseeable emergency or contingency.
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g. Consistent with deployment schedules and readiness conditions set by higher authority, except
for those ships addressed in paragraph 2-6.2.1, CLF ships with cargo ammunition on board may
completely secure their engineering plants under the following conditions:
(1) Prior concurrence has been obtained per local SOPA instructions and from the CO of the
activity providing the cold iron berth.
(2) The berth used is equipped with all required services: steam, power adequate to operate
all sensing, alarm, and firefighting systems, and water in adequate supply and at proper pressure.
(3) Fire and security departments of the shore activity involved are notified 24 hours prior to
securing the engineering plant.
(4) The ship's DC capabilities are maintained fully operable with required water pressure
maintained on fire mains at all times, and emergency generators and fire pumps capable of immediate and
full operation.
(5) Handling of ammunition and explosives, either cargo or ship's service allowance, is
authorized only if the cold iron berth is at an ammunition terminal. The CO of the ammunition terminal
is authorized to permit onloading or offloading of cargo ammunition while the ship is in cold iron status if
all other applicable safety requirements can be met.
(6) The ship location provides for a safe and expeditious departure, if necessary. If nested,
it must be the outboard ship. An adequate number of properly trained personnel, as mutually agreed on
by the CO/Master of the ship and the CO, COTP or Harbor Master of the shore activity involved, are
readily available for handling mooring lines and disconnecting pier services for such departure. The
proper hawsers must be rigged so that they are readily accessible for tug use without the ship's assistance.
At night, these hawsers are to be illuminated.
(7) At least one tug shall be available as detailed in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 in case of an
emergency.
2-6.3. AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES ESQD

REQUIREMENTS. Landing force ammunition consists of Landing Force Operational Reserve
Materiel (LFORM), Naval Support Element (NSE) and training ammunition. It is carried aboard
Amphibious Warfare (AW) class ships in designated stowage spaces, as described in NAVSEA SW023-
AJ-WHS-010, in support of the ship's mission and is exempt from ESQD requirements when the
following criteria is met:
a. At every port providing berthing for AW ships with landing force ammunition aboard, SOPA
instructions shall contain a detailed plan for actions to be taken in the event of an emergency which may
involve or affect the ship. This plan shall include specific details for coordination between the ship and
the support activity concerning required services, tugs, supplemental firefighting equipment, changes in
the status of the ship's DC or firefighting status, etc. It shall also contain specific actions to be carried out
in order to handle any foreseeable emergency or contingency.
b. All ammunition spaces are to be inspected at least daily. Refer to paragraph 3-15 for
ammunition and stowage inspection requirements.
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c. Ammunition or explosives are below an open deck or positioned behind the outer skin of the
ship and are not being handled. The hangar deck of the ship is considered inside the skin of the ship
when all aircraft elevator doors, well deck stern ramps, or cargo sideport doors are fully closed.
d. In order to achieve appropriate segregation of landing force ammunition, fire-retardant

plywood partitions, fabricated in accordance with MIL-L-19140, shall be used as specified in paragraph
3-16.2.3a.
e. If the ship is to secure their engineering plant, the above requirements remain in effect.
Additionally:
(1) Fire and security departments of the shore activity involved are to be notified at least
24 hours in advance of securing the engineering plant.
(2) The ship's DC capabilities are to be maintained fully operable, with standard pressure
maintained on fire mains at all times. Emergency generators and fire pumps will be capable of immediate
and full operation.
2-7. BRAVO FLAG DISPLAY. A Bravo flag shall be prominently displayed by all ships and craft
engaged in ammunition and explosives loading or unloading operations. Also, a Bravo flag shall be
prominently displayed by all barges, lighters, and other craft while they are loaded with or are
transporting ammunition and explosives. At night, a red light shall be used in place of the Bravo flag.
Tugs towing lighters or barges which are transporting ordnance and all ships, barges, or other craft
engaged in loading or offloading ordnance shall show lights as required by local regulations in inland
waters.
2-8. APPROVED AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES AND WEAPONS. Only ammunition, explosives

and weapons approved by OPNAV (N41) are authorized for transport or use aboard U.S. Navy or U.S.
Navy chartered ships. The following regulations apply to Naval, foreign and U.S. joint service
ammunition:
a. Naval Ammunition. Approved Naval ammunition will be provided in shipboard allowance

lists (i.e., 30,000 Series Allowance List, Navy Small Arms Equipment Allowance List). Items required
for test and evaluation will be approved for use aboard ship by the Weapon System Explosives Safety
Review Board (WSESRB).
b. Foreign Ammunition. Any foreign produced ordnance that is currently in the Navy catalogue
and assigned a Navy Ammunition Logistics Code/Department of Defense Identification Code (NALC/
DODIC) may be stowed, transported or used aboard Navy vessels with Type Commander (TYCOM)
approval. Any ordnance not catalogued or assigned a NALC/DODIC requires OPNAV (N41) approval
prior to stowage, transport or use.
c. U.S. Joint Service Ammunition. Any Army, Air Force, Special Operations Command
(SOCOM), or Coast Guard procured ordnance that has an assigned DODIC may be stowed and
transported aboard Navy vessels with Service and TYCOM approval. Any ordnance item not having an
assigned NALC or DODIC will require OPNAV (N41) approval prior to stowage or being transported.
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Any ordnance item not listed in the Navy Ammunition Catalogue requires OPNAV (N41) approval prior
to use aboard a Navy vessel.
2-8.1. APPROVED PACKAGING FOR AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES AND RELATED

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Ammunition, explosives and related hazardous materials (HAZMAT)
shall be shipped and stored in approved containers and in accordance with standard unitization and
conveyance loading procedures. Shipping and storage configurations for Navy approved ammunition
items are listed in NAVSEA SW020-AC-SAF-010. The ammunition items listed in this technical manual
have been determined to meet Navy and DOD transportation and stowage safety regulations. Other
applicable Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations include 49 CFR 100-178 and 301-399, the
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code and the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions. The Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage and
Transportation (PHST) Center located at Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, NJ is the cognizant activity
responsible for establishing packaging design and test requirements, and approving the shipping
configuration for Naval ammunition, explosives and related Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT). The
packaging approval process verifies the adequacy of the shipping configuration to meet the life cycle
logistical characteristics of each item. The process also ensures compliance with Navy and DOD safety
and security requirements, and all applicable federal and international HAZMAT transport regulations.
2-8.2. PRIVATELY OWNED AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES AND WEAPONS. Stowage of

privately owned weapons is permitted aboard ship only when specifically approved in writing by the
ship’s CO/Master. Privately owned weapons are subject to the security requirements of OPNAVINST
5530.13 (series). Privately owned ammunition and explosives, which includes morale, welfare and
recreation (MWR) ammunition, are not authorized aboard ship.
2-8.3. COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES. Commercial explosives or commercially-manufactured and

explosive-containing devices not controlled or owned by the United States Armed Forces shall not be
handled, stowed or shipped by Naval units without prior approval of OPNAV (N41). Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) items which are required to maintained aboard ships under MSC control are exempt from
this requirement. All other requirements of this manual apply. Refer to 46 CFR 199.60 and 199.170.
These items shall not be stowed with Navy ammunition.
2-8.4. SMALL ARMS WEAPONS STOWAGE WITH AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES.

Ready-for-issue (RFI) small arms weapons and related ammunition required for the readiness of the
ship’s security/anti-terrorism response team, including armed helicopters when so assigned, may be
stowed together. Only the minimum essential quantity of ammunition required to sustain watchstanders
until replenishment can be provided may be stowed with these weapons. Security for and accountability
of these weapons and ammunition shall comply with OPNAVINST 5530.13 (series).
2-8.4.1. MSC and Contracted Ships Configuration Requirements. In addition to the requirements
specified in paragraph 2-8.4, thermometers are not required in small arms ammunition lockers and safes
[that provide a minimum protection equivalent to a General Service Administration (GSA) Class 5] that
are being used for ordnance stowage aboard MSC and contracted ships. This applies when the stowage is
not located near a heat source where convection heating will not occur nor subject to heat conduction
from the hull or other heat sources to prevent stowage temperatures from exceeding 100 ºF, and Hazard
Class/Division (HC/D) 1.4S or lower hazard class material, for a quantity not to exceed five pounds
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NEW. Small arms lockers and safes for weapons stowed with ammunition are exempt from flooding
system requirements while above the waterline.
2-8.5. SIMULATORS. For surface combatants ships with VLS capability, no simulators of any type
will be mixed with live ordnance except during highly controlled special test and evaluation scenarios as
approved by the WSESRB. No Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) simulators, with the exception of the
Missile Handling Trainers (MHT), will be placed in any launcher with live and/or telemetry rounds
loaded except during highly controlled special test and evaluation scenarios, and only after approved
from the RAM program office in accordance with PEOIWSINST 8815.1 (series).
2-9. PHYSICAL SECURITY FOR ARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES. Policy and
requirements for the physical security of arms, ammunition, and explosives are contained in
OPNAVINST 5530.13 (series).
2-10. THERMALLY PROTECTED AMMUNITION. Some items of Navy ammunition exist in both
thermally protected (TP) and non-thermally protected (NTP) configurations. The TP version is more
resistant to the heat developed during a fuel fire and provides increased time until cook off. If a weapon
is available in both the TP and NTP configurations, only the TP version is to be operationally employed
aboard ships with flight decks.
2-11. AUTHORIZED MAINTENANCE OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES. Fleet

organizational and intermediate level maintenance tasks authorized to be performed on ammunition and
explosives afloat are identified in the Naval Ordnance Maintenance Management Program (NOMMP)
described in OPNAVINST 8000.16 (series) and governing Systems Command (SYSCOM) technical
manuals. Maintenance does not include handling operations, loading and firing operations, or EOD
operations. On submarines, while performing authorized maintenance on loaded VLS missiles in VLS
tubes, no ESQD is created so long as the ordnance is secured within the ship as addressed in paragraph 2-
6.1. The following usage and maintenance precautions shall be observed:
a. Ammunition and explosives received and stowed in their shipping and storage containers shall
be inspected to ensure it matches the container identification markings and is serviceable in accordance
with the appropriate technical manual.
b. Modification or alteration of ammunition and explosives is not authorized.
c. Component safety devices shall not be removed nor shall the items be altered in any way.
d. Ammunition and explosives shall be used only in conjunction with the weapon system or
payload module for which it was designed. No weapon system or payload module shall be used for a
purpose other than for which it was designed.
e. Applicable ammunition and explosives weapon prevention and corrective maintenance using
organizational, intermediate or depot level maintenance procedures or Maintenance Requirement Cards
(MRCs) may be conducted in a controlled environment and may be performed to ensure ammunition and
explosives are serviceable or to prepare them for offload/transfer.
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f. Only those tools and equipment described in applicable technical manuals shall be used when
performing maintenance, assembly, disassembly, inspection, test or ammunition handling. Guidance
governing the use of electrically powered tools and maintenance equipment are specified in paragraph 4-
2.
g. Battery operated laptop computers are authorized for use in magazines when ammunition and
explosives are present with the following restrictions:
(1) The device shall be certified to meet Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
Class B limits.
(2) Maintain a separation distance of 10 feet (3 meters) between any FCC Class B digital
device and HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE.
(3) The device shall operate on batteries alone and shall not be connected to power, via
power cord. Batteries shall not be changed in the magazine.
(4) The device shall not be left unatttended in the magazine.
h. The use of personal wireless devices is prohibited in below deck spaces during ordnance
assembly operations, such as bomb build-up on the mess deck. Personal wireless devices (gaming
systems, laptops, cellular telephones, etc.) shall be turned off or removed prior to the conduct of
operations. Shipboard wireless devices and systems that have been certified for use must also be secured,
unless specifically stated in the certification as addressed in NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529
Volume 2.
i. Dropped or damaged ordnance shall be inspected immediately in accordance with the

applicable MRC, technical manual or inspected by EOD personnel. The ammunition shall not be moved
or handled until the safety determination has been made, unless not moving the ammunition or explosives
increases the risk of further mishap.
j. Applicable written procedures for the maintenance to be performed must be followed.
k. Weapon Built-In-Test (BIT) reprogramming using AN-GYQ-79A Common Munitions BIT

Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) shall be conducted in locations specified in paragraph 4-13.
l. Aerosol paints and sprays should not be stowed in magazines.
2-12. SAFETY INTERLOCKS. Safety interlocks for ammunition and equipment or systems shall not
be altered, bypassed, or rendered inoperative unless specifically approved by Naval Sea Systems
Command (NAVSEASYSCOM).
2-13. SIGNS, PLACARDS, HAZARD MARKINGS AND LABEL PLATES. Appropriate danger
signs, operating instructions and safety precautions shall be posted in all areas where ammunition and
explosives are stowed, handled or fired. Refer to appendix D for the appropriate signs, placards, hazard
markings and label plates.
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2-14. EMERGENCY DRILLS. When ammunition and explosives handling operations are in progress,
emergency drills requiring the use of the general alarm system, ship's bell or whistle shall not be
conducted on board ship while moored to a pier connected with a Naval shore activity unless specific
approval for such drills has been granted by the CO of the Naval shore activity. Further, such emergency
drills shall not be conducted by ships nested together or at a pier where ammunition handling operations
are in progress, or by a ship conducting UNREP operations.
2-15. FIREFIGHTING AND PREVENTION. An adequate fire party as defined by the ship’s local
operating procedures, approved by the CO/Master, shall be maintained on board at all times when
carrying ordnance or explosives. Fire alarm systems and firefighting equipment shall be installed at
appropriate locations and maintained in operating condition. Alarm systems defined in paragraph 5-5.3,
shall be constantly monitored. NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010 provides the description, operation and
maintenance requirements for magazine sprinkling systems, including detailed information on system
components, controls, and tests and inspections. A complete discussion of firefighting equipment and
procedures aboard surface ships are contained in Naval Ships Technical Manual (NSTM)
S9086-S3-STM-010/CH-555; for submarines, refer to NSTM S9086-S3-STM-020/CH-555; and for
aircraft hangar and flight deck firefighting, refer to NAVAIR 00-80R-14. All personnel assigned to the
aircraft crash and salvage crews and to ship’s fire parties shall be instructed in the specific hazards and
techniques involved in fighting fires where ordnance is involved.
2-15.1. FIREFIGHTING. In case of fire in areas containing ammunition or explosives, the following
actions shall be taken:
a. Report the fire and request assistance.
b. Initiate firefighting procedures immediately.
c. Clear the area of all unauthorized personnel not operating firefighting equipment.
d. Before entering any space where smoke or fumes are present, the proper protective clothing,
including Emergency Air Breathing (EAB) or Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) as approved
for use with the involved materiel, shall be worn.
e. Cool explosive assemblies with a deluge of water to prevent them from igniting or detonating.
2-15.2. INOPERABLE OR DEACTIVATED SPRINKLING SYSTEMS. When a magazine

sprinkling system or associated alarms have been temporarily deactivated or becomes inoperable where
ammunition and explosives are present, the system shall be tagged out of service in accordance with local
governing instructions and the space shall be manned or a fire watch posted until the system has been
repaired and returned to operational condition.
2-15.3. ONLOADING OR OFFLOADING OPERATIONS. Prior to loading or offloading

ammunition and explosives, either at a shore activity, anchorage, or underway, all fire main systems must
be operating properly. For submarines in port, if the trim system (fire main) must be tagged out of service
for essential repairs, a temporary fire fighting system must be used from topside to below decks. In this
case a pierside or topside water source (fire hydrant or portable pump) capable of providing a minimum
of 200 gallons per minute (gpm), to two hose lines with a minimum residual nozzle pressure of 60 pounds
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per square inch (psi) for each operating hoseline, is authorized for use. Where portable pump(s) provide
firefighting water supply, the pump(s) shall be tested prior to daily use. Fire hoses or Aqueous Film
Forming Foam (AFFF) hoses shall be laid out, or AFFF hose reels manned ready for use in the immediate
area of operations such that at least single-hose coverage is provided for all points along the weapons
handling path. These hoses shall not cross damage control and fire boundaries and may be uncharged.
At a minimum, each hose shall be manned by a nozzleman and two hosemen using AFFF or sea water
fire hoses. When loading or offloading submarines, the assigned nozzleman and hosemen may be part of
the handling team and one of the hosemen will be the plugman. Where a seawater sprinkling system,
designed in accordance with NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010, is installed, manning of the manual control
station may be used in place of fire hose coverage. Where an overhead AFFF system is installed manning
of the control station may be used in place of fire hose coverage provided all aircraft cockpits in the
applicable AFFF sprinkler zone are closed.
2-15.4. USE OF FLAME-, HEAT-, OR SPARK-PRODUCING DEVICES. Flame-, heat-, or

spark-producing devices shall not be permitted where ammunition and explosives are located. Cigarette
lighters, heaters, fires, welding tools, soldering irons, except as noted in paragraph 2-15.5a, cutting
torches and uncovered lights are examples of such devices. Before beginning work in an explosive area
requiring the use of flame-, heat-, or spark-producing devices, all ammunition and explosives must be
removed and the area thoroughly cleaned. Once the work is accomplished, the area will again be cleaned
before the ammunition and explosives are replaced. In addition, the precautions given in the following
paragraph for hot work on board a ship shall be observed.
2-15.5. HOT WORK. The following hot work precautions shall be observed aboard ship:
a. Within the ship, no hot work of any type will be performed in any space containing
ammunition and explosives, except as noted in paragraph 2-15.5.1. Further, no hot work shall be
performed in or on any space adjacent to, directly above, or directly below a space containing
ammunition and explosives, as shown in figure 2-1, except as follows:
(1) After the Weapons/Ordnance Handling Officer (OHO) and the Officer of the Deck
(OOD) have been notified.
(2) If the work area is adjacent to, (i.e., on the same level as and sharing a bulkhead with,
another explosives area), hot work may be performed on the bulkhead furthest removed from the
bulkhead shared with the space containing ammunition. Hot work may be performed on the overhead,
deck and bulkheads at locations no less than 5 feet from the shared structural or nonstructural bulkhead.
(3) In spaces directly below the explosive area, hot work may be performed on the deck and
bulkheads at locations no less than 5 feet from the overhead as shown in figure 2-1. No hot work is
permitted in spaces directly above an explosives area.
(4) Hot work may be performed not less than 5 feet away from loaded launchers and
ready-service lockers above deck and outside the skin of the ship.
b. Hot work may be performed in other spaces in the vicinity of the explosives area, unless the
above considerations prevent doing so. If hot work is required and these criteria cannot be met prior to
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entering the shipyard or Ship Repair Facility (SRF), the explosives and other HAZMAT must be
offloaded or moved to another magazine, if compatible stowage is available.
c. During normal ship upkeep periods outside the shipyard or SRF, the restrictions on hot work
specified in this paragraph shall also apply, except that authorized hot work on the exterior of the ship,
not involving magazine boundaries, shall be coordinated between the ship and the Naval shore activities
commanders.
d. If the performance of hot work is necessary which will violate the preceding restrictions, or
which will involve a magazine boundary, it may be authorized by the Fleet Commander on a one-time
case basis. Such violations must be required by urgent operational necessity, as certified by the TYCOM.
Requests for an event waiver of hot work restriction requirements will be submitted, via the TYCOM, in
accordance with paragraph 1-4.6. Such requests must cite the location and nature of the work, the
distance to the nearest compartment containing ammunition or explosives, and the special safety
precautions proposed for the performance of hot work. The TYCOM will certify operational necessity
for the hot work to be conducted in a message to the appropriate Fleet Commanders, who will then act
upon the request. These waivers are considered canceled when the short-term evolution for which they
were issued is completed.
e. Additional safety precautions that are described in NSTM S9086-CH-STM-010, -020 and
-030/CH-074 shall be observed for any hot work in a ship.
f. Regulations concerning welding or cutting operations that involve the use of an open flame or
arc on berthed ships are addressed in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
2-15.5.1. VLS Launchers (Surface Ships). As an exception to the hot work restrictions described in
paragraph 2-15.5, soldering with 50 watts or less than rated soldering irons is authorized on VLS
launchers aboard surface ships and is not considered hot work.
2-15.5.2. Submarine Requirements. In addition to the hot work restrictions described in paragraph
2-15.5, the following additional restrictions apply aboard submarines:
a. For SSBNs and SSGNs, when ordnance is located in:
(1) The torpedo room, it is considered a magazine. When all ordnance is removed from the
torpedo room, with the exception of torpedoes, missiles and mines in the tubes, only the torpedo tube is
considered a magazine.
(2) The 6" external countermeasures launcher capsule is properly closed and secured. It is a
space not accessible to personnel and is considered an individual space or compartment containing
ordnance for the purposes of applying paragraph 2-15.5 hot work restrictions.
b. Welding in the area of loaded submarine missile launchers (SSBN/SSGN missile tubes, SSN
VLTs or VPTs) or torpedo tubes shall conform to the following safety requirements:
(1) A fire watch shall be posted at the welding site throughout all phases of the operation.
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(2) Prior to commencement of hot work, the submarine’s weapons officer, assistant
weapons officer or strategic weapons duty officer shall verify the safety of the intended operations and
shall ensure a person from the submarine weapons department who is knowledgeable of these
requirements is present to monitor these operations.
(3) Welding shall be in accordance with NAVSEA T9074-AD-GIB0010 or with NSTM

S9086-CH-STM-010/CH-074.
(4) Hot work is not allowed on any missile launcher or torpedo tube containing ordnance.
Hot work may be performed on the inside of an empty SSN VLT or VPT. Refer to SSPINST 9000.5
(series) for hot work restrictions in empty SSBN/SSGN missile tube.
c. Welding and hot work on board SSBN/SSGNs shall conform to the SSPINST 9000.5 (series)
requirements whenever SSP equipment or ordnance is onboard, as follows:
(1) When properly secured, loaded SSBN missile tubes, gas generators in SSBN missile
ejector group equipment, or MACs in SSGN missile tubes, constitute launching systems that are not
accessible to shipboard personnel and are considered individual spaces that are separate from the missile
compartment and other SSBN/SSGN missile tubes for purposes of applying paragraph 2-15.5 hot work
restrictions. Refer to figure 2-2 for permissible and non-permissible hot work areas.
(2) For all welding operations onboard SSBNs and SSGNs, refer to SSPINST 9000.5
(series) in lieu of paragraph 2-15.5.
(3) For all hot work onboard SSBNs in Strategic Weapon System (SWS) spaces, between
Frames 51 and 94 (internal and external to the hull), in the Navigation and Missile Control Centers, and
adjacent to the Captain’s Indicator Panel in the Command and Control Center, SSPINST 9000.5 (series)
applies in lieu of paragraph 2-15.5.
(4) For all hot work onboard SSGNs, in Attack Weapons System (AWS) spaces and in a
missile tube containing a MAC, SSPINST 9000.5 (series) applies in lieu of paragraph 2-15.5.
(5) For welding and hot work in non-SWS spaces, in non-AWS spaces, and near non-SWS
ordnance or near AWS ordnance/ammunition, paragraph 2-15.5 applies.
d. The small arms locker aboard the SSN/SSGN/SSBN is a non-structural locker. The locker is
designated as an explosives space and hot work may not be performed within the 5 feet separation
distance and proximity.
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FIGURE 2-1. Permissible and Non-Permissible Hot Work Areas (Surface Ships).
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Missile Compartment
Bulkhead Bulkhead
Water-tight Main Deck Water-tight
door door
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
M M M M M M M M M M M M
S S S S S S S S S S S S
L L L L L L L L L L L L
T T T T T T T T T T T T
U U U U U U U U U U U U
B B B B B B B B B B B B
E E E E E E E E E E E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gas
Generators
- Missile tubes are considered separate explosive spaces within the missile compartment itself
FIGURE 2-2. Permissible and Non-Permissible Hot Work Areas (SSBN/SSGN Submarines)
2-16. SHIP REPAIRS AND AVAILABILITY. The following requirements apply to ships undergoing
repairs, overhauls, or availabilities.
2-16.1. OFFLOADING AMMUNITION. Units afloat scheduled for an availability period in excess of
45 days shall be completely offloaded of all ammunition, except for that quantity of small arms
ammunition which the ship’s CO/Master considers to be required for maintaining security aboard ship.
Other exceptions are inert ordnance items such as bomb fins and training shapes, and those pyrotechnic
items inherent to lifeboats or life rafts. All cargo ammunition and explosives must always be offloaded
prior to drydock, except in emergency situations.
2-16.2. OFFLOAD REQUIREMENTS BEFORE DRYDOCKING. Table 2-1 provides requirements

for the offloading of ammunition by ships entering a drydock.
Table 2-1. Guidance for Offloading Ammunition Before Drydocking

REASON FOR REPAIR OR AVAILABILITY AMMUNITION OFFLOADING REQUIREMENT
Emergency (anticipated repair is less than 45 days) - no hot Offload is not required. Authorization required as
work required in vicinity of magazines, launchers, or missile specified in paragraph 2-16.3.
tubes.
Emergency (anticipated repair is less than 45 days) - hot work Offload is required if at all feasible. A transfer to
is required in vicinity of or adjacent to magazines, launchers, another shipboard stowage area is acceptable. If
or missile tubes. neither is possible, an event waiver is required.
Refer to paragraph 1-4.6 for guidance.
Authorization required as specified in paragraph 2-
16.3.
Scheduled Maintenance - duration less than 6 weeks. Authorization required as specified in paragraph 2-
16.3. If hot work is required in vicinity of
magazines, launchers, or missile tubes, then
offload, move, or obtain hot work waiver.
Scheduled Maintenance - duration of 6 weeks or longer. Offload is required. See paragraph 2-16.1.
2-16.3. RETAINING AMMUNITION ONBOARD IN SHIPYARDS AND NAVAL STATIONS.

When undergoing an availability or repair for a period of less than 45 days in a commercial or Naval
shipyard, or SRF, units afloat may retain ammunition onboard as authorized on a case-by-case basis by
the CO of the repair facility, the cognizant naval supervisor of shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) and/or the
Geographic Fleet Commander. Units afloat, scheduled for an availability or repairs at Naval Station
(NAVSTA) piers (including tender support), may retain ammunition onboard as authorized by the
station’s CO, the Immediate Superior In Command (ISIC) and the TYCOM. However, the following
requirements must be met:
a. A strong operational requirement must exist, and must be justified by the TYCOM to the
Numbered Fleet Commander, with information provided to SUPSHIP. Certification shall include the
basis upon which the determination was made that a strong operational requirement exists. A complete
inventory list, NEW, and location of ammunition which is retained onboard shall be provided to the
SUPSHIP. For retaining ammunition at a NAVSTA, the operational requirements must be justified by the
ISIC to the TYCOM with concurrence from the station’s CO.
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b. When a ship is scheduled to enter a commercial shipyard, and approval has been granted to
allow ammunition to be retained onboard, the U.S. COTP within whose jurisdiction the shipyard is
located shall be provided with the name and hull number of the ship, and the types and quantities of
ammunition remaining on board. In cases where no COTP office exists, the cognizant Coast Guard
District Commander shall be notified. SUPSHIP’s shall establish procedures necessary to implement this
requirement.
c. Concurrence of the activity (i.e., Shipyard/NAVSTA) commander, who shall determine the
acceptability of the hazard to the facilities and personnel by evaluating the work to be done, spaces
involved, and security and damage control capabilities maintained on board during the availability or
repair period.
d. The activity commander shall be advised immediately of any change in plans or schedules of
work to be accomplished during the restricted availability and shall be given the opportunity to
disapprove when this creates unacceptable hazards. The cognizant industrial manager of a commercial
shipyard serves the same functions as those required of the Navy activity commander.
e. Within the activity, a location shall be selected for the ship which provides as much separation
as possible from concentrations of personnel and valuable structures, including other ships, and from fire
hazard or explosion hazard locations. The ship must not be exposed to any avoidable fire or other
hazardous condition within the ship, on shore, on the dock, or in other ships, lighters, or craft.
f. All ammunition retained on board must be stowed in sprinkler-protected spaces. All

ammunition and explosives will be removed from ready-service locations, gun mounts, weapons, and
launchers. SEA SPARROW, STANDARD, HARPOON, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), Rolling
Airframe Missile (RAM) and TOMAHAWK missiles may remain in their launchers provided the
launchers remain closed. Mk 46 and Mk 54 Torpedoes in weather deck mounted Mk 32 Torpedo tubes
should be downloaded to magazine stowage. For cases where the Mk 32 Torpedo tubes are located in the
torpedo magazine, the requirement to download the Mk 46 and Mk 54 Torpedoes from these torpedo
tubes does not apply. In all cases, pressure will be removed from the Mk 32 Torpedo tube air flask. No
test or maintenance involving live ordnance shall be conducted when weapons are in their launchers or
torpedoes tubes.
g. The safety requirements for hot work discussed in paragraph 2-15.5 are met.
h. Activity emergency services, including fire, security, safety, and medical organizations are
notified that ammunition remains onboard.
i. The ship's fire prevention and DC organizations shall be fully effective at all times throughout
the availability period.
j. Retaining ammunition onboard while in an Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)
commercial shipyard or drydock requires an event waiver approved by the Geographical Fleet
Commander in accordance with paragraph 1-4.6.
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k. Ships undergoing repairs, overhaul or maintenance availabilities that cannot meet the
requirements of paragraphs 2-16.1 and 2-16.3 must request an event waiver from OPNAV in accordance
with paragraph 1-4.6.
2-16.4. MOVEMENT OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES IN A SHIPYARD OR SHIP

REPAIR FACILITY (SRF). There shall be no stowing, restowing, testing, sampling, onloading, or
offloading of ammunition and explosives while the ship is in the maintenance availability or repair
period. There shall be no handling of ammunition and explosives, except as required for the arming of
guards to maintain security or the removal or replacement of pyrotechnics in ready-service lockers,
lifeboats or life rafts, and security and safety-at-sea items addressed in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1. The
movement of ammunition and explosives in a shipyard or SRF shall be in accordance with paragraphs 2-
3.4 and 2-3.5 of this manual, NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1 and written local procedures.
2-16.4.1. Concussion Grenades. HC/D 1.1F concussion grenades may be stowed in ship’s secure,
operational magazines, or zero-arc magazines on ships in shipyards/SRF’s, when necessary to meet
security requirements without requesting site approval or an event waiver. If the ship is placed in
drydock, the grenades must be offloaded or restricted to stowage in zero-arc magazines. The following
conditions are mandatory to the stowage and handling of this security material:
a. The minimum amount of HC/D 1.1F material necessary to meet mission requirements will be
stowed on board ships with a 10 pounds NEW limit.
b. No hot work is planned or conducted during the movement, subject to the precautions and
requirements of paragraph 2-15.5a.
c. Zero-arc ready-service stowage magazines with pumice-filled containers shall be used.
d. The zero-arc magazines must be placed in a location free from hot work or material handling
that also ensures constant security surveillance. A space visible from the quarterdeck or other suitable
location shall be approved by the ship’s CO. The 42-inch square footprint will load the deck to 185
pounds per square foot. Each selected location should be reviewed by the planning yard for adequate
deck strength.
e. If the zero-arc magazine must be relocated on the ship, or moved off the ship, the HC/D 1.1F
material must be moved in the pumice-filled containers and staged in the new location until the magazine
is in position applying the following restrictions:
(1) Moves shall be conducted when the workforce present on board can be limited to those
essential to ordnance movement, and ship safety and security. All personnel not essential to the ordnance
movement must be evacuated beyond the 100 foot fragmentation zone.
(2) A single point of contact familiar with the status and plans for shipyard/SRF and ship’s
forces repair efforts, such as the ship’s superintendent, will coordinate HC/D 1.1F material movement
and stowage.
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2-17. INERT AMMUNITION COMPONENTS. Inert ammunition does not contain any explosive
material, but is identified by a DODIC/NALC and National Stock Number (NSN) with the exception of
Cartridge Actuated Devices (CAD’s) and Propellant Actuated Devices (PAD’s). Only inert ammunition
and components shall be used for classroom training, displays (public or otherwise), public functions, and
patriotic occasions. Inert ammunition used for training or drill purposes shall always receive the same
care and attention during handling, including use of approved handling equipment, as is given to service
or live ammunition. Fuze-hole threads, rotating bands, fin stabilizers, projectile caps, windshields, and
similar inert ammunition components shall be protected against damage. All fuze-hole or similar cavities
shall be closed with approved plugs or closures to protect the fuze-hole threads and cavities unless the
ammunition or components are boxed, palletized, or specifically exempted by NOSSA. Precautions shall
be taken to avoid defacing or marring of identification markings.
2-18. INERT DISPLAY ORDNANCE. Display ordnance items shall not contain any explosive
material or any other hazardous components such as batteries, high pressure vessels, or other devices
such as spring high tension assemblies which may injure personnel. The requirements for inerting
ammunition is detailed in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
2-19. MATERIAL POTENTIALLY PRESENTING AN EXPLOSIVE HAZARD (MPPEH).

Any MPPEH generated afloat, such as expended casings, empty ammunition containers and targets, must
be managed in accordance with explosives safety criteria as follows:
a. All empty ammunition containers must be properly sentenced, including certified as Material
Documented as Safe (MDAS), in accordance with NAVSUP P-805 prior to transfer.
b. Any other MPPEH, including expended casings, targets and used packaging materials from
ammunition containers, must be managed in accordance with NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1. MDAS
certification must be completed prior to transfer, unless the receiving shore activity agrees to accept the
MPPEH as outlined in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
2-20. EMERGENCY JETTISON OF ORDNANCE AT SEA. Intentionally dumping or disposal of

ordnance at sea is prohibited except to safeguard life or safety of the ship. Deteriorated or damaged
ordnance constituting a hazard shall be rendered safe, recovered, or disposed of by EOD personnel only
as outlined in OPNAVINST 8027.6 (series). Any ordnance that cannot be specifically identified shall
only be handled by EOD personnel. In the absence of EOD personnel, unsafe ordnance shall be
jettisoned overboard in emergency situations as directed by the CO/Master. The inability to meet the
timeframe specified in an urgent Notice of Ammunition Reclassification (NAR) may also constitute an
emergency situation. If possible, emergency jettison shall be accomplished at a distance greater than 12
nautical miles (nm) from land in an area with water depth exceeding 500 fathoms (3,000 feet). The CO/
Master shall maintain a record of the event by recording it in the ship’s deck log documenting the date,
time, latitude, longitude, NALC/nomenclature, quantity or ordnance/ammunition, the date time group of
the NAR action (if applicable), and a description of why the jettison action was necessary. Additionally,
the ship’s Ordnance Information System-Retail (OIS-R) or Retail Ordnance Logistics Management
System (ROLMS) account shall be updated using the correct jettison transaction code in accordance with
the Ammunition Transition Report (ATR) Transaction Code Summary documented in NAVSUP P-724
when completing the expenditure transaction. Ensure OPNAV (N45 and N411) is informed, via Naval
message, of the at sea emergency jettison action.
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2-21. MISHAP REPORTING. Reporting explosive mishaps and conventional ordnance discrepancies
is essential to the DON explosive safety program. Prompt submission of explosive mishap reports
(EMR) is required in accordance with OPNAVINST 5102.1 (series), while explosive event reports (EER)
and conventional ordnance discrepancy reports (CODR) is required in accordance with OPNAVINST
8000.16 (series). OPNAVINST 3750.6 (series) provides the policy and procedures for reporting aviation
related flight mishaps. If ordnance is involved in such mishaps, a report submitted in accordance with
OPNAVINST 5102.1 (series) and OPNAVINST 3100.6 (series) may also be required.
2-22. SURFACE SHIP COMBAT SYSTEM SMOOTH LOG. The combat system smooth log shall
be maintained in the format outlined in the War Fighting Improvement Program (WFIP) 52 (series). This
data is considered the minimum requirement. Additional data may be retained as necessary to support the
configuration of a particular ship. The combat system smooth log shall be available for review during a
SESI, as addressed in paragraph 2-3.7.
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CHAPTER 3
HANDLING AND STOWAGE
3-1. GENERAL. This chapter provides the general regulations and responsibilities for the handling
and stowage of ammunition and explosives afloat. Ammunition and explosives shall be handled and
stowed carefully to prevent shock, friction, or damage that may cause a fire, explosion, or performance
failure. The majority of explosive mishaps occur during the handling of ordnance and are caused by
carelessness, inadequate supervision, and failure to follow procedures. In addition to the safety
precautions prescribed in this chapter, table 3-1 identifies the regulatory documentation relating to the
handling and stowage of ammunition aboard specific ships that must be followed to ensure and promote a
safe explosives safety program.
Table 3-1. Ammunition Handling and Stowage Documentation
NAVSEA Documentation
Title Applicable Ships
Number
S9086-XG-STM-010/CH-700 Shipboard Ammunition Handling

All Ships
and Stowage
SG420-BJ-WHS-010/020(C) Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-70
of Air Launched Conventional
Weapons
SG420-B5-WHS-010 Handling and Stowage of All Amphibious Ships
Air-Launched Weapons Aboard
Amphibious Ships
SG420-B9-WHS-010/020(C) Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-71
Weapons
SG420-CP-WHS-010 Shipboard Handling of Air CVN-72
Launched Conventional Weapons
SG420-CU-MMO-010/020 Shipboard Handling of Air CVN-68
SG420-CY-WHS-010(C) Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-74
Weapons
(C) denotes confidential document.
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Table 3-1. Ammunition Handling and Stowage Documentation (Continued)
NAVSEA Documentation
Title Applicable Ships
Number
SG420-C3-WHS-010 Shipboard Stowage and Handling All Surface Combatant

of Aviation Ordnance Aboard Ships
Surface Combatant Ships
SG420-DB-WHS-010/020 Shipboard Handling of Air CVN-69
SG420-DC-WHS-010(C) Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-75
Weapons
SG420-DD-WHS-010(C) Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-76
Weapons
SG420-DM-WHS-010 Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-77
of Air-Launched Conventional
Weapons
SG420-DP-WHS-010 Shipboard Stowage and Handling CVN-73
of Air-Launched Conventional
Weapons
SW023-AJ-WHS-010 Handling and Stowage of All Amphibious Ships
Amphibious Assault Ammunition
Aboard Amphibious Ships
TW023-AB-WHS-010 Handling and Stowage of Naval Military Sealift Command
(formerly OP 3206) Ordnance Aboard Ammunition (MSC)
Ships
(C) denotes confidential document.
3-2. HANDLING AND STOWAGE. The following are the minimum requirements for safe handling
and stowage evolutions, and shall be considered for inclusion in pre-ordnance operations safety briefs:
a. Ammunition handling and stowage evolutions shall be exclusive of all other operations.
b. Only essential personnel who are properly qualified, certified and supervised in accordance
with OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) or Marine Corps Order (MCO) 8023.3 (series) shall be engaged in
ammunition handling operations.
c. Prior to beginning any ammunition handling operation, all personnel assigned to operate
handling equipment shall be instructed on the safety precautions applicable to the ammunition and to the
handling equipment they operate.
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d. Safing devices equipped on appropriate weapon systems shall be kept in the "SAFE" or
"UNARMED" position, as described in the applicable weapon system technical manual, prior to any
handling operation.
e. Only approved handling equipment shall be used for all operations involving ammunition and
explosives. All handling equipment shall be used only in the configuration for which it was designed.
f. During handling and stowage evolutions, personnel shall ensure no obstructions during the
passing of ordnance through all spaces and through all structural openings.
g. Safety observers shall be stationed in order to maintain a complete level of surveillance of all
ammunition handling and stowage operations.
h. Positive communication shall be established and maintained during handling and stowage
evolutions.
i. Instruction charts, showing all operating features, functions, and safety precautions applicable
to the handling equipment shall be mounted near or on the equipment, or the adjacent structure. The
chart shall be displayed so that it can be easily read from an advantageous position or operating station.
j. Positive control of ordnance shall be maintained during all stowage and handling operations.
k. Ordnance shall not be left unattended.
l. Ammunition and explosives shall only be handled when operationally necessary.
m. Daily inspection and temperature readings in accordance with applicable Maintenance

Requirement Cards (MRCs) shall be performed on all stowage spaces where ammunition is present.
n. All spaces or areas containing ammunition and explosives, regardless of duration, shall be kept
clean and free of debris.
o. Food and drink are prohibited in magazines when ammunition and explosives are present.
p. Smoking, to include electronic/vapor cigarettes are forbidden in any areas where ammunition
and explosives are handled, stowed or staged. Smoking is prohibited within 10 feet of ammunition and
explosives.
q. Personnel shall not bring any type of open flame, spark- or flame-producing devices in areas
where ammunition and explosives are stowed or handled.
r. A means or method must be established to immediately isolate exposed ordnance from the
scene of an accident, strike the ordnance below to magazines or, if necessary, jettison the ordnance
over-the-side.
s. Limitations and potential issues regarding firefighting and fire protection systems along the
path of travel.
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3-3. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. Personnel shall be trained in emergency procedures and fully
aware of all associated equipment in the vicinity of magazines, weapons handling spaces and weapons
handling routes, and know how to use them.
3-4. HANDLING OPERATION MINIMIZATION. Handling of live ammunition shall be kept to a

minimum to reduce the chance of mishaps. Ship’s equipment designed for ordnance handling shall be
used to minimize the risks associated with handling ordnance. The particular handling operations shall
cease upon the detection of damaged ordnance. Ammunition and explosives shall not be exposed
unnecessarily to inclement weather or to direct sunlight.
3-5. DOORS AND HATCHES. When opening doors and hatches during ammunition handling
operations, the following precautions shall be observed:
a. Before opening or closing power-operated doors or hatches, the operator shall ensure that the
open/closure path will be free and clear of all obstacles.
b. Doors and hatches shall be secured in the "open" position during ordnance operations. Ensure
there are no obstructions hindering handling operations.
c. All magazine doors shall be kept closed when not in use unless personnel and materials are
transiting through the doors.
3-6. AMMUNITION ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT. Refer to NAVSUP P-724, P-801,

P-802, P-803 and P-805 (as applicable) for ammunition accounting, sentencing and Notices of
Ammunition Reclassification (NARs), Over Head Fire (OHF), and Ammunition Information Notice
(AIN) procedures.
3-6.1. RETURN OF UNSAFE, ARMED, OR SUSPECT AMMUNITION OR EXPLOSIVES.

Unsafe ammunition or explosives shall be segregated in stowage and reported in accordance with
NAVSUP P-724 and other technical directives. Unsafe ammunition and explosives will not be offloaded
concurrently with any other ammunition or explosives.
3-6.2. PIERSIDE AMMUNITION TRANSFER OPERATIONS. Loading and unloading of five

pounds or less Net Explosive Weight (NEW) of Hazard Class/Division (HC/D) 1.4S material does not
generate an Explosives Safety Quantity-Distance (ESQD) arc, and is not considered a pierside
ammunition handling evolution for the purposes of this manual.
3-7. SHIPBOARD INSTALLED HANDLING EQUIPMENT. This paragraph identifies the types of
shipboard installed handling equipment, with specific requirements, for ammunition and explosives
handling operations.
3-7.1. ELEVATORS. Elevators are fixed shipboard systems designed and authorized to vertically
move ammunition and explosives between decks. Elevators may be specifically designed for moving
ammunition and explosives only or may be multipurpose designs used also for cargo or aircraft.
Elevators which carry ammunition and explosives may be called cargo/weapons elevators, weapons
elevators, aircraft elevators, pallet elevators, and other designations. Naval Sea Systems Command
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(NAVSEASYSCOM)(SEA-05) serves as the Navy’s technical authority design agent for all types of
elevators. All elevator operation, maintenance, inspection and testing, including level III System
Operability Tests (SOTs), shall be in accordance with NSTM S9086-ZN-STM-010/CH-772.
3-7.2. SHIPBOARD AMMUNITION HANDLING EQUIPMENT. All shipboard ammunition

handling equipment operation, maintenance, inspection and testing, including Level III SOTs, shall be in
accordance with NSTM S9086-XG-STM-010/CH-700.
3-7.3. CRANES. All shipboard crane operation, maintenance inspection, testing, certification and
crane crew qualification requirements shall be in accordance with NSTM S9086-T4-STM-010/CH-589.
Cranes shall be used in the power-down modes of regulating load descent. Cranes that use only the
drop-brake or free-fall method of regulating rate of load descent shall not be used for handling
ammunition and explosives. Cranes having both power-down and free-fall modes available shall use
only the power-down mode and shall have the free-fall capability disable or locked out during such
operations.
3-7.4. VERTICAL PACKAGE CONVEYORS (VPCs). Vertical package conveyors may be used to
transfer properly packaged .50 caliber or small percussion primed ammunition or inert items. If an
authorized stowage location is serviced by a VPC, it may be used to transfer .50 caliber or smaller
percussion primed ammunition or inert items. For other uses, the ship must request a waiver as described
in paragraph 1-4.3. All shipboard VPC operation, maintenance, inspection, and testing shall be in
accordance with NSTM S9086-TL-STM-010/CH-572.
3-7.5. CARGO BOOMS. Ship’s cargo booms are authorized to transfer ammunition and explosives
provided they are certified in accordance with NSTM S9086-TM-STM-010/CH-573 for all inspection,
weight testing and personnel qualification requirements. Additionally, a dummy load weighing the
maximum intended weight to be transferred will be cycled (one complete transfer evaluation) prior to any
actual transfer operation. During pierside operations, the handling of ordnance booms is permissible
provided concurrence has been received by the CO of the shore activity.
3-7.6. AIRCRAFT ELEVATORS (ACE). All aircraft elevator operation, maintenance, inspection and
testing, including Level III SOTs, shall be in accordance with NSTM S9086-T3-STM-010/CH-588.
3-7.7. UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT (UNREP). UNREP consists of connected replenishment

(CONREP) and vertical replenishment (VERTREP) and is the authorized method of transferring
ammunition and explosives between ships at sea. All ammunition and explosives must be packaged as a
fleet issue unit load (FIUL). The required procedures for safely handling and transferring all FIULs
during UNREP operations are described in NAVSEA S9571-AA-MMA-010. The replenishmnet-at-sea
systems, including the principle equipment and their use, shall meet the requirements of NSTM S9086-
TK-STM-010/CH-571. Approved rigging systems for CONREP operations, such as Standard Tension
Replenishment Along Method (STREAM), and their installation and operating procedures are specified
in NTTP 4-01.4. Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) requirements in
accordance with NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2 must be followed during all UNREP
operations. Simultaneous transfer of fuel and UNREP operations involving ammunition and explosives
while at sea is authorized.
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3-8. HANDLING EQUIPMENT. This paragraph addresses the designated commands authorized to
approve handling equipment, provides general handling regulations, and identifies the types of handling
equipment, with specific requirements, during ammunition and explosives handling operations. The
types of handling equipment discussed are: ordnance handling equipment (OHE), materials handling
equipment (MHE), weight handling equipment (WHE), and armament weapons support equipment
(AWSE).
3-8.1. APPROVED HANDLING EQUIPMENT. Only handling equipment that is approved by Naval
Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM), Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM),
Director, Strategic Systems Program (DIRSSP), or Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) Detachment Picatinny, Naval
Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHST) Center, Picatinny, NJ, as applicable, shall be
used for all operations involving ammunition and explosives. These certifying commands shall maintain
configuration management requirements. Ships are not authorized to procure handling equipment.
3-8.1.1. Modifications. Modifications to any handling equipment shall be made only after the
appropriate technical authority has granted approval. Complete details of the proposed modification
along with the necessary photographs, drawings, engineering data, justification of modification, and the
anticipated improvements shall be forwarded to the appropriate technical authority.
3-8.1.2. Approved Configuration. All handling equipment shall be used only in the configuration for
which it was designed, as shown in the equipment technical manuals, weapons technical manual and
other approved handling equipment documentation. Unit loads of ammunition, explosives and their
associated components require the prescribed approved handling equipment to be used only in their
intended configurations to safely handle and transport them.
3-8.1.3. General Requirements for Handling Equipment. All handling equipment shall be visually
inspected prior to use, weight tested within its scheduled periodicity, and properly maintained in
accordance with the appropriate documentation in the paragraphs that follow.
3-8.1.4. General Handling Regulations. General safety requirements that apply to all ammunition
and explosives operations involving handling equipment include:
a. Personnel shall stand clear of both moving and suspended loads.
b. Loose clothing that could be entangled in operating equipment shall not be worn.
c. When using any hanlding equipment (i.e., OHE, MHE, WHE, AWSE) never lift more than one
pallet or container unless it is strapped together, interlocked as a unit load (figure 3-1), or secured
together with unitizing latches (figure 3-2) and is within rated capacity of the equipment.
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FIGURE 3-1. Close-Up of Container Lift Arm Assembly (Interlocking Feature)
FIGURE 3-2. Container Unitizing Latches
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3-8.2. ORDNANCE HANDLING EQUIPMENT (OHE). By definition, OHE is specially-designed

mechanical equipment used for assembling, disassembling, handling, transporting, lifting, positioning,
rotating or containing conventional weapons, ammunition, explosives, and related components. While
typically portable in nature and not self-propelled, OHE can serve as a link between permanently
mounted and mobile lifting equipment (e.g., cranes, forklifts, etc.). OHE is used for dockside loading and
offloading; intra-station handling in production, maintenance and storage areas; shipboard handling and
transfer at sea operations. Examples of OHE include adapters, beams, carriers, dollies, handlift trucks,
restraint fixtures, slings, and stands. The use of OHE for handling ammunition and explosives shall
comply with the following safety provisions.
3-8.2.1. General Requirements For OHE. The proper type of approved OHE must be selected for
the type of handling situation involved. Selection factors that should be considered are the SWL of the
OHE, the interface between the OHE and the item being lifted, and the height of the load.
NAVSEA OP 2173/NAVAIR 19-100-1 provides detailed information on the approved types of OHE
designed to handle ammunition and explosives. OHE shall be visually inspected prior to use in
accordance with OPNAVINST 4790.2 (series) for the applicable Planned Maintenance System (PMS)
which contains the applicable Maintenance Index Page (MIP) and associated MRCs or, for Military
Sealift Command (MSC) ships, COMSCINST 3540.6 (series) for the Shipboard Automated Maintenance
Management (SAMM) program. OHE shall be used only in the configuration for which it was designed,
as shown in NAVSEA OP 2173/NAVAIR 19-100-1, NAVSEA OR-67s, weapons technical manuals, and
other approved NAVAIR, DIRSSP or PHST Center handling equipment documentation. All OHE shall
contain a serial number that has been applied by either the original manufacturer for newly procured
items or locally for older items. Shipboard OHE allowances are identified in Portable OHE Allowance
and Inventory Reports for Amphibious Warfare (AW) ships, for combatant ships, and for Combat
Logistics Force (CLF) ships, respectively. These OHE allowances are published in the Consolidated
Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL). For aviation capable ships, OHE allowances are also documented
in the ships Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL).
3-8.2.2. Safe Operating Instructions. The following safety precautions shall be observed by all
personnel using OHE:
a. Use only approved OHE for the specific ammunition to be lifted. Refer to NAVSEA OP 2173/
NAVAIR 19-100-1 for the specific applications the OHE is intended to handle or lift ammunition and
explosives.
b. Never exceed the safe working load (SWL) of the OHE.
c. Hooks used in handling ammunition shall be “moused” or equipped with safety latches to
prevent accidental unhooking.
NOTE
The Mk 108 Mod 1 Ammunition Security Pallet Crate has not been certified
for vertical replenishment (VERTREP) transfer operations.
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d. The transfer of unpalletized (loose) ammunition and explosives should be avoided during all
loading and unloading operations. The Mk 108 Mod 1 Ammunition Security Pallet Crate is approved for
transferring up to 4,000 pounds of unpalletized, compatible items during connected replenishment
(CONREP) operations or the lockable Joint Modular Intermodal Container (JMIC) Crate is approved for
transferring up to 3,000 pounds of unpalletized, compatible items during either CONREP or VERTREP
operations. No other types of crates, including triwall containers, shall be used during underway
replenishment (UNREP) operations involving ammunition and explosives.
e. Positive control for all handling operations where ordnance is moved by overhead handling
equipment that does not confine motion is considered acceptable when personnel have hands on control
of the ordnance within their reach. Tag lines shall be used by personnel to maintain positive control when
the ordnance is outside or above the reach. Tag lines shall be of adequate length and shall be kept free of
loops and knots.
f. Loose shackles (i.e., shackles which are not an integral part of the OHE design) are only
authorized to lift loads that are 80% of the marked SWL on the shackles by the manufacturer. For
example, if a shackle has a SWL marked on it of 1,000 pounds, the user can only lift a load of 800
pounds.
NOTE
Shackles which are an integral part of approved Navy OHE have been
appropriately de-rated to meet Navy criteria and are therefore exempt from this
statement. Only shackles which have been permanently marked in raised
letters with the SWL, size, and manufacturer identification shall be used with
ammunition and explosives.
g. Nylon webbing cargo net slings, commonly known as “cargo nets”, shall not be used alone for
transferring empty or filled, thin-walled ammunition containers likely to be damaged. When ammunition
containers are hoisted or lowered with nylon webbing cargo net slings, a rigid wooden platform or base
should be fitted in the net upon which the containers can be placed, stacked, or piled. The containers
should be set up on their stowage rings to prevent shifting and bumping into each other and to keep
pressure away from their thin sides. For CONREP operations, a rope becket shall be used to interface
between the overhead hoist and the nylon webbing cargo net sling.
3-8.2.3. Inspection, Maintenance and Testing of OHE. The inspection, maintenance and testing of
OHE shall comply with the following provisions:
a. Inspection. All approved OHE shall be visually inspected by the user prior to use in
accordance with the applicable MRC/SAMM. If additional guidance for inspection is required or no
MRC is available, do not use OHE and contact the Naval PHST Center for proper instructions. Inspected
OHE that contains defects or has expired or missing test tags shall be removed from service and tagged
non-serviceable. OHE that is inspected by the current MRC’s and found to be missing the weight test tag,
may be re-tagged, provided the ship has current weight test documentation. Unserviceable OHE shall be
physically separated from serviceable OHE to prevent its inadvertent use. Hooks that are suspected of
being cracked shall not be used until the protective finish in the potentially cracked area can be removed
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for closer inspection. Refinishing of hooks, i.e., painting or galvanizing, is not required and shall not be
conducted aboard ship.
b. Maintenance. Organizational level maintenance of OHE shall be conducted as specified in the

applicable MRC/SAMM issued for each item. Intermediate level maintenance, as specified in NAVSEA
OR-99, NAVAIR 19 Series Operation and Maintenance manuals, or equivalent documents, may be
performed by ships so authorized. All maintenance shall be completed prior to placing any equipment
into service.
c. Testing. Serviceable shipboard OHE shall be periodically weight tested by a certified activity
in accordance with the methods provided in NAVSEA SG420-AP-MMA-010 or NAVAIR 17-1-127 at
intervals of every 4 years minimum. Armament handling equipment used for aircraft uploading and
downloading of ammunition and explosives shall be tested and marked in accordance with applicable
NAVAIR 19-600 (series) MRC’s. If repaired, the OHE must be tested by a certified activity and marked
before use.
(1) Exemptions From Periodic Weight Test. Loose shackles, some adapters, nylon webbing
cargo net slings, handlift trucks, dollies, bars, some skip boxes, covers, cradles, crates, skids, stands, tag
lines and tiedown assemblies are exempt from the periodic testing requirement. However, they must be
thoroughly examined for cracks, permanent deformation, dimensional changes or other defects prior to
and after use in accordance with the applicable MRC/SAMM.
(2) Metallic OHE. When suspected of structural or welding defects, beams, carriers,
strongbacks, hooks and any other OHE constructed of metal which are used for lifting ammunition and
explosives, shall be removed from service until examined by non-destructive testing (NDT) methods and
any required repairs have been completed.
3-8.2.4. Marking Tested Equipment. OHE that has satisfactorily passed the initial weight tests and
subsequent periodic weight tests shall be marked accordingly. New handling equipment will be weight
tested and marked by the manufacturer as specified in applicable procurement documents. Ships
receiving new, overhauled, or tested handling equipment shall verify that the equipment has been weight
tested, if applicable, before use. Equipment marked or tagged in accordance with the provisions of this
manual satisfies the verification process. OHE shall be identified as to SWL, testing activity and the test
expiration date on the test tag as a minimum. OHE passing the weight test shall be clearly marked by the
certified testing activity to include the following information:
TEST FACILITY: ___________________________________

(testing activity name)
TEST EXPIRATION DATE: ___________________________

(month/year)
SAFE WORKING LOAD: _____________________________ POUNDS

(number)
New equipment received in the original packaging shall have the test expiration date identified as four
years from the date the package is opened, provided that the equipment meets the inspection
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requirements. Similarly, OHE which has been retested and placed in storage in a serviceable condition
may be remarked one time upon issue with a current test expiration date (i.e., 4 years from the date of
receipt) as long as the OHE satisfactorily passes receipt inspection. In this situation, the new test tag shall
include the words “REMARKED” along with the name of the activity or ship applying the new test tag,
the new test expiration date, and the SWL. The method of marking shall be appropriate to the particular
item, subject to the following:
a. The limitations provided in NAVSEA SG420-AP-MMA-010. Additionally, ships are required

to provide testing activities with a copy of any documentation maintained in the equipment file
supporting non-destructive tests performed on OHE that were die/steel stamped with local serial
numbers.
b. Ships shall maintain a record that, as a minimum, identifies the OHE type (by nomenclature),
assigned serial numbers (either locally or by the manufacturer), the test expiration date, the words
“REMARKED” (if applicable), and the testing activity’s name or the ship’s name if “REMARKED”.
c. Refer to NSTM S9086-XG-STM-010/CH-700 for additional marking and recording

requirements aboard submarines.
d. Test tags shall be used on all slings as follows: Strap, tiedown, electrical components,
adjustable, self-clinching, plastic, SAE-AS33671, figure 3-3 (color: Black or Natural). The information
recorded on these test tags shall be steel stamped, etched or engraved on the tag with the letters or
numbers filled with contrasting black or white lacquer fill-in-paint, as appropriate, in accordance with
NAVSEA Drawing 6214312 or equivalent.
e. Metal tags used on OHE other than slings shall be attached on a flat surface with rivets, screws
or adhesive backing on the label.
f. Wired-on metal tags shall not be used for any OHE.
FIGURE 3-3. Test Tag
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3-8.2.5. Nylon Rope Slings. The following requirements must be met when using approved nylon
rope slings, such as the Mk 105 Mod 0 Hoisting Sling, to handle ammunition and explosives:
a. Taut, dry rope must be slacked off immediately if it becomes wet. This sling when wet
expands in diameter and, conversely, shrinks in length due to this expansion. If the sling is not allowed to
shrink freely when wet, it may subject itself to a strain as great or greater than it would carry under load.
b. Never allow nylon rope slings to come into contact with acid, oil, grease or become very wet.
c. Nylon rope slings never should be stowed when wet or damp. After being used any sand, grit,
and salt water should be removed from the rope by wetting it down with fresh water before drying. The
rope should be faked, if possible, to ensure free circulation of air. The slings should be stowed in a well-
ventilated place.
d. Before using nylon rope slings to lift heavy loads, test it by adding a strain very slowly until
the load is lifted clear. Then let it hang just barely clear off the deck for a short time so that if the rope
does break the damage to the load is minimal.
3-8.2.6. Local Certification of Handling Equipment (OHE). Shore activities (i.e., shipyards) are
authorized to design and procure OHE specifically for shipboard use during pierside operations only
without approval from the appropriate commands identified in paragraph 3-8.1, provided they comply
with the local handling certification requirements documented in NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 1.
3-8.3. MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT (MHE). Naval Supply Command Publication

(NAVSUP PUB) 538 provides administrative regulations, technical instructions, approved types of MHE,
safety precautions, operational and preventive maintenance requirements, and battery maintenance and
charging procedures commonly available for the general use of MHE. NAVSEA SW023-AH-WHM-010
describes the prescribed safety specifications and regulations of industrial MHE and approved associated
forklift attachments specifically assigned to handle ammunition and explosives. It also identifies the
requirements for training and licensing of operators, minimum instructor qualifications, operational
safety regulations, fueling requirements, battery charging operations, approved MHE to handle
ammunition and explosives in specific hazardous operational areas, and maintenance, testing and
inspection programs. Battery charging stations shall not be located in ordnance stowage areas, such as
magazines. Battery charging operations where ammunition and explosives are present may only be
performed in large, well-ventilated spaces.
3-8.4. WEIGHT HANDLING EQUIPMENT (WHE). Weight handling equipment (WHE) consisting
of cranes, hoists, and cargo booms may be used to handle ammunition and explosives. The following
general safety requirements shall be observed during these handling operations:
a. Operators shall inspect WHE prior to use for any defects or damage and immediately report
deficiencies to the supervisor. Use of defective or damaged WHE is prohibited.
b. Only qualified and certified personnel shall be permitted to operate WHE. They shall become
familiar with the operation and limitations of WHE and understand the function of and know how to
operate all emergency devices.
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c. When using OHE, described in paragraph 3-8.2, with WHE, ensure that only the appropriate
handling equipment is used and that it is positively secured.
d. Never exceed the SWL of the WHE.
e. Always avoid sudden strains on wire rope.
f. WHE shall be tagged "OUT OF SERVICE" when conducting inspections, maintenance or

whenever there is an indication of malfunction. They shall remain out of service until inspections,
adjustments or repairs have been completed, and they have been tested and determined to meet the
required standards.
3-8.4.1. Cranes. Top-side cranes and their operating, maintenance, inspection, testing, certification
and crane crew qualification requirements are described in NSTM S9086-T4-STM-010/CH-589.
Depending upon the type of handling situation involved, the following selection factors must be
considered: the type of power (manual or electric), the type of hoisting arrangement (single or double
cable, or chain), and the height of the lift. Cranes shall be used in the power-down modes of regulating
load descent. Cranes that use only the drop-brake or free-fall method of regulating rate of load descent
shall not be used for handling ammunition and explosives. Cranes having both power-down and free-fall
modes available shall use only the power-down mode and shall have the free-fall capability disabled or
locked out during such operations.
3-8.4.2. Hoists. Shipboard hoists are fixed or portable systems designed and authorized to move
ammunition and explosives within the ship’s structure. Examples of shipboard hoists include whip hoists
(used with booms and davits), manually-operated hoists, electric and pneumatic chain and wire rope
hoists, hydraulic hoists, trolley hoists, bridge cranes, well deck bridge cranes, cargo monorail systems,
and monorail and bi-rail hoists. All ordnance hoist operation, maintenance, inspection and testing
requirements shall be in accordance with the applicable MRC, SAMM or NSTM S9086-XG-STM-010/
CH-700. Hoists may be specifically designed for moving ammunition and explosives only or may be
multipurpose designs used for cargo, aircraft and other materials. Specific safety precautions are
provided below and must be observed:
a. Operating instructions must be posted in the vicinity of all hoist controls.
b. When provided, covers on ordnance hoists shall be secured when hoists are not in use.
Material shall not be stowed in ordnance hoist trunks, with the exception of emergency ordnance
handling (EOH) equipment aboard aircraft carriers. Deflectors and other devices that are used only in
lowering ammunition and explosives shall be stowed as designated when not in use.
c. Reel in the hoisting cable when the ordnance hoist is not in use to prevent kinks or bends in the
cable.
3-8.4.3. Cargo Booms. Ship’s cargo booms are authorized to transfer ammunition and explosives
provided they are certified in accordance with NSTM S9086-TM-STM-010/CH-573 for all inspection,
weight testing and personnel qualification requirements. Additionally, a dummy load weighing the
maximum intended weight to be transferred will be cycled (one complete transfer evolution) prior to any
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actual transfer operation. During pierside operations, the handling of ordnance with cargo booms is
permissible provided concurrence has been received by the CO of the shore activity. No additional
certification requirements are needed for the cargo booms for these operations.
3-8.4.4. Submarine Weapons Handling Equipment. Submarine weapons handling equipment will
be designated as all equipment for handling pierside to and from the host submarine, and underway for
torpedoes, missiles, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E), Special Operations Forces (SOF) and
other special payloads equipment shall be developed and controlled by NAVSEASYSCOM (SEA-05Z),
who serves as the Navy’s technical warrant holder for submarine weapons handling equipment.
3-8.5. ARMAMENT WEAPONS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (AWSE). AWSE, as described in

NAVSEA OP 2173/NAVAIR 19-100-1, used for handling and loading of airborne weapons shall be
inspected and operated in accordance with the appropriate NAVAIR 17 (series) and NAVAIR 19 (series)
Operational and Maintenance manuals. Periodic maintenance of AWSE shall be performed in
accordance with NAVAIR 19-600 (series) or AG (series) Periodic Maintenance (PMRM’s). Periodic
weight testing shall be conducted in accordance with NAVAIR 17-1-127. AWSE shall be configured in
accordance with NAVAIR 11-140-25.
3-9. ORDNANCE STAGING. If ordnance staging is required to meet operational requirements, use
only those areas designated as staging areas. A staging area shall not be for prolongued stowage. When
ordnance is present, the staging area shall be manned at all times and have a means of communication.
All weapons temporarily positioned in a staging area shall be on mobile handling equipment to the
maximum extent possible.
3-9.1. Prior to an on-load/off-load where ammunition and explosives will be temporarily staged on
aircraft elevators, flight decks, hangar bays, or sponsons, adequate fire hose or Aqueous Film Forming
Foam (AFFF) coverage shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 2-15.3.
3-9.2. Ships without a designated or dedicated weapons staging area on the flight deck shall establish
and implement procedures that ensure ordnance strike-up from magazines is readily available for aircraft
loading.
3-10. WORK IN STOWAGE AREAS. Work in a magazine shall be limited to stowing or breaking
out of ammunition and explosives, canning or de-canning operations, weapon assembly or disassembly,
loading or unloading from handling equipment, keeping the stowage space clean, and maintaining the
supporting equipment in the magazine.
3-10.1. Prior to performing any work which might cause abnormally high temperatures or intense local
heat in a magazine or adjacent compartment, all ammunition and explosives shall be removed to other
safe stowage until such work is completed and normal conditions are restored.
3-10.2. Electrical and test equipment is prohibited for stowage in any magazine containing ammunition
and explosives. Only those power tools listed in the ship’s electrical safety program, and specified by
weapon system technical manuals are permitted for use on ammunition or explosives.
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3-11. USE OF MAGAZINES AND LOCKERS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN ORDNANCE
STOWAGE. The use of magazines and lockers for purposes other than the stowage of ordnance is
authorized when the following requirements are met:
a. The magazine or locker shall be completely downloaded of all ammunition and explosives.
b. The configuration shall not be altered.
c. If the magazine is used for purposes that do not require sprinklers and alarms, the sprinklers
and alarm systems may be temporarily placed in lay up.
d. Stowage of handling equipment (e.g., OHE, MHE, AWSE) is permitted in shipboard

magazines. The stowage of handling equipment in magazines shall be limited to only those cases deemed
necessary, and where the following safety precautions have been taken:
(1) All handling equipment stowed in shipboard magazines must be secured with suitable
tiedowns and fittings for rough sea conditions.
(2) All batteries on electrically-powered MHE must be disconnected when not in operation.
(3) All MHE shall meet the requirements of NAVSUP Publication 538.
3-12. STOWAGE ARRANGEMENTS. Stowage areas are arranged to provide access to as much
ammunition and as many containers as possible, and to provide adequate space for ventilation and
handling operations. Ammunition and explosives shall be stowed and secured for sea so that all parts of
the magazine and stow will receive maximum ventilation and exposure to the sprinkling system. In
addition, the air space between the stowage stack and the surface of adjacent plating (e.g., ship’s
bulkhead, hull, frames, etc.) shall not be less than 2 inches, except in adjustable batten stowage, “pogo
stick” systems, modular ammunition stowage system, deck gratings, or universal tiedown deck grids,
where the ammunition or explosives may sit directly on the grating or grid. The stow shall not obstruct
circuit F sensors or air escape lines and shall have a minimum clearance below the sprinkler heads as
specified in NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010. Stowage should be arranged so that all weapons may be
readily supplied with any type of ammunition. When several lots of ammunition and explosives are
stowed in the same magazine, they should be segregated by lot numbers, as practical. Unserviceable
ammunition should be stowed in magazine locations that minimize the risk of accidental use, and shall be
marked accordingly and segregated from serviceable ammunition. Passageways and safety exits shall not
be blocked at any time. Where more than one type of ammunition is stowed in a magazine and where
portable battens or alternate stowage facilities have been provided to receive the various types of
ammunition, a stowage chart shall be posted. The chart shall show the stowage locations, including
ammunition types, quantities and the arrangement of the stowed ammunition.
3-13. SECURING OF STOWAGE. Since any ship in a seaway will move in random fashion, it is
essential that all ammunition and explosives is securely stowed except when being handled. Ammunition
and explosives should not move when subjected to ship motion. Portable battens and ammunition
tiedown chains should be stowed in spaces in which they will be used. Pipes or piping supports shall not
be used as tiedown points for the securing of cargo. Where plywood bulkheads are used aboard
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amphibious warfare ships, place no physical stress on plywood bulkheads. Refer to paragraph 3-1 for the
appropriate shipboard stowage technical manual for procedures and requirements.
NOTE
The use of ferrous tools during blocking and bracing operations aboard MSC
ships shall be authorized by the ship’s Master, provided the magazine has no
exposed explosives, hazardous concentrations of explosive dust, flammable
gases or vapors. When used in the vicinity of hazardous materials, tools shall
be clean and handled with utmost care. They shall be inspected prior to use
and upon completion of the task.
3-14. EXPOSED ORDNANCE RISKS. Ordnance positioned outside the protection of magazine
stowage during handling, staging or when loaded on aircraft greatly increases the danger to the ship
should a fire, explosion or aircraft crash occur. The greater the quantity of ordnance exposed, the greater
the risk. A means or method must be established to immediately isolate exposed ordnance from the scene
of an accident, strike the ordnance below to magazines or, if necessary, jettison the ordnance
over-the-side. Related individual or team responsibilities must be clearly defined and training conducted
prior to major ordnance handling evolutions and periodically thereafter. For air-capable ships that were
not equipped with jettison ramps installed, they must establish a means to jettison ordnance overboard
prior to any operation. When exposed ordnance is in imminent danger of direct exposure to fire or
explosion and repositioning the ordnance outside the accident scene is not possible without increased
risk, over-the-side jettison of the ordnance is authorized. Designated handling routes shall permit
unobstructed movement of the ordnance. Jettison ramps in the staging area shall be rigged at all times.
3-15. AMMUNITION AND STOWAGE INSPECTION. Ammunition and stowage inspection

consists of two parts: the inspection of the ammunition and the inspection of the magazine space.
Ammunition stowage inspections shall be made by qualified personnel who shall use the appropriate
MRC to ensure that no deficiency is overlooked.
3-15.1. AMMUNITION INSPECTION. Ammunition stowage inspection aboard ship will verify that
ammunition in stowage has not been affected by loss of environmental control, handling damage, ship's
movement or other factors. Ammunition in stowage includes that ammunition maintained in launch
systems such as torpedo tubes, vertical launching systems and gun systems. The frequency and extent of
the ammunition inspection shall be determined by weapon system technical manuals.
3-15.2. MAGAZINE INSPECTION. The magazine itself shall be inspected daily when ordnance is
stowed in the magazine, as delineated in the PMS MIP’s 7000/X01 (for ammunition magazines), 7000/
X02 (for ASROC, missile and torpedo magazines), 7000/X03 (for hypergolic magazines), and 7000/X04
(for submarine lockers), as applicable.
3-15.3. MAGAZINE LOAD LIMITS. Magazine load limits must be conspicuously posted in the cargo
magazines aboard amphibious and MSC cargo/ammunition ships. The maximum allowable deck load
limits for these classes of ships are provided in NAVSEA SW023-AJ-WHS-010 and MSC TW023-AB-
WHS-010, respectively. The appropriate deck load limit shall be posted near the main access to each
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cargo magazine. The posting can be either a placard or painted on the bulkhead to read: "Maximum
Average Load Limit XXX PSF."
3-15.4. MAGAZINE AND READY-SERVICE LOCKER TEMPERATURES. Specific ordnance

stowage temperatures in magazines and ready-service lockers (RSLs) are provided in the weapons
technical manuals and must be observed. If specific ammunition stowage temperature requirements are
not available, magazines or RSLs shall be maintained below 100 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). If a
temperature has exceeded the required stowage temperature since the previous inspection, the magazine
or RSL shall be artificially cooled as practical and an entry shall be made in red in the Weapons
Department record. At that point, the magazine or RSL shall be monitored with hourly temperature
readings taken and recorded until the temperature falls below the 100 ºF limit. An entry shall be made of
any failure to meet the ordnance or magazine inspection criteria noted above. Whenever ammunition
stowage inspection deficiencies are discovered, the facts shall be reported to the ship’s Commanding
Officer (CO)/Master or Command Duty Officer (CDO). All corrective actions taken for ammunition
stowage deficiencies shall be entered in the Weapons Department record. If the temperature is above
100º F, the specific weapons technical manual shall be consulted for temperature limitations, appropriate
corrective actions and possible disposition procedures. For sentencing criteria associated with
temperature limitations, refer to NAVSUP P-805 (series).
3-16. PERMISSIBLE STOWAGE. Generally, magazines are provided for each type of ammunition
to be stowed aboard a ship. Ammunition and explosives are stowed in stowage spaces specifically
designated to hold a single type of ammunition whenever possible. Where several magazines are
available for stowing the same type of ammunition, the ammunition should be divided among them as
equally as possible. However, ammunition stowage spaces aboard ship are often extremely limited
necessitating mixed and compatible stowage. In combatant ship gun magazines, projectiles and
propellants that are compatible may be stowed in the same space but must be segregated.
3-16.1. COMPATIBILITY GROUPS. Ammunition and explosives are assigned a compatibility group
based on their similarity of function, features, and accident potential. NAVSEA SW020-AC-SAF-010
lists the compatibility group assigned to each National Stock Number (NSN). The compatibility groups
are:
a. Group A. Initiating (primary) explosives. Bulk initiating explosives that have the necessary
sensitivity to heat, friction, or percussion to make them suitable for use as initiating elements in an
explosive train. Examples include: bulk lead azide, lead styphnate, mercury fulminate, tetracene, dry
cyclonite (RDX), and dry pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Group A materials are prohibited aboard
combatant ships.
b. Group B. Detonators and similar initiating devices not containing two or more effective
protective features. Items containing initiating explosives that are designed to initiate or continue the
functioning of an explosive train. Examples include: detonators, blasting caps, small arms primers, and
fuzes.
c. Group C. Bulk propellants, propelling charges, and devices containing propellant with, or
without, its own means of ignition. Examples include: bulk single-, double-, or triple-base, and
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composite propellants, rocket motors (solid propellant), and propelled ammunition and explosives with
inert projectiles.
d. Group D. Bulk black powder; bulk high explosive (HE); and ammunition and explosives
without a propelling charge, but containing HE without its own means of initiation, i.e., no initiating
device is present or the device has two or more effective protective features. Examples include: bulk
trinitrotoluene (TNT), Composition B, and black powder; bulk wet RDX or PETN; bombs, projectiles,
cluster bomb units (CBU), depth charges, and torpedo warheads.
NOTE
Where sufficient stowage space is available, it is desirable to store bulk high

explosives separately from ammunition containing high explosives even
though they are both in the same compatibility group.
e. Group E. Ammunition and explosives containing HE without its own means of initiation and
either containing, or with, a solid propelling charge. Examples include: artillery ammunition and
explosives, rockets, and guided missiles.
f. Group F. Ammunition and explosives containing HE with its own means of initiation, i.e., the
initiating device present has less than two effective protective features, and with or without a solid
propelling charge. Examples include: grenades, sounding devices, and similar items having explosive
trains with less than two effective protective features.
g. Group G. Illuminating, incendiary, and smoke (including hexachlorethane) or tear-producing

ammunition and explosives excluding those that are water-activated or that contain white phosphorous
(WP) or a flammable liquid or gel. Examples include: flares, signals, and pyrotechnic substances.
NOTE
Some compatibility group G ammunition may contain air activated

(pyrophoric) material.
h. Group H. Ammunition and explosives containing WP. ammunition and explosives in this
group contains fillers that are spontaneously flammable when exposed to the atmosphere. Examples
include: WP, and plasticized white phosphorous.
i. Group J. Ammunition and explosives containing flammable liquids or gels other than those
that are spontaneously flammable when exposed to water or the atmosphere. Examples include: liquid-
or gel-filled incendiary ammunition and explosives, fuel-air explosive devices, and flammable liquid-
fueled missiles and torpedoes.
j. Group K. Ammunition and explosives containing toxic chemical agents. Ammunition and
explosives in this group contains chemicals specifically designed for incapacitating effects more severe
than lachrymation (tear-producing). Examples include: artillery or mortar ammunition and explosives
(fuzed or unfuzed), grenades, rockets and bombs filled with a lethal or incapacitating chemical agent.
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k. Group L. Ammunition and explosives not included in other compatibility group.

Ammunition and explosives having characteristics that present a special risk that does not permit storage
with other types of ammunition and explosives, or other kinds of explosives, or dissimilar ammunition
and explosives of this group. Examples include: water-activated devices, some pyrophorics and
phosphides and devices containing these substances, prepackaged hypergolic liquid-fueled rocket
engines, triethyl aluminum (TEA), thickened TEA (TPA), and damaged or suspect ammunition and
explosives of any group.
l. Group N. Ammunition and explosives articles containing only extremely insensitive

substances (EIS).
m. Group S. Ammunition and explosives that presents no significant hazard. Ammunition and
explosives packaged or designed so that any hazardous effects from accidental functioning are limited to
an extent that they do not significantly hinder firefighting. In order to qualify for assignment for this
compatibility group, projections (which include the complete ammunition and explosives,
sub-assemblies, pieces thereof, or its packaging) ejected during hazard classification testing cannot
exceed 6 ft-lb [8 joules (J)] in energy. Examples include: explosive switches or valves, and some small
arms cartridges.
3-16.2. CRITERIA FOR COMPATIBILITY. NOSSA is responsible for designating the stowage
compatibility of ammunition and explosives. Compatibility requirements are divided into three
categories: combatant ships, CLF and cargo ships, and AW ships. Compatibility for each category is
based on different stowage criteria.
NOTE
Damaged or suspect ammunition may only be stowed if it has been certified to

be safe for stowage. If it is certified safe, it may be stowed with serviceable
ammunition.
3-16.2.1. Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Combatant Ships.
Tables 3-2 and 3-3 detail the specific permissible ammunition stowage compatibility aboard surface
combatants and submarine combatants, respectively. For the purpose of these tables, all hazard class 1.4
items of any compatibility group can be considered as compatibility group S item. However, any
compatibility group B item so considered may only be stowed with other compatibility group S items in
the same magazine so long as no other non-hazard class/division (HC/D) 1.4 item is stowed in the same
magazine. Ordnance items of hazard classes 2 through 9 having a stowage compatibility group may also
be stowed as a compatibility group S item. These tables use the ammunition compatibility groups
described in paragraphs 3-16.1. For SSGN submarines, HC/D 1.1B blasting caps can be stowed alone in
magazines or may be stowed with any combination of HC/D 1.4S items. Blasting caps may not be
stowed in any magazine with demolition charges present. M6, M7 and Mk 11 Blasting Caps which have
been packaged in the Mk 663 Mod 0 Blasting Cap Container, containing no more than 10 items per
container and with inner packagings described in NAVSEA SW060-AA-MMA-010, automatically
become HC/D 1.4S. They may be stowed in accordance with tables 3-2 or 3-3, including with demolition
charges in the same magazine, when unable to stow them in separate magazines not containing
demolition charges. Refer to paragraph 3-17.6.1 for other submarine blasting cap stowage requirements.
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3-16.2.2. Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Combat Logistics Force
(CLF) and Cargo Ships. Table 3-4 details the permissible mixing of compatibility groups of
ammunition and explosives aboard CLF and cargo ships. It is based upon the compatibility groups as
defined in paragraph 3-16.1.
3-16.2.3. Landing Force Ammunition Stowage Compatibility Chart for Amphibious Warfare
(AW) Ships. Landing force ammunition consists of Landing Force Operational Reserve Materiel
(LFORM), Naval Support Element (NSE), and training ammunition. It is a special category of support
materiel and components carried aboard AW ships for use by Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU). The
ordnance portion of landing force ammunition consists of Class V(A), also known as Mission Load
Allowance (MLA), and Class V(W), which is aviation and ground ammunition, respectively. For
specific loading, stowing, shoring, and breaking out of aviation ammunition [Class V(A)], refer to
NAVSEA SG420-B5-WHS-010; for ground ammunition [Class V(W)], refer to NAVSEA SW023-AJ-
WHS-010. NSE and landing force ammunition includes that ordnance required for special warfare units,
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), beachmasters, and similar units. Landing force ammunition and
explosives are divided into six ammunition groups that must be stowed separately. Table 3-5 details what
landing force ammunition, by Department of Transportation (DOT) compatibility group, is included in
each ammunition group. Used in conjunction with paragraph 3-16 and table 3-5, appendix C defines
each ammunition compatibility classification group and provides a list of examples of those items having
similar compatibility, by Navy Ammunition Logistics Code (NALC) or Department of Defense
Identification Code (DODIC), for each ammunition group.
a. Fume-Tight Bulkheads. The use of portable wooden fume-tight bulkheads is authorized and
only required for maintaining compatibility in accordance with table 3-5, except for WP, thermite (TH),
and any other ammunition which requires chemical stowage. A description and specific requirements for
fume-tight portable plywood bulkheads is provided in NAVSEA SW023-AJ-WHS-010. The bulkheads
may also be used to separate non-hazardous materials (general cargo items and LFORM Classes I, II, IV
and VIII only) from ammunition items. With the concurrence of the CO, the minimum number of
plywood bulkheads may be removed for that period of time required to remove or stow ammunition in
the subdivision. Bulkheads so removed shall be reinstalled following the completion of removing or
stowing ammunition. This may be accomplished under the following circumstances:
(1) At approved explosive piers or anchorages to facilitate onload or offload of ammunition.
(2) Underway to facilitate ammunition cross-deck operations.
b. Amphibious Aviation Ordnance Stowage. On air capable amphibious ships which have not
received the ships alterations (SHIPALTs) required to provide dedicated aviation ordnance stowage,
aviation ordnance MLA and training ammunition which may be required prior to LFORM offload shall
be stowed to allow free access without requiring movement of LFORM ammunition.
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Table 3-2. Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for Surface
Combatant Ships
(An “X” indicates permissible stowage. A number indicates permissible stowage with some restrictions,
shown in notes below. A blank indicates stowage is prohibited)
COMPATIBILITY
A B C D E F G H J K L N S
GROUPS
A
B X X
C X X X 3 2 X X
D X X X 3/4 4 2 X X
E X X X 3 2 X X
F X X
G 3 3/4 3 3 4 3
H 4 4 X X
J 2 2 2 X X
K X
L 1
N X X X X X
S X X X X X 3 X X X X
NOTES:
1. Explosives in compatibility group L may only be stowed in the same compartment or magazine with
identical explosives within compatibility group L.
2. Compatibility group J missile systems and rocket motors may be stowed with articles of compatibility
groups C, D, E and S. Compatibility group J incendiary weapons are forbidden aboard Naval ships.
3. Commercial fireworks are forbidden aboard Naval ships. Thermite (TH) ammunition shall be stowed in
top-side jettisonable lockers or other ready-service lockers (RSLs) overhanging the ship where direct
burn-through will impact the water. Explosive articles in compatibility group G, other than commercial
fireworks and those requiring special stowage, may be stowed with articles of compatibility groups C, D, E
and S.
4. Projectiles with compatibility groups G, D, and H are compatible for stowage in accordance with paragraph
3-17.7.1.
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Table 3-3. Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for

Submarines
shown in notes below. A blank indicates stowage is prohibited)
COMPATIBILITY
GROUPS
A
B 5 X
C X X X 3 2 X X
D X 6 X 3,4 4 2 X X
E X X X 3 2 X X
F X X
G 3 3,4 3 3 4 3
H 4 4 X X
J 2 2 2 X X
K X
L 1
N X X X X X
S X X X X X 3 X X X X
NOTES:
2. Compatibility group J missile systems and rocket motors may be stowed with articles of compatibility
groups C, D, E and S. Compatibility group J incendiary weapons are forbidden aboard submarines.
3. Commercial fireworks and thermite (TH) ammunition are forbidden on submarines. Explosive articles in
compatibility group G, except ordnance requiring special stowage, may be stowed with articles of
compatibility groups C, D, E and S.
4. Projectiles with compatibility groups G, D, and H are compatible for stowage in accordance with paragraph
3-17.7.1.
5. Compatible stowage of M6, M7 and Mk 11 Blasting Caps shall be in accordance with paragraph 3-16.2.1.
6. Mk 36 Demolition Charges (NALC M976) and Mk 70 Explosive Charge Kits (NALC 9W24) charges must
comply with the stowage requirements found in paragraph 3-17.6.1.
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Table 3-4. Ammunition and Explosives Stowage Compatibility Chart for

Combat Logistics Force (CLF) and Cargo Ships
shown in notes below. A blank indicates stowage is prohibited.)
COMPATIBILITY
GROUPS
A
B X X
C X X X 1 X X
D X X X 1 X X
E X X X 1 X X
F X X
G 1 1 1 1 1
H X X
J X X
K X X
L 2
N X X X X X
S X X X X X 1 X X X X X
NOTES:
1. Commercial fireworks are forbidden aboard Naval ships. Thermite (TH) ammunition shall be stowed in
top-side jettisonable lockers or other ready-service lockers (RSLs) overhanging the ship where direct
burn-through will impact the water. Explosive articles in compatibility group G, other than commercial
fireworks and those requiring special stowage, may be stowed with articles of compatibility Groups C, D, E
and S.
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Table 3-5. Compatibility Chart for Various Classes of Landing Force Ammunition
Stowed on Amphibious Assault Ships
shown in notes below. A blank indicates stowage is prohibited.)
COMPATIBILITY AMMUNITION GROUPS

GROUPS AA BB CC DD EE FF
B X
C X
D 5 7 8 9
E X
F X
G 2,3,6 4,10 1
H X
S X X X X
NOTES:
1. HC smoke and small arms ammunition may be stowed with WP ammunition.
2. Stow in pyrotechnic locker, if available.
3. LPD Class ships are authorized to stow compatibility group G items with ammunition Group AA below
decks, provided those items are in the original shipping containers.
4. Requires separate stowage on a weather deck, in a locker or other container readily accessible for
jettisoning.
5. Except bombs or demolition charges.
6. Except Thermite (TH) ammunition.
7. Hazard Class 1.2 and 1.4 fuzes only.
8. Bombs only.
9. Demolition charges only.
10. TH ammunition only.
AMMUNITION GROUP KEY:

Ammunition Group AA - Pyrotechnics in their original shipping containers, large caliber and small arms ammunition, HE-loaded items except bombs or
demolition charges, grenades except WP, rockets, and missiles. Pyrotechnics not in original shipping containers should be stored in pyrotechnic lockers or
magazines.
Ammunition Group BB - Detonators, blasting caps, initiating devices, Hazard Class 1.2 and 1.4 fuzes, and Compatibility Group S ammunition.
Ammunition Group CC - Bombs and Compatibility Groups S ammunition.
Ammunition Group DD - Demolition charges.
Ammunition Group EE - Thermite ammunition.
Ammunition Group FF - WP ammunition, HC smoke, and small arms ammunition.
If unable to determine the proper Ammunition Group from these definitions, check the Storage Compatibility Group and Hazard Class assigned to the item
and use this table.
3-17. SPECIFIC HANDLING AND STOWAGE REGULATIONS. Specific ammunition types may
require special handling and stowage. Refer to the applicable technical documentation and Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) for instructions on handling and stowage requirements for specific
ammunition and explosives systems. Compliance with these instructions is required.
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3-17.1. READY-SERVICE STOWAGE. Ready-service stowage shall not be used for prolonged
stowage or for extending the total weapon stowage capacity of the ship. When not required for
ready-service, the ordnance shall be returned to a primary magazine.
3-17.2. TORPEDOES. The specific stowage regulations relating to lightweight torpedoes and to
countermeasure anti-torpedoes (CAT) are provided below.
3-17.2.1. Lightweight Torpedoes. For maximum stowage safety, all lightweight torpedoes packaged
in the Mk 792 Mod 0 Container and stowed adjacent to each other or stacked one on top of the other,
must be oriented nose to tail. This nose to tail stowage position of torpedoes prevents sympathetic
detonation of a second torpedo warhead in the event that one warhead is detonated by battle damage. An
OTTO Fuel II spill kit shall be readily available in the immediate area of the torpedo magazine.
3-17.2.2. CAT. CAT, received aboard combatant ships (i.e., aircraft carriers), shall remain loaded in the
appropriate launchers at all times. They are not authorized to be stowed in any magazine.
3-17.3. DEPLETED URANIUM. Depleted Uranium (DU) ammunition shall be handled and stowed
afloat in accordance with the Navy Radioactive Material Permit (NRMP) Number 13-00164-L1NP.
3-17.4. GRENADES. Thermite (TH) grenades shall be stowed in specially fabricated jettisonable
lockers insulated with a layer of sand which is a minimum of six inches deep on the bottom and three
inches thick on each side as shown in NAVSHIPS Drawing 804-6397302. If the lockers are hanging
completely over the side of the ship, there is no requirement for the sand. TH grenades are prohibited
aboard submarines.
3-17.5. PYROTECHNIC AMMUNITION. Pyrotechnic ammunition includes all devices containing

materials designed to produce illumination, devices for marking or signaling, and incendiary affects or
smoke screens. Pyrotechnic ammunition is adversely affected by excessively high or variable
temperatures, and proper functioning is frequently affected by moisture. Some pyrotechnics become
more sensitive and dangerous when exposed to moisture while others become more difficult to ignite and
less operationally dependable. Detailed descriptions for specific pyrotechnic items are provided in
NAVSEA SW050-AB-MMA-010/NAVAIR 11-15-7. Refer to paragraph D-3.8 for the required
pyrotechnic ammunition safety precautions placard to be posted on all authorized pyrotechnic stowage
spaces or pyrotechnic lockers. Some pyrotechnic ordnance is armed and ignited by variations in the
surrounding environment. Under no circumstances shall sealing features be loosened, removed, or
tampered. The detailed descriptions and the methods of functioning of the various pyrotechnic items
must be thoroughly understood by all personnel concerned with their use. Breakout of pyrotechnics shall
be limited to that quantity required to meet operational commitments. All personnel shall stand clear
when the breech of any pyrotechnic ejector is opened. If a pyrotechnic device cannot be launched from
an ejector after making several attempts, the device shall be removed by qualified EOD personnel. In the
absence of EOD personnel, removal may be accomplished by ordnance personnel qualified for the
process. Emergency Air Breathing (EAB) or Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) shall be worn
by personnel exposed to high concentrations of smoke generated by any pyrotechnic device.
Deteriorated or damaged pyrotechnics shall be disposed of as soon as possible. Devices awaiting
disposition shall be carefully segregated.
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a. Aircraft Parachute Flares. The assembly of aircraft parachute flares into their dispensers must
be conducted only on the weather decks (for aircraft carriers) and in space 03-53-1-Q (aboard LHDs).
However, flare assembly is prohibited in any ammunition stowage space. If a flare is prepared for
launching, but is not launched, the safety pin or other restraining features must be restored to its original
condition. If safing devices cannot be restored to their original condition, the flare shall be downloaded
in the presence of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel for disposal by authorized means in
accordance with NAVAIR 11-140-7.
b. Pyrophoric Expendable Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM). The MJU-27, MJU-48, MJU-49,

MJU-50, MJU-52 and MJU-64 Series Airborne Expendable Countermeasures (AECM) devices contain a
pyrophoric metal payload that ignites spontaneously in the air following ejection from the aircraft. These
devices are packaged in fire-retardant foam that will not ignite on exposure to the pyrophoric metal. Only
one flare container for each workbench shall be opened at a time for assembly into countermeasure
buckets or magazines. When handling pyrophoric flares, leather gloves and safety/face shields must be
worn. Each device shall be inspected for damage including missing closure discs before any attempt is
made to load it into a dispenser. Damaged devices shall not be loaded into dispensers. If the payload is
visible at any time, it should be considered active and shall be disposed of in accordance with NAVAIR
11-140-7. If a flare ignites accidentally, the primary hazard is the secondary fire that may be created. A
pyrophoric metal reaction can be controlled by inhibiting airflow to the pyrophoric metal using water,
foam or carbon dioxide. Detailed descriptions and procedures for specific AECM devices are provided in
NAVAIR 11-140-7.
c. Water-Activated Pyrotechnic Ammunition. Water-activated pyrotechnic ammunition shall not

be stowed in magazines or lockers having sprinkling systems except for sea water battery initiated
pyrotechnics (including Mk 25 and Mk 58 Marine Location Markers) which may be stowed in sprinkled
magazines or lockers only when their watertight seal has not been broken and they are returned to their
original packaging. Once these items have been prepared for use, they cannot be positively safed. Under
no circumstances shall these devices be stowed in sprinkled magazines and they shall not be stowed with
non-water-activated devices. If an un-sprinkled pyrotechnic magazine is not available, returned marine
location markers shall be stowed in a topside locker. For magazines used to stow water-activated devices
that have been removed from their original shipping containers, the sprinkler system [and sprinkler alarm
circuit (FH), if installed] shall be placed in lay-up in accordance with PMS procedures and no
non-water-activated device(s) shall be stowed in the magazine. Water-activated pyrotechnics stowed in
mounting brackets shall be protected from the weather and shall have their plastic protective cover
installed at all times. Refer to paragraph D-3.8 for the applicable pyrotechnic ammunition safety
placards.
d. In Port Stowage Requirements. Upon arrival in port, all pyrotechnic items, except signals for
boats and life rafts, shall be removed from racks, clips and other open locations, and shall be stowed in
secured pyrotechnic lockers or magazines.
e. Ready-Service Illumination Signals. Ready-service illumination signals and pistols shall be

stowed in their shipping container or in an appropriate metal container in suitable mounting brackets. A
ready-service locker may be used as an alternative to the mounting brackets. They shall be protected
from weather including direct sunlight.
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f. Pyrotechnic Signals for Submarines. Submarine pyrotechnic signals shall be stowed in

primary, floodable lockers or immediate service (non-floodable) lockers which are located near the signal
ejectors. Water-activated countermeasures devices shall be stowed in separate non-floodable lockers.
g. Installed Pencil Flares and Signaling Devices in Flight Gear Vests. Flight gear containing
pencil flares shall be stowed in a locker constructed in general accordance with Navy Standard
Pyrotechnic Locker Drawing 804-1360275, except all panels will be 3/4" x 13 gauge flattened steel, i.e.,
expanded metal, (as shown in Note 12 in Pistol Locker 803-6397318 regarding expanded metal doors)
and the locker shall have at least a medium security lock and hasp. The dimensions of the locker shall be
based upon the size (for vests hung on a hanger) and quantity of vests to be stowed. The locker shall be
in an interior location that provides both ventilation for the vests and sprinkler coverage. The vests shall
be stowed on a hanger in the locker with adequate space between individual vests for air circulation. No
thermometer is required. For stowage of ordnance with a NEW of less than 5 pounds, the locker is not
required to be in a sprinkled space as described in paragraph 5-5.4f.
3-17.6. DEMOLITION MATERIALS. All demolition materiels shall be stowed in their shipping
containers or those containers approved for ready-service stowage. Demolition charge initiators shall not
be stowed in locations subject to heavy shock or vibration, or in the same box, container or magazine
with demolition charges.
3-17.6.1. Submarine Stowage. M6, M7 and Mk 11 Blasting Caps or firing devices of demolition
charges shall be stowed using proper securing measures. Blasting caps may not be stowed in any
magazine with demolition charges present, unless the blasting caps are packaged in the Mk 663
Container. Each container shall not contain more than 10 blasting caps with inner packaging described in
NAVSEA SW060-AA-MMA-010. In this container configuration, the blasting caps automatically
become HC/D 1.4S and may be stowed in accordance with table 3-3, including with demolition charges
in the same magazine, when unable to stow them in separate magazines not containing demolition
charges. Blasting caps may be stowed in missile tube magazines containing HC/D 1.4S items, in
three-tumbler safes mounted adjacent to tube 1 second platform of the missile compartment, or in
magazines as allowed in table 3-3. On SSN 688 Class submarines, M6, M7 and Mk 11 Blasting Caps
may be stowed in the torpedo room, outside the torpedo room in three-tumbler safes, or in magazines as
permitted by table 3-3. On SSGN-726 submarines, blasting caps may be stowed in missile tube
magazines containing HC/D 1.4S items, in three-tumbler safes mounted adjacent to tube 1 second
platform of the missile compartment, or in magazines allowed in table 3-3. On SSN-774 Class
submarines, M6, M7 and Mk 11 Blasting Caps may be stowed in the small arms ammunition locker, in
three-tumbler safes, or in magazines as permitted by table 3-3. The assembly of EOD, Sea Air and Land
(SEAL), Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) or SOF mission specific explosives will be performed
in accordance with the appropriate technical manual and only in designated or CO approved areas.
3-17.6.2. EOD Ready Response Kits. The nature of these kits requires immediate access by EOD
personnel. Kits containing only Hazard Class/Division (HC/D) 1.4 ordnance items shall be stowed in a
dedicated ready-service locker in proximity to EOD spaces, or, if unavailable and with TYCOM or
deployed operational commander approval, in safes or acceptable locked cabinets within the EOD
spaces. Initiating cartridges are to be kept separate from the non-electric detonators (shock tube) while
stowed in the kits. The addition of the shock tube will also include all appropriate inert firing devices and
connectors. Stowage of shock tubes will be limited to 1,000 feet per kit at any given time. When stowed
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in workspaces, the kits shall be afforded the same safety and security requirements as they would have
received if magazine stowed. Special attention is directed to separating the kits from ordinary
combustibles, temperature measurement/control, placarding, accountability, and fire and damage control
considerations.
3-17.7. CHEMICAL AMMUNITION. Chemical ammunition classified as lethal (Group A) or

incapacitating (Group B) shall not be carried aboard ship unless specifically authorized by the Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) (N41). Smoke producing ammunition (Group B) is authorized
aboard ships. Handling, stowage and use hazard requirements for WP (Group C) are provided in
NAVSEA SW050-AB-MMA-010/NAVAIR 11-15-7. Chemical ammunition shall normally be stowed in
dry, well ventilated lockers, containers or spaces above deck which can be jettisoned in an emergency.
Such stowage shall be located away from the ship’s ventilation intakes or other openings. Separate
stowage is mandatory if the quantity of any type of chemical ammunition is large. All specified
temperature and humidity limits must be maintained. All containers shall be stowed so that their
identification markings can be easily read. Handling, stowage and use hazard requirements for
incendiary materiel (Group D) are provided in NAVSEA SW060-AA-MMA-010.
3-17.7.1. White Phosphorus (WP) Ammunition. WP ammunition shall be handled carefully to

retain its airtight seal. Personnel involved in handling WP “leakers” shall be provided with goggles or
face shields, heavy leather or rubber gloves, and rubber aprons. Gloves, aprons and shoes should be kept
wetted down. A separate storage locker outside the designated WP stowage and assembly area is
required to store the required emergency protective equipment. Likewise, a 5% bicarbonate (one cup
sodium bicarbonate dissolved in a gallon of water) shall be made available where WP is handled, stowed
or assembled. The bicarbonate solution may be used to neutralize skin exposed to WP in accordance with
Navy Tactical Reference Publication (NTRP) 4-02.22 (series). WP will spontaneously ignite if exposed
to air. If combustion occurs in a confined space, the oxygen content of the atmosphere in the space may
not be sufficient to support life. Further, high concentration of the vapors from burning WP is irritating to
the eyes, nose, throat, lungs and skin. WP vapors and fires can be best controlled by complete immersion
of the leaking item of WP in a tank of water which shall be kept available in the handling and stowage
area. Vapors and fires can also be controlled by the application of firefighting nozzle fog pattern.
Immersion tanks are also required in areas designated for WP assembly. WP will re-ignite when it has
dried. Exposed WP shall be kept wet until all traces are washed or scraped overboard. WP ammunition
should be stowed separately. WP ammunition must be stowed where temperatures can be maintained
below 100º F since WP melts at 110º F. If the space is equipped with a ventilating system, the system
shall not be used except as required to maintain the ambient temperature in the stowage space below 100º
F. WP projectiles and rocket warheads shall be stowed base down to prevent them from becoming
unbalanced should the WP filler melt and subsequently resolidify. Under no circumstances shall WP
loaded projectiles be fuzed or defuzed aboard ship since WP ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
3-17.7.2. Incendiary Ammunition (Group D). This group consists of flammable and incendiary
materials for which conventional firefighting methods usually are not effective. Their fumes and
combustion products are, in most instances, highly toxic when inhaled or in contact with the skin.
Incendiary ammunition, if ignited, reacts with water, oxygen-containing compounds and halogenated
hydrocarbons. Fumes and combustion products should be avoided. Dry sand, which may be used ashore
to control an incendiary fire, is not prctical for firefighting aboard ship. If incendiary ammunition is
ignited, jettison the container or locker. If the incendiary ammunition cannot be jettisoned, an incendiary
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fire should be left undisturbed until the fire is out. Fire spread to nearby combustibles may be controlled
with quantities of water, if necessary. Incendiary ammunition requires separate stowage in special above
deck lockers in accordance with NAVSHIPS Drawing 804-6397302 or in containers which can be
jettisoned, and as described below:
(1) On all ships, incendiary ammunition shall be stowed in specially fabricated jettisonable
lockers insulated with a layer of sand which is a minimum of 6 inches deep on the bottom and 3 inches
thick on each side. If the lockers are hanging completely over the side of the ship, there is no requirement
for the sand.
(2) Ammunition containing TEA or TPA is to be considered extremely hazardous and shall
not be stowed in magazines or ammunition holds when carried aboard ship. This ammunition requires
separate stowage in non-sprinkled spaces or areas in a locker which can be jettisoned in an emergency.
3-17.8. ROCKETS. Rockets are a safety hazard on Navy ships if exposed to a fuel fire, aircraft crash
or an explosion. Detonation of the warhead or rocket motor may occur, and if ignited, the rocket motor
may become propulsive and increase the possibility of damage. For this reason, rockets shall be
assembled in a separate sprinkled area, with a RADHAZ-free environment, and not adjoining a magazine
stowage area. This area shall be manned at all times while ammunition and explosives are present.
According to NAVAIR 00-80R-14, thermally protected rocket launchers (LAU-61 or LAU-68 series)
loaded with Mk 66 Rocket Motors with Radio Frequency (RF)/thermal barriers and fairings installed,
will cook-off with 2-1/2 minutes with an explosion/detonation reaction. The hazard to firefighters is
considered major after only 2 minutes. Only the Mk 66 Mod 4 (preferred) or Mk 66 Mod 2 Rocket
Motors are authorized for shipboard employment. Immediately following assembly, rockets will be
loaded into thermally protected rocket launchers (LAU 61 or LAU-68 series). Rocket motors are
susceptible to shock. A cracked grain creates additional burning surfaces that can elevate the internal
pressure of the steel skin of the motor beyond design limits leading to an explosion following an aircraft
launch. Refer to NAVAIR 11-75A-92 for specific drop criteria for rocket motors. Safety devices shall
not be removed nor shall they be altered. Rocket assembly shall be accomplished in rocket assembly
areas that shall be separate from the magazine as on LHA and LHD class ships. On aircraft carriers, the
assembly area is normally on the mess decks.
3-17.9. HYPERGOLIC AND FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES (FAE) MIXTURES. Unless specifically
approved by OPNAV, hypergolic and FAE mixtures are prohibited aboard U.S. Navy ships. Refer to
NAVSEA S9000-AB-GTP-010 for specific hypergolic mixture safety requirements and special handling
procedures.
3-17.10. GUIDED MISSILES. Guided missiles are stowed as AURs in designated magazines in their
shipping containers or loaded in missile launchers or launching systems such as Vertical Launching
Systems (VLS). When missiles are loaded in launchers or launching systems, they are not accessible to
shipboard personnel. These loaded launchers and systems are subject to their unique monitoring and
safety requirements, rather than to the requirements of a conventional magazine or locker. Temperature
and humidity requirements specified in the missile technical manual must be followed. Air-launched
missiles may be stowed on authorized OHE/AWSE in a ready-service configuration.
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3-17.11. BOMB-TYPE AMMUNITION. Bomb-type ammunition includes aircraft bombs, guided

weapons, warheads, underwater mines, QUICKSTRIKE and their fuzes. Fuzing of bomb-type
ammunition should be performed in designated bomb assembly areas in accordance with the weapon’s
technical manual and aircraft weapons/stores loading manuals. Any fuzes removed from their shipping
container in an armed condition or cracked, dented, deformed or corroded shall not be used. Fuzes that
have been set to ARM shall be reset to the SAFE position before stowing. Any fuze that has been
dropped beyond the distance specified in the appropriate technical manual shall not be used. Fuzes shall
not be tested, disassembled, repaired, or modified aboard ship. Fuzes which are susceptible to RF
radiation causing detonation or dudding shall be installed in a RF free location. Bombs, fuzes, boosters
and inert components may be stowed in bomb assembly magazines during prolonged assembly
operations and installed in bombs awaiting strikeup or disassembly. Bomb assembly shall be conducted
in accordance with the governing NAVAIR Weapon Assembly Manual (WAM). When bomb assembly is
no longer required, fuzes and boosters shall be re-stowed in their respective shipping containers and
returned to compatible stowage. Inert components may be stowed in the bomb assembly magazine at the
discretion of the ship’s Weapons Officer.
3-17.12. GUN AMMUNITION. Gun ammunition covers large caliber projectiles, fixed ammunition
and mortars. Detailed descriptions for specific gun ammunition items are provided in NAVSEA SW030-
AA-MMO-010, NAVSEA SW010-AD-GTP-010 and NAVAIR 11-1-119 (for aviation 20mm and 25mm
gun ammunition). Projectiles include both separate loading and fixed ammunition projectiles, which can
be base fuzed, nose fuzed or both.
3-17.13. GUN PROPELLANT CHARGES. Gun propellant charges include separated ammunition
charges and saluting charges. Care shall be taken to avoid denting the thin-walled body of the cartridge
tank, opening the body seams, or loosening the top or bottom crimp, thereby permitting exposure of the
charge (powder) to the atmosphere. Care must be taken to protect the primer from accidental impact with
projections or objects that might fire the primer and cause the charge to ignite. Before being used, all
saluting cartridges shall be inspected to ensure the primers and plugs or wads are properly seated. It is
imperative that the cartridge tank lids remain securely in place to retain an airtight seal. The detection of
any unusual odor shall be investigated immediately. On completion of a stowage evolution, the top of
each propelling charge tank shall be inspected to ensure that it has not become loose during handling.
Loose tank lids may be tightened in the magazine using a spark-resistant wrench. Lock wires on tank lids
shall be used and replaced as necessary. Tanks containing propellant charges shall be stowed so that
covers may be removed and the charges made accessible without disturbing other tanks. Where limited
space in a ship’s magazine makes it necessary, tanks containing propelling charges issued for gunnery
exercises may be temporarily stowed in such a way to require moving a minimum number of these tanks
to gain access and remove the covers of all tanks.
3-17.14. SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION. Small arms ammunition is for rifles, automatic rifles,
carbines, pistols, shotguns and machine guns up to .50 caliber. Small arms ammunition shall be carefully
protected from moisture, heat, dirt, and against blows or shock that might dent or fire the primer. Small
arms ammunition shall not be placed haphazardly in a container allowing the projectile of one round to
contact the primer of another. Cartridge cases shall not be polished, but corrosion, moisture, and dirt
should be wiped off. The use of grease or oil on cartridges is prohibited. The ammunition shall be
protected from any shock that might dent or fire the primer. Only small arms ammunition, as defined in
appendix A, shall be stowed in small arms ammunition magazines, except that ammunition described in
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paragraph 5-7.2. Small arms ammunition shall normally be stowed in sealed containers. Minimum
quantities required for watch standers may be stowed in a locker or safe in the ship’s armory, squadron or
security office. When limited quantities are required to be stowed, containers which have been opened
shall be resealed to prevent theft. Stowage is permissible in either bandoleers or manufacturer provided
cardboard boxes.
3-17.15. CARTRIDGE AND PROPELLANT ACTUATED DEVICES. Cartridge Actuated Devices

(CADs) are small, self-contained energy sources that are used to do mechanical work. Propellant
Actuated Devices (PADs) include such devices as catapults, rocket catapults, and rocket motors which
are used in aircrew escape propulsion system (AEPS). Complete instructions governing the safe handling
and use of CADs and PADs are provided in NAVAIR 11-100-1.1.
3-17.16. SHAPED CHARGED WARHEADS. To optimize ship survivability and reduce the
potential for crew casualties, when stowing weapons equipped with shaped charged warheads within
magazines, it is recommended that these weapons are oriented such that the warhead is pointed outboard
and away from other weapons, other magazines or ready service lockers, other vital spaces, or any
manned or living spaces.
3-17.17. LITHIUM BOILERS. To reduce the chance of boiler penetration and a lithium fire, weapons
with lithium boilers shall be stowed in their Navy approved containers in authorized shipboard locations.
3-18. LITHIUM BATTERIES AND ORDNANCE STOWAGE. Although lithium batteries are not
classified as HC/D 1.1 to 1.4 explosives, they are energetic and potentially hazardous materials. All
lithium batteries and battery-powered systems must be granted lithium battery safety certification in
accordance with NAVSEAINST 9310.1 (series). Additional guidance concerning lithium battery safety
can be found at the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) Lithium Battery Safety
Program web page. All lithium batteries and lithium battery-powered equipment shall be stowed in
compliance with the specific requirements stipulated in appropriate equipment documents or in
accordance with platform regulations. When such documentation is not available, the general stowage
requirements listed in NAVSEA S9310-AQ-SAF-010 shall be used. Other than those installed in
weapons systems, lithium batteries shall not be stowed in magazines with ammunition. Shipboard
firefighting guidance for lithium batteries and lithium battery-powered equipment is provided in Naval
Ships Technical Manual (NSTM) S9086-S3-STM-010/CH-555 (for surface ships), NAVAIR 00-80R-14
(for aircraft), or NSTM S9086-S3-STM-020 (for submarines).
3-19. INERT ORDNANCE. Inert ordnance includes inert ammunition, components, drill ammunition,
dummy, and similar non-explosive items. This ammunition as well as its containers shall be carefully
marked so that it cannot be confused with service ammunition. They shall receive the same care and
attention during handling as is given to live ammunition. Inert ordnance and components can be stowed
in magazines with service ammunition, but the items shall be segregated to the maximum extent possible.
In addition, this ordnance shall be color coded in accordance with NAVSEA SW010-AF-ORD-010 to
ensure ready identification of this ordnance from live ammunition.
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CHAPTER 4
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
4-1. GENERAL. This chapter describes the explosives safety regulations and precautions for the use
of electrical equipment and grounding requirements associated with the handling, testing, maintenance,
reprogramming, or assembly and disassembly of ammunition and explosives.
4-2. ELECTRICALLY POWERED EQUIPMENT. All electrically powered tools and equipment
must be included in the ship’s electrical safety program. Electrical and test equipment is prohibited for
storage in any magazine containing Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E). When test equipment
is used, only equipment on the ship’s electrical equipment list shall enter the magazine, and the electrical
equipment and cases not required for the operation shall remain outside the magazine. Electrically
powered tools and equipment are prohibited for use on ammunition or explosives and cause a hazard
unless they are:
a. Specified by a weapon technical manual and used in accordance with the technical
manual, or
b. Specifically approved in this publication, or
c. Specifically approved for use by Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA).
4-3. HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO).

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) hazards stem from the functional characteristics of electrically initiated
devices (EIDs) commonly used in ordnance systems. EMR hazards are the result of absorption of
electromagnetic energy by the firing circuitry of EIDs. EIDs can accidentally or unintentionally initiate
when exposed to radio frequency (RF) environments resulting in a safety or reliability consequence/
situation. In general, ordnance is most susceptible to RF environments during assembly, disassembly,
handling, loading, and unloading. This manual prescribes both general and specific HERO requirements,
operating procedures and precautions for the safe handling, transporting and storing of ordnance items
and systems containing EIDs in order to prevent their premature initiation when the possibility of
exposure to EMR exists. NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2 classifies and delineates all
electrically initiated ordnance items and systems that have been evaluated for HERO. Such ordnance is
classified as HERO SAFE, HERO SUSCEPTIBLE or HERO UNSAFE/UNRELIABLE. It further
establishes the safe separation distance between HERO SUSCEPTIBLE and HERO UNSAFE/
UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE, and various types of RF emitters, provides the means to calculate the RF
environment, understand and apply the operational HERO requirements and develop the HERO Emission
Control (EMCON) bill. The HERO EMCON bill is set of directions for implementing HERO restrictions
on ships and shore stations. Its purpose is to prescribe, through advanced planning, the easiest most
efficient method of managing the conflict between the electromagnetic environment (EME) created by
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high-power transmitting equipment and HERO classified ordnance. Additionally, NAVSEA OP 3565/
NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2 provides the procedures for requesting a HERO survey. To minimize the
risks associated with HERO, the requirements of NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2 must
be strictly adhered to. An EMCON Bill must be developed for each ship. Any ordnance that is damaged
or not in its approved packaging should only be handled when the highest EMCON Level required for
that device is set in accordance with NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2.
4-4. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. Ammunition and explosives operations on flight decks,

exposed weather decks and other locations directly exposed to the weather shall be halted when electrical
storms are within a 5 nautical mile radius of the ship. All ammunition with EIDs must be immediately
struck below deck or to magazine stowage. Refer to NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2
and NAVSEA SW020-AC-SAF-010 to determine whether an ammunition item contains EIDs.
Commanding Officers (COs)/Masters should make every effort to steer clear of electrical storms when
EID-equipped ammunition is exposed to avoid terminating operations. Under combat conditions when
steering out of the storm’s path is not possible, the Operational Commander may authorize continued
handling of EID-equipped ammunition as a matter of operational necessity. It should be understood that
when an electrical storm is within 5 nautical miles, it is considered directly overhead. Research and
technical data indicates that the imminent strike zone for successive lightning flashes is expected to be
3.5 to 5.25 nautical miles from the previous strike. This strike zone information should be factored into
the ship’s Operational Risk Management (ORM). When an electrical storm comes within 8.5 nautical
miles, ORM should be used to determine the impact on ammunition and explosives operations.
4-5. IGNITER CIRCUIT TESTING. Electrical checks of igniters shall not be conducted aboard ship
unless the test equipment has been certified and its use aboard ship authorized by NOSSA.
4-6. GROUNDING. An adequate ground is one that provides a continuous conductive electrical path
from a person, metal structure of an aircraft or other vehicle, or the metal case or frame of a weapon to the
metal structure of the ship. It is possible to obtain adequate static grounding without the necessity for
bare skin-to-metal or bare metal-to-metal contact throughout the path. In all cases, the adequacy of
grounding paths must be verified by continuity and resistance checks, and approved by the Engineering
Officer or Engineering Electrical Officer before being placed into use. Grounding paths are established
to ensure the item or person to be grounded is provided with an acceptable connection to ground.
Grounding paths usually consist of ground points and ground cables. All weapon and platform Program
Executive Offices (PEOs)/Program Managers (PMs) and In-Service Engineering Agents (ISEAs) shall be
responsible for addressing grounding considerations during all stages of the life cycle. Grounding
requirements shall be included in all weapon technical manuals. Contact NOSSA for additional
shipboard ground design requirements.
4-6.1. GROUND POINT. A ground point separate from other electrical grounds shall be used for
ordnance. General guidance on the establishment of additional ground points is provided in paragraph 5-
4.6. Establishment of additional ground points requires Type Commander (TYCOM) approval to
maintain configuration control. Refer to the appropriate Maintenance Requirement Cards (MRCs) for the
established ground point testing cycles.
4-6.1.1. Visual Inspection Requirements. Ground points shall be inspected at least every six
months. Corrosion shall be removed. Damage to the bolt or stud, that may render the ground point
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unusable, shall be repaired and retested. Breakage or damage of ground cables connected to a ground
point shall be repaired.
4-6.1.2. Electrical Test Requirements. The resistance between the ground point and the ship’s
structural member must be less than 1 ohm. The resistance test must test through the physical connection
at the ground point. Ground point tests shall be conducted every 12 months.
4-6.2. WEATHER/FLIGHT DECK GROUND POINT. Padeyes may be used as ground points.
Given the current construction methods of Naval vessels, the padeyes are known to provide a discernible
electrical connection to the ship’s hull. Care must be given when attaching the ground cable to the
padeye to ensure the positive metal-to-metal connection is made to ensure the integrity of the ground
path. When available, dedicated ordnance ground points shall be used to ground the aircraft during
ordnance operations. Dedicated ordnance grounds shall meet the inspection requirements of paragraph 4-
6.2.1 and the testing requirements of paragraph 4-6.2.2.
4-6.2.1. Visual Inspection Requirements. Padeyes that are used for grounding shall be inspected at
least every six months. Any corrosion or debris shall be removed. Any physical damage that renders the
padeye unusable shall be repaired.
4-6.2.2. Electrical Test Requirements. Electrical testing is not required for padeyes on weather/flight
decks.
4-6.3. GROUND CABLES. Ground cables are used to connect ordnance to the grounding system to
prevent electrostatic spark discharge. Ground cables include all cables with a reusable clipping or
clamping device on one or both ends including cables inside containers and shipping fixtures. Grounding
cables shall not be confused with bonding conductors that have a permanent connection (i.e., bolted or
welded) at both ends.
4-6.3.1. Requirements. The following requirements apply to ground cables:
a. All ground cables shall have an electrical test before being placed into service, after any cable/
connector rework, and whenever indicated by a visual inspection.
b. All ground cables (other than reel type) shall have one ohm or less clip-to-clip or clip-to
structure resistance.
c. Reel type grounding cables must have a clip-to-structure resistance of 25 ohms or less.
d. All grounding cables shall be visually inspected before use each day.
4-6.3.2. Visual Inspection Requirements.
a. Inspect the cable, clips, and permanent connections for signs of breakage, excessive wear,
frayed conductors, loose or corroded connections, worn or broken clip springs, worn or broken reel
assemblies, etc. Connections shall not be taped over.
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b. Reel type cables shall be unwound for a proper visual inspection. Reel type cables need only
be unwound as much as or further than they are unwound during operational use.
c. Tug on the cable to ensure that it is securely attached to its clips and to the permanent
connection (if applicable).
d. Cables with opaque insulation shall be felt for any kinks, sharp bends, or crushing that may
indicate damage.
e. Electrical testing is required if paint on the permanently connected end is present.
f. After any rework/repair to the ground cable, an electrical test must be completed.
4-6.3.3. Electrical Test Specification. The ground cable electrical test consists of an electrical resistance
measurement from clip-to-clip or from clip-to-structure. When testing cables with permanent
connections at one end, care shall be taken to test from the clip to the structure (through the permanent
connection) to verify the integrity of the permanent connection. Paint on the permanently connected end
is acceptable as long as electrical testing proves the paint is not inhibiting the electrical connection.
4-7. PERSONNEL GROUNDING. When required by the weapons technical manual, personnel may
be grounded by several methods, both direct and indirect, as follows:
a. Momentary Touch Ground. Personnel shall contact a metal structural member of the ship with
their bare skin for one second. If the metal member is painted, the contact should be maintained longer
(approximately five seconds) to ensure they have sufficiently reached ground potential. In addition, it
must be understood that this method is only good for momentary grounding of personnel. Once
personnel break contact, they are no longer grounded and can begin to accumulate charge. This method
may also be used to equalize the potential between personnel and a weapons system or ordnance item.
b. Intentional Ground Device. Personnel may use a device that is static dissipative (i.e., wrist
strap) intended to provide a positive, known, and constant connection with ground. Typically these
devices attach one end to known ground point and the other end to the bare skin of the person.
c. Conductive Medium. Workspaces are equipped with a conductive (usually resistive) deck or
surface that is connected to a ground. Therefore, personnel are required to wear conductive clothing
(e.g., shoes) to complete the ground path.
4-7.1. PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES. In the event that no weapons technical manual exists
and there is no guidance provided from the weapons PEO/PM or ISEA, as a minimum, the following
electrical safety precautionary procedures shall be followed:
a. All personnel entering a weapon checkout and servicing area shall ground themselves by bare
skin-to-metal (ship’s structure) contact.
b. All personnel should be grounded immediately prior to contacting any electrical connector,
wire, or plug connected to the weapon. Personnel should ground themselves by making momentary bare
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skin-to-metal contact with a grounded object or the metallic portion of the outer skin of the weapon
section immediately prior to touching electrical connectors of the weapon.
c. Under low humidity (less than 40% relative humidity) climatic conditions, such as during
operations in the extreme cold weather, there is a greater possibility that static charges can accumulate
during operations at sea. Under such conditions, it is especially important that all precautionary measures
contained herein are followed.
4-8. GROUNDING DURING WEAPONS TEST, MAINTENANCE, ASSEMBLY, AND

DISASSEMBLY. When required by the weapons technical manual, weapons may be grounded during
tests, maintenance, assembly or disassembly using one of the following methods:
a. Direct Intentional Grounding. Attaching one end of a ground cable to a ground point, defined
in paragraph 4-6.1, and the other end to an acceptable ground point on the weapon. This method will
provide a low impedance connection to ground, facilitating a rapid equalization process. All weapon
PEOs/PMs and ISEAs shall define acceptable ground points for the weapon in the weapon technical
manuals.
b. Unintentional Process Integrated Grounding. Support fixtures and equipment may provide a
suitable connection to ground. Support fixtures and equipment may include, but are not limited to, tables,
racks, stands, hoists, and dollies. Weapons PEO/PM and ISEAs shall ensure that such fixtures and
equipment meet the requirements for grounding. In addition, PEO/PM and ISEAs shall ensure that any
changes to the fixtures and equipment continue to fulfill the ground connection. This method is not
recommended for highly susceptible weapons.
a. During all phases of assembly and disassembly, each individual section of a weapon must be
continuously grounded.
b. Personnel must ground themselves momentarily before handling.
c. Metallic containers shall be grounded prior to removal of the contents.
d. Empty metallic containers shall be grounded before an item is placed in them.
e. Portable assembly tables may be grounded by connecting a ground cable from the table to an
identified ground point as described in paragraph 4-6.
f. Should it be impossible to ground the weapon or weapon components then the following
alternate procedures shall be used:
(1) During assembly and/or immediately prior to mating, the separate sections shall be
brought to the same electrostatic potential by touching the ends of a grounding wire from the metallic
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portion of the skin of one section to the metallic portion of the skin of the other, or personnel may
simultaneously touch the metallic portion of the skin of both sections with bare hands, taking care in
either case not to touch any of the weapon’s electrical connector pins.
(2) Immediately prior to disassembly, the weapon shall be momentarily grounded or a

ground shall be maintained on the main body of the weapon while the sections are removed, whichever is
more practical.
4-9. GROUNDING DURING AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. Rotary and fixed wing aircraft can
develop significant static electrical charges from several sources. Static charges may develop from wind
over the deck on aircraft surfaces and from aircraft rotating parts such as propellers, rotors, and turbines.
Static charges are developed during flight and may remain after landing. Also, RF energy aboard ship
and from the aircraft may result in an unacceptable level of electromagnetic energy being coupled onto
the aircraft. When required by the weapons technical manuals or the platforms technical publications,
aircraft may be grounded by attaching one end of a ground cable to a ground point, defined in paragraph
4-6, and the other end to an acceptable ground point on the aircraft. The distance between the ground
connection at the aircraft shall be the minimum possible and shall be moved as necessary during aircraft
uploading or downloading. This method will provide a low impedance connection to ground, facilitating
a rapid equalization process.
a. Prior to conducting any aircraft ordnance operation, the aircraft shall be grounded to the ship
using an aircraft ground cable.
b. When connecting ground cables, care must be given to break through any paint or corrosion at
the ship ground point.
c. Aircraft tie-down chains are not adequate ground paths.
4-10. AIRCRAFT ORDNANCE OPERATIONS. Given the complexity of these operations, weapons
PEO/PM and ISEAs shall coordinate all grounding requirements with the aircraft PEO/PM and ISEAs.
Grounding procedures addressed in the weapons technical manual(s) shall be followed.
a. The ordnance and personnel must be brought to the same electrical potential as the aircraft;
therefore, personnel must make bare skin-to-metal contact simultaneously at the ordnance and the
aircraft.
b. Aircraft and ordnance electrical connectors, dust caps and shorting plugs shall not be removed
until the ordnance is loaded onto a launching adapter or bomb rack.
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c. Open connectors shall not be exposed any longer than necessary.
d. Personnel shall not touch electrical contacts.
e. Personnel must be at the same potential as the weapon prior to replacing shorting plugs,
replacing dust covers over contacts, or unloading/removal of the weapon.
f. Electrical cables on aircraft or ordnance shall not be allowed to dangle during uploading or
downloading operations.
4-11. GROUNDING DURING STOWAGE. Unless stated otherwise in the weapon technical
manual(s), grounding of ordnance items in their approved shipping configuration is not required during
stowage.
4-12. NAVAL AIRCREW COMMON EJECTION SEAT (NACES) OPERATIONAL

GROUNDING. Aboard all aircraft carriers, a grounding point shall be determined for all aviation Naval
Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACES). The grounding point must not be used if visual inspections
reveal paint or significant corrosion on the grounding point. Grounding points must be electrically tested
at least annually for electrical continuity with the ship’s hull. Refer to paragraph 5-4.6 for establishing
and testing a ground point.
4-13. WEAPON TEST AND REPROGRAMMING. Built-In-Test (BIT)/Reprogramming is

accomplished in designated and properly equipped areas. BIT/Reprogramming operations of Group One
Weapons [Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB), Standoff Land
Attack Missile - Extended Range (SLAM-ER), AIM-9X SIDEWINDER and Joint Direct Attack
Munitions (JDAM)], and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) shall use
AN-GYQ-79A Common Munitions Built-In-Test (BIT) Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE). The
Quality Assurance/Safety Observer (QA/SO) shall verify that the Commander Naval Air Forces
(COMNAVAIRFOR) or Commander Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFOR) approved standard
operating procedures (SOP’s) are being used and shall verify that only AN-GYQ-79A CMBRE
equipment, approved by NOSSA and the TYCOM, is used an has been included on the ship’s electrical
equipment list. The BIT/Reprogramming areas require a ground point, established in accordance with
paragraph 5-4.6, special regulated electrical power, and sprinkler protection. The BIT/Reprogramming
areas are designated and approved by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM), and are
authorized as follows:
a. CVN-68 through CVN-77: Second deck handling and transfer areas.
b. CVN-78: 02 level forward and aft handling complexes.
c. LHA and LHD: Magazine spaces with authorized CMBRE power connections.
d. For GBU-31/32/38 JDAM tail assemblies only, BIT/Reprogramming may also be conducted
aboard CVNs in fourth deck universal weapons magazines as authorized in sub-steps (1) through (3)
below. All power conditioner units shall have "MOD" designations of "M99116A". A minimum
separation distance of 3.28 feet (1 meter) is required between the power conditioning unit and all
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ordnance or ignitable material during BIT/Reprogramming operations. CVN fourth deck universal
weapons magazines may contain hazard class 1.3 or 1.4 ammunition. Simultaneous handling and/or
break-out operations involving hazard class 1.3 or 1.4 ammunition is prohibited while performing JDAM
tail assembly AN-GYQ-79A CMBRE BIT/Reprogramming in a shipboard magazine.
(1) CVN-68, CVN-69, and CVN-70: Second deck handling and transfer areas, and/or the
following fourth deck universal stowage magazines:
(a) 4-54-0-M
(b) 4-64-0-M
(c) 4-84-0-M
(d) 4-138-0-M
(2) CVN-71 through CVN-77: Second deck handling and transfer areas, and/or the
following fourth deck universal stowage magazines:
(a) 4-54-0-M
(b) 4-64-0-M
(c) 4-74-0-M
(d) 4-84-0-M
(e) 4-128-0-M
(f) 4-138-0-M
(3) CVN 78: 02 Level forward and aft handling and transfer areas, and the following fourth
deck universal stowage magazines:
(a) 4-54-0-M
(b) 4-74-0-M
(c) 4-84-0-M
(d) 4-128-0-M
(e) 4-138-0-M
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CHAPTER 5
SHIP DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
5-1. INTRODUCTION. This chapter provides ship design performance requirements and standards to
ensure the safety of ammunition and explosives assembly, stowage, handling, security, monitoring, and
protection from fire. This chapter is applicable to all ships owned, chartered or operated by the
Department of the Navy (DON). It is also applicable to other vessels, which carry Naval ammunition and
explosives, including Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessels. These requirements apply to new
construction, redesign, repeat/modified design, conversion, and in-service ships and submarines.
5-2. HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION. Human Systems Integration (HSI) must be considered
when designing any shipboard system. Its purpose is to present human engineering design criteria,
principles, and practices to achieve mission success through integration of the human into the system,
subsystem, equipment, and facility, and to achieve effectiveness, simplicity, efficiency, reliability, and
safety of system operation, training and maintenance. Refer to MIL-STD-1472 (series) or American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F1166 (series) for HSI design criteria.
5-3. RISK MANAGEMENT DURING ACQUISITION. The ship design requirements and standards
documented herein are intended to minimize the risks associated with ammunition and explosives used
and transported aboard Naval ships and are mandatory. When the requirements of this manual cannot be
met, the risk must be formally accepted as part of the risk assessment process. Accordingly, residual risks
which cannot satisfactorily be eliminated or reduced must be managed and accepted. Acceptance of
managed explosives safety risks, consistent with Department of Defense Instruction (DODINST) 5000.2
(series) and MIL-STD-882 (series), is made in accordance with Naval Systems Command (SYSCOM)
Risk Management Policy. The seriousness of the risk is determined by the hazard probability and
severity, as defined in MIL-STD-882 (series). This risk assessment shall be validated by the Naval
Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) and the appropriate Technical Warrant holders within
the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM). Program managers for in-service ships shall
review the requirements of this manual and where current designs do not comply with the requirements
herein, execute a risk assessment in accordance with MIL-STD-882 (series) and comply with those
requirements for mitigating explosives safety risks. For ships not in the acquisition process, the waiver
and exemption process described in paragraph 1-4 may be used.
5-3.1. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DURING ACQUISITION. New ship and weapon

system acquisition programs may seek to reduce costs and enhance performance by considering emerging
technologies and innovative processes which present an acceptable level of safety, but are not recognized
by the existing safety requirements of this document. When an emerging technology is proposed, the
Program will contact the appropriate Navy Technical Authority for review of the technology and obtain
their concurrence, approval or certification. Once approved, the changes will be made to this manual to
permit the use of acceptable emergent technologies and innovative processes, thus eliminating the need
for explicit risk acceptance, waivers and exemptions described in paragraph 5-3.
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5-4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, STANDARDS AND CONFIGURATIONS. The following

general requirements, standards and configurations shall apply regarding the design and qualifications
supporting the types of shipboard handling equipment, related electrical safety, and fire prevention
systems. A Consolidated Operability Test (COT), in accordance with OPNAVINST 8000.16 (series),
shall be conducted to demonstrate satisfactory installation and safe operation of all weapons handling and
support facilities on new construction ships. A Ship Installation Assurance Test (SIAT), in accordance
with OPNAVINST 8000.16 (series), shall be conducted following the completion of a Ship Change
Document (SCD). A Technical Interchange Review (TIR), in accordance with NOSSAINST 8020.1
(series), shall be conducted during the ship design process to ensure that explosives safety is considered
in the design. An Explosive Safety Design Validation (ESDV), in accordance with NOSSAINST 8020.1
(series), shall be conducted prior to initial ammunition onload to ensure that the as built design meets the
explosives safety requirements for ammunition and explosives and the physical security requirements for
Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E).
5-4.1. APPROVED HANDLING EQUIPMENT. Only NAVSEASYSCOM, Naval Air Systems

Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM), Director, Strategic Systems Program (DIRSSP), or Naval Surface
Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD)
Detachment Picatinny, Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHST) Center shall
approve handling equipment used for all operations involving ammunition and explosives. These
commands shall maintain an official record of handling equipment qualified and approved for its
intended use. This record must contain, as a minimum:
a. A description of the item with the assigned safe working load (SWL).
b. A complete drawing package.
c. A qualifying test or analysis report.
d. A configuration control plan, containing associated maintenance plans, operating instructions,

weight testing arrangements and other deliverable documentation required to support the handling
equipment at the user level.
5-4.2. ORDNANCE HANDLING SYSTEMS. Shipboard handling systems shall be provided for the
efficient horizontal and vertical movement of ordnance. There are many different possible designs for
these systems. However, all of these systems have common requirements to ensure the handling of
ordnance is performed as safely as possible. Shipboard-installed handling systems designated to handle
ordnance shall be certified by the NAVSEASYSCOM warranted technical authority for shipboard
weapon handling systems. This applies both to the equipment used to move the ordnance and the path
where the ordnance is moved. Emergency Ordnance Handling (EOH) capability shall be provided when
magazines are not serviced by redundant elevator systems. Magazines serviced by a single vertical lift
represent a single point failure and jeopardize war-fighting capability and operational safety. The EOH
shall be capable of serving all decks served by the elevator.
5-4.2.1. Operating Conditions for Ship-Installed Ordnance Handling Systems. Ship-installed ordnance
handling systems and equipment shall be capable of operating satisfactorily and safely up to limits as
required for the armament systems they serve.
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5-4.2.2. Shipboard-Installed Handling Equipment Design Load Requirements. Shipboard installed

handling equipment shall be capable of satisfactory operation while carrying the rated load for the
specified duty cycle, under environmental and specified operating conditions for the ship. The following
requirements apply:
a. Handling equipment shall be capable of holding the rated load and maintaining its static
position under equipment specified holding conditions.
b. Under the equipment operating conditions, the combined stresses, acting both individually and
concurrently, in load bearing structural and mechanical components of the equipment, shall not exceed 35
percent of the yield strength of the material used, calculated on the basis of the operating design load.
c. Under the equipment holding conditions, the combined stresses, acting both individually and
concurrently, in load bearing structural and mechanical components of the equipment, shall not exceed 70
percent of the yield strength of the material used, calculated on the basis of operating design load.
d. Powered handling equipment shall be designed so that under extreme loading conditions (e.g.,
impact, load test, drive motor stall torque, or limits of load limiting devices), the combined stresses shall
not exceed 70 percent of the minimum yield strength of the material used in the load bearing structural
and mechanical components.
e. In handling equipment using load bearing wire rope or load chain, stresses shall not exceed 20
percent of the breaking strength of the load bearing wire rope, or 20 percent of the breaking load of the
load chain.
f. Handling equipment shall be designed for fail safe operation, as defined in appendix A.
5-4.2.3. Handling System Design Features. For new shipboard-installed handling system designs, a
Fault Tree Analysis or other recognized method of determining hazards to personnel or the ordnance load
while being handled by the system shall be performed to ensure all necessary features are incorporated to
protect personnel from injury and the ordnance from damage. The following requirements have been
established for maintaining positive control of the handling system and ordnance being carried and
protecting the handling system and ordnance from impacting the ship's structure.
a. Handling Routes. Designated handling routes shall permit unobstructed movement of the
ordnance.
b. Fall Protection. Portable or automatic guard devices shall be provided around deck openings
(elevator trunks and hatchways) for personnel, materials handling equipment (MHE) and ordnance
handling equipment (OHE).
c. Hatch Markings. Refer to paragraph D-4.5 for specific hatch markings.
d. Fail-Safe Devices. The handling system shall be provided with interlocks, safety devices, and
protective devices so that it will be fail-safe.
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e. Alternate Movement. A means shall be provided to safely raise or lower the ordnance load
following a control system or power failure.
f. Controls. Controls shall be provided for the safe operation of the handling system. These
controls shall be clearly marked to show their functions.
g. Emergency Stop Switches. Powered-handling equipment, and track and portable hoists shall
be equipped with emergency stop switches, which remove power from the control system and set the
brake. Emergency stop switches for elevators shall be in accordance with requirements set forth in Naval
Ships Technical Manual (NSTM) S9086-ZN-STM-010/CH-772.
h. Positive Traversing and Braking. Positive traversing and braking features (e.g., rack and
pinion, sprocket and chain, or hydraulic cylinders) shall be provided for powered traversing handling
equipment.
i. Mechanical Braking. Horizontal and vertical handling equipment shall incorporate a

mechanical brake, installed in the drive train, which automatically engages when the drive train power
actuating control is in the “off” position. Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders shall use holding valves to
maintain position.
j. Mechanical Stops. Positive mechanical stops shall be provided at the extreme limits of the
handling range of travel except as described in this paragraph. Mechanical stops shall be cushioned to
prevent damage to the ordnance if impacted at the maximum operating speed. Where positive stops are
not practical or the ordnance could be damaged if the handling device contacts the positive stop, a limit
device shall be provided that stops movement of the drive before the maximum travel limit is reached.
Where positive stops are not practical and a limit device malfunction would cause a catastrophic failure
to the handling device or damage to the ordnance, a secondary limit device shall be provided.
k. Power Down. Lifting or hoisting devices shall use the power source to raise and lower the
load. Slipping the brake to lower the load or the use of slip clutches are prohibited as the primary means
of motion.
l. Limit Devices. Handling equipment, which has rotation or topping capability, such as cranes,
shall have limit devices to prevent the equipment from contacting any ship structure.
m. Vertical Handling Equipment. Vertical handling devices transporting loads between decks
shall be constrained to prevent damage to the device or load resulting from horizontal movement. Tag or
guidelines can be provided to meet this requirement for emergency handling, handling dockside, and at
explosives anchorage. Horizontal restraint is not required in normal workshop operation, lateral handling
movements, and over-the-side transfers. Vertical handling operations using guide rails shall have a
mechanical safety device to stop the platform in case of slack or failure of wire rope, chain or other lifting
materials.
n. Collision Damage. Where two pieces of handling equipment can operate on the same track or
rail, provisions shall be provided to prevent collision that may result in damage to the ordnance or
equipment at the maximum operating speed of the equipment.
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o. Derailment Protection. Handling systems using rails or tracks shall be equipped with a device
to prevent derailment in case of failure of the travel wheels or guide rollers.
p. Hooks. Weight handling equipment (WHE) with hooks shall be equipped with safety devices
to prevent the ordnance load from becoming disengaged from the hook.
q. Lifting Devices with Platforms. Lifting devices with platforms shall be provided with a means
to prevent distortion or tipping of the platform under non-uniform loading, shall have a means for
securing the ordnance to the platform (unless equipped with side and end guards), and shall have safety
margin markings.
r. Wire Rope and Load Chains. Wire rope and load chains shall have a minimum factor of safety
of 5:1. For wire rope, this is the ratio of the minimum breaking strength to its operating design; for load
chains, this is the ratio of the breaking load to the operating design load. Where load-bearing wire ropes
have protective covers or coatings for weapons protection, the coatings or covers shall be transparent to
permit visual inspection of the section of rope.
s. Wire Rope Drums. Hoisting equipment that use wire rope shall have at least 2½ full turns of
wire rope on the drum, except for weapons elevators which shall have 1½ turns of wire rope remaining on
the drum when the hoist is extended to its lowest position.
t. Instruction Chart. An instruction chart, that shows all operating features, functions, and safety
precautions applicable to the equipment shall be mounted near or on the equipment. The chart shall be
mounted so that it can be easily read from an advantageous position or operating station, such as
elevators, cranes, or hoists.
u. Hoses. Where quick-disconnect fittings are used, a safety wire or chain shall be provided to
restrain the hose in the event of inadvertent disconnection.
v. Ordnance Jettison Ramps. Where ordnance is loaded on aircraft or staged on the flight deck,
ramps to jettison the ordnance overboard in an emergency shall be provided. These jettison ramps shall
be located in several locations around the deck edge, to accommodate the quantity and location of the
ordnance expected on the flight deck at a given time but shall be located at a minimum of 200-foot
intervals in aircraft rearming areas and immediately adjacent to the designated weapon staging area.
Jettison ramps must bridge the gallery deck walkway and may be of either a fix or hinged design. The
ramps shall permit the ordnance, or ordnance mounted on handling equipment (such as munitions
transporters) to exit the deck without contacting catwalks, safety nets or other objects outboard of the
deck edge and any skids the ordnance is mounted on, to exit the deck without contacting catwalks, safety
nets and other objects outboard of the deck edge. The ramp shall be designed such that rolling
transporter/equipment can be rolled onto the ramp and overboard without having to lift it over ramp
obstructions.
w. Weapons Handling Equipment Tie-downs. Tie-downs shall be provided to secure all weapons
handling equipment in magazines, cargo holds, stowage areas or maintenance areas.
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x. Machinery Guards. Guards shall be provided in locations where a person might come in
contact with moving and rotating machinery. Guards shall meet the requirements for Safety Color Code
for Marking Physical Hazards in accordance with OPNAVINST 5100.19 (series).
5-4.2.4. Location of Handling Systems. Ordnance handling systems shall be located where personnel
can safely operate and maintain the system. The system shall be protected from the effects of vibration
and shock due to gun and missile blast, and impact from shell casings, sabots and other debris as defined
by the applicable Program Executive Office (PEO)/Program Manager (PM) for the particular weapon
system.
5-4.3. MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT (MHE). MHE shall be designed, tested and qualified
to meet the minimum requirements in the appropriate Purchase Description (PD) or Commercial Item
Description Sheet (CIDS), and with the requirements of NAVSEA SW023-AH-WHM-010.
5-4.4. PORTABLE ORDNANCE HANDLING EQUIPMENT (OHE). Portable OHE, at a minimum,

must meet the design guidelines prescribed in MIL-STD-1365 and shall be approved for use with
ammunition and explosives by the appropriate cognizant authority addressed in paragraph 5-4.1.
5-4.5. SHOCK AND VIBRATION. Weapons handling and stowage systems shall meet Grade-A
shock requirements of MIL-S-901, unless the operational requirements specified in the Capabilities
Development Document (CDD) differ. When the Shipbuilding Specifications are approved the shock
requirements therein shall take precedence. The requirements for shock contained within the approved
Shipbuilding Specifications shall also be invoked for modifications or modernizations. Weapons
stowage equipment shall meet Grade-A (or as specified in the Shipbuilding Specifications) shock
requirements in the loaded and unloaded condition. Stowage equipment of small arms ammunition,
pyrotechnics, and miscellaneous ordnance shall meet Grade-B (or as specified in the Shipbuilding
Specifications) shock requirements in the unloaded and loaded condition. Weapons handling and
stowage systems shall meet the requirements of MIL-STD-167/1 or MIL-STD-167/2, as appropriate.
5-4.6. GROUNDING. A ground system separate from other electrical grounds shall be used for
ordnance. An adequate ground is one which provides a continuous conductive electrical path from a
person, metal structure of an aircraft or other vehicle, or the metal case or frame of a weapon to the metal
structure of the ship. Dedicated ordnance grounding points are required on all ships wherever weapons
are assembled, uploaded/downloaded to/from aircraft, or tested. The flight/weather deck padeyes may be
used as grounding points, provided both features can be integrated in the deck padeyes and they are in
compliance with MIL-HDBK-274(AS) (series). General guidance on the establishment of a ground point
is as follows:
a. Identify a suitable metal structural member to support the ground point. The structural
member must discernibly supply an electrical path to the ship’s hull. Ground paths shall never be
terminated at:
1) Electrical conduits or wiring coverings;
2) Gas, air or steam pipes or tubing;
3) Sprinkling systems, including dry sprinkling systems;
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4) Electrical source neutral points;
5) Hydraulic, fuel or lubricating lines;
6) Electronic transmitter cables, waveguides or ground leads; or
7) Internal communication signal system conduits;
b. Identify a small area (suggest 2 inches by 2 inches) on the selected member to be the grounding
point.
c. Remove all paint from the selected point.
d. To facilitate the attachment of ground cables to the ground point, a copper bolt may be brazed,
a steel bolt/stud may be welded, or a hole may be drilled for a bolted-type connection.
e. Measure the direct current (DC) electrical resistance between the selected structural member
and the ship’s hull. The measured resistance must be less than 1 ohm.
f. The grounding point must be labeled, as shown in figure 5-1, so it can easily be identified as
appropriate for grounding during explosives operations. In case an integrated ordnance ground system is
developed, the shipbuilder shall provide objective quality evidence (OQE) that the system has been
validated. Therefore, a label is not required. A recognized and recommended practice for establishing a
ground point for attaching bond straps is documented in MIL-STD-1310 (series). Contact NOSSA for
additional ordnance ground design requirements.
5-4.7. GROUNDING CABLES. Grounding cables are used to connect ordnance to the grounding
system to prevent electrostatic spark discharge. Grounding cables include all cables with a reusable
clipping or clamping device on one or both ends including cables inside containers and shipping fixtures.
Grounding cables shall not be confused with bonding conductors which have a permanent connection
(i.e., bolted or welded) at both ends.
5-4.7.1. Requirements. All grounding cables shall have 1 ohm or less clip-to-clip or clip-to-structure
resistance except for reel type grounding cables that must have a clip-to-structure resistance of 25 ohms
or less.
5-4.7.2. Electrical Test Specification. The grounding cable electrical test consists of an electrical
resistance measurement from clip-to-clip or from clip-to-connect structure. When testing cables with
permanent connections at one end, care shall be taken to test from the clip to the structure (through the
permanent connection) to verify the integrity of the permanent connection. Paint on the permanently
connected end is acceptable as long as electrical testing proves the paint is not inhibiting the electrical
connection.
5-4.8. FIREFIGHTING HOSE COVERAGE. Fire hose or Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)
hose coverage shall be provided for all locations where ammunition and explosives are stowed, serviced,
assembled, staged, temporarily held in readiness, or handled along a path of travel.
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5-5. MAGAZINE AND OTHER AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES AREA DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS. NAVSEASYSCOM approves the authorized spaces for where ammunition and
explosives are stowed, serviced, assembled or temporarily held in readiness. No alterations or
modifications to magazines shall be made without the approval of NAVSEASYSCOM. Ship's magazines
must be designed and arranged with regard to facility of supply, ammunition unique stowage
requirements, ammunition compatibility, and ship survivability. Magazines which do not comply with
the design requirements of this manual shall be reported to NOSSA and NAVSEASYSCOM in
accordance with paragraph 1-4.
FIGURE 5-1. Properly Marked Flight Deck Ordnance Ground Point
5-5.1. GENERAL MAGAZINE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. Magazines are considered vital

spaces. Vital space boundaries shall provide protection from fumes, fire, and flooding in order to assure
continued operation of equipment and protection of personnel. Ballistic protection may be required for
these magazines. Vital spaces entirely or partially below the flooding water levels (V-lines) shall have
watertight boundaries. Vital spaces entirely above the V-lines shall have airtight boundaries, except
where one or more boundaries are required to be watertight or oil tight for other purposes. Vital spaces,
except fan rooms and electronic cooling equipment rooms, are considered manned. The following
requirements apply to the design of all magazines:
a. Quantity. Sufficient magazines shall be provided to assure the ammunition stowage

compatibility requirements can be met.
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b. Location. Magazines shall not share a common bulkhead, deck or overhead with flammable or
combustible liquid or other hazardous material storerooms. Magazines may be located adjacent to fuel
tanks. Magazines shall be located below the waterline to the maximum extent possible. With the
exception of 40mm saluting charges, 40mm and larger ammunition and cargo ammunition magazines
shall not be located directly under or adjacent to flight decks or steering gear rooms. Where practical,
magazines (except those within a ballistic-protected envelope) shall not share a common bulkhead or
intermediate deck and shall be provided with ballistic protection consistent with the ship’s vulnerability
and survivability requirements.
c. Stowage Temperature. Magazines shall maintain the stowage environment limits specified in
technical manuals for the ammunition to be stowed. In the absence of specific ammunition stowage
environment requirements, magazines shall maintain a stowage temperature of less than 100º F.
Magazines must be designed to avoid rapid, wide-ranging changes in temperature.
d. Firing Temperature. When stowage in a magazine, launcher or gun system requires that a
firing temperature limit be maintained which is different from the stowage temperature limit, the system
shall be capable of maintaining the firing temperature limits required for the ammunition to be stowed.
e. Temperature Recording. Magazines shall be fitted with thermometers and temperature record
cards and holders, or temperature sensing devices. They must be capable of recording minimum and
maximum temperatures. Where no functional automated temperature indication system is present, at
least one bimetallic thermometer (NSN: 6685-00-042-3218; Part Number E3184R3) shall be placed in
each designated ammunition magazine or locker. The thermometer shall be located in a readily
accessible area where maximum variations of temperature will normally occur. Where installation of the
thermometer and bracket interferes with stowed material or equipment, the thermometer shall be
mounted in a boss on the outside with the stem projecting inside the stowage space. These thermometers
shall be direct-reading, bimetallic thermometers with maximum and minimum index pointers and a reset
knob. They shall meet the specifications of MIL-I-17244. Thermometers shall have a temperature range
of -40 to 180ºF, a 3-inch, back-connected dial, and a 4-inch stem. For applications which do not require
recording of minimum temperatures, a bimetallic thermometer with a maximum index pointer only is
also acceptable. The thermometer shall be mounted in a L-shaped bracket in accordance with
NAVSHIPS Drawing 810-1385917 and attached to the supporting structure.
f. Ventilation. Magazine requirements for temperature limits, ventilation rates, humidity limits
and special system requirements shall be in accordance with NAVSEA T9500-AA-PRO-130. The supply
ventilation ducts to, and the exhaust ventilation outlets from magazines shall be fitted with covers for
maintaining watertight integrity. Wire-mesh screens will be maintained on exhaust vents. Watertight
closures are required at watertight boundary penetrations in ducts. The exception to this requirement is
for handling rooms located above the damage control deck if each room is served by an independent
Class W or Class Circle W system. The closures shall be a quick acting type, manually operated, and
permanently installed. If the magazine is located below the damage control deck, the closures shall be
located inside the magazines and controlled locally. Closures, except Class X fittings, shall also have
flexible shafting or push-pull type remote control from the adjacent space. If the magazine is located
above the damage control deck, the closures may be located inside or outside the compartment. Where
ventilation ducting is used as an overflow for sprinkling systems, and a closure is installed in the ducting,
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a bypass containing a check valve shall be installed. For new ship designs (effective with NAVSEA OP 4
Revision 11), magazine exhaust ventilation shall be directed overboard.
g. Combustible Material. Combustible material, including wood, is not authorized for use as part
of the magazine structure. Fire-retardant treated wooden subdivision bulkheads conforming to
MIL-L-19140, category I, may be used in magazines on amphibious warfare ships.
h. Drains. Magazines with sprinkling, water injection or deluge systems shall have a drainage or
dewatering system. Magazines, ready service rooms and missile checkout and assembly areas, located
above the lowest weather deck and adjacent to the weather, shall drain through the bulkhead via a check
valve to the weather. Where these spaces are not located adjacent to the weather, drainage shall be
directly overboard via deck drains and independent drain piping having a check valve at the shell.
Magazines that cannot be drained overboard by gravity shall be drained by portable pumps, either
through the overhead access where available, or through a drain pipe installed through the bulkhead and
terminating in an adjacent handling room, access or passage. This drain pipe shall terminate low on the
bulkhead and be fitted with a hose valve and cap. A valved vent shall be installed high on the bulkhead
near the drain valve. Condensate from gravity type air conditioning coils in magazines located above the
waterline shall drain to the waste drain system. Condensate from coils in magazines located below the
waterline shall drain to a bilge sump or condensate drain tank located outside of the magazine.
Condensate piping penetrations of bulkheads shall include a check valve and cutout valve. When
providing external drains is not possible, coils shall be drained to 5-gallon aluminum cans located in
accessible locations in the open passageways of the magazine stowage. Sufficient cans shall be used so
the capacity is equal to 12 hours of collected condensate.
i. Lighting. Lighting fixtures in magazines shall be either: fluorescent, Light Emitting Diode
(LED), remote source or New Emergency Automatic Lighting Systems (NEALS). Fluorescent, LED and
NEALS lighting fixtures shall be watertight. Lighting in magazines shall be sufficient to allow reading of
markings on bulkheads and containers stowed within the spaces as described in DOD-HDBK-289
(series). Relay-operated lighting shall not be installed in magazines unless approved by
NAVSEASYSCOM. Explosion-proof fixtures are required only where there may be an explosive
atmospheric condition. Portable battle lanterns shall be installed so that there is, at a minimum, one to
illuminate each access closure and one to illuminate each passing scuttle. One additional lantern per 200
square feet shall be installed, preferably on stanchions, to illuminate aisle spaces. For magazines where
NEALS lighting is installed, portable battle lanterns shall be installed in the space to supplement the
NEALS lighting.
j. Ammunition Securing Systems. Magazines shall be fitted with stowage fittings, restraint
systems, racks or other fittings to prevent ammunition from shifting due to shock and ship movement
under maximum sea state conditions. Depending upon the type of ammunition they contain, magazines
shall be fitted with brackets for short cartridges, projectile fuze cap and tank wrenches, projectile carriers,
buckets, shelves, temperature card holders, eyebolts, padeyes and other required equipment to support
operations therein. A stowage container shall be provided for cartridge tank covers removed during gun
loading. Portable fittings may be kept in aisles and passageways if handling space permits. Equipment
and installed fittings in powder magazines shall be non-spark-producing. Shipboard-installed
ammunition securing systems designated to stow (temporary or permanently) ordnance shall be certified
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by the NAVSEASYSCOM technical authority for shipboard weapon stowage systems. Refer to
paragraph 5-5.2.7 for the various types of ammunition securing systems.
k. Cables and Electrical Equipment.
(1) General Requirements. Electrical equipment other than lighting fixtures, sound powered
telephones, sprinkling alarm detectors, smoke detectors, power connections authorized for Common
Munitions BIT Reprogramming (CMBRE) operations, high temperature alarm thermostats, and any
cabling shall not be installed in magazines or ammunition handling spaces unless it is deemed essential to
be located within the magazine by COMNAVSEASYSCOM for safety or operational purposes. If
electrical equipment must be installed in these and other spaces where munitions are handled and stowed,
it shall be located as far from normal handling and passing areas, and stowage locations as practical.
Electrical equipment shall have fault interruption capability to address/prevent the possibility of fire and
electrical shock in all fault conditions, including low impedance and high impedance fault conditions.
Electrical cabling shall not normally be routed through magazines unless required for the magazine. All
associated and non-associated cabling routed through the magazine shall be of unbroken length, without
splices or coupling connectors, configured with circuit protection, and shall be protected from damage as
described in paragraph 5-5.1t. Electrical fittings in magazines shall be watertight for non-rotating
equipment and spray-tight for rotating equipment. Electrical equipment employed in the support of
magazine operations such as power converters, power conditioners, test equipment, power distribution
panels or batteries shall be located outside the magazine.
(2) Fire Safety Requirements. Electrical equipment which can sustain a fire with an average
size greater than 100kW for a period of 20 minutes (e.g., total energy released greater than 120MJ) or has
a peak fire size greater than 150kW shall not be located in the magazine. Critical electrical equipment
which sustains less than a 100kW average fire size for 20 minutes and has a peak fire size less than
150kW (with kW being the fire rate of heat release, not related to the electrical power capability) may be
locate in the magazine, but shall not be located under or within three feet laterally of any ammunition or
explosives. Carbon dioxide fire extinguisher coverage shall be provided for electrical equipment other
than cables and lighting fixtures, sound-powered telephones, sprinkling alarm detectors, smoke and fire
detectors, and high temperature alarm thermostats in a magazine or along handling routes. Carbon
dioxide extinguishers shall be located within the space or on the same deck with a travel distance no
greater than 30 feet from the hazard. One extinguisher may protect against multiple hazards.
(3) Hazards to Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) Requirements. At no time

shall the equipment create an ambient EME that will adversely affect HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE.
(4) FMECA and Hazard Analysis. Electrical systems and component equipment in a
magazine (and along handling routes) shall have a Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis
(FMECA) and Hazard Analysis accomplished in accordance with MIL-STD-882 (series) to assess the
failure modes and hazards (including explosives safety risk to the ordnance present) to ensure that the
inclusion of the electrical equipment in the magazine (and along handling routes) characterizes the
residual risk and is accepted at the appropriate level in accordance with DODINST 5000.2 (series).
l. Piping. Piping shall not normally be routed through magazines unless required for the
magazine. Where routing of non-magazine essential piping through, or into, the magazine is
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unavoidable, there shall be no takedown joints, valves, or clean-out ports in the pipe run within the
magazine. Where takedown joints or clean-out ports are part of an existing design, these joints or ports
shall be welded closed. Although some non-magazine essential piping may be routed through a
magazine when unavoidable, no service piping for flammable or combustible liquids, gases or other
hazardous materials shall be routed through magazines. If shipboard arrangements require overflow
lines, air escapes, and sounding tubes from fuel tanks to run through magazines, those pipes shall be
equipped with protection guards as described in paragraph 5-5.1t.
m. Radio Frequency (RF) Transmitting Equipment.
(1) RF transmitting equipment shall not be installed or used in magazines without the
approval of NOSSA. The use of RF transmitting equipment shall not create an electromagnetic
environment (EME) greater than that of the “NO HAZARD” area of the "Graph and Equations for
Computing Safe Field Strength/Distance for HERO UNSAFE or HERO UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE"
depicted in NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2. The EME created shall take into account
the maximum number of emitters transmitting simultaneously, including any existing emitters already
installed.
(2) Flexible waveguides shall not be routed through magazines. Rigid, continuous run
waveguides with no splices are authorized. “Lossy line” coaxial cable runs (e.g., HYDRA) shall not be
installed, used, or terminated (i.e., with an antenna) in magazines without the approval from NOSSA.
n. Doors and Hatches. All magazine doors and hatches shall open outward, except where the
swing of the door would block other access closures or interfere with personnel egress paths, or used to
form a structural blast-resistant boundary to support blow-out areas such as the Peripheral Vertical
Launching System (PVLS) magazine on DDG-1000 Class ships. Door and hatch accesses shall be
designed so that they cannot be tampered with from outside the magazine and shall be capable of
accommodating the largest fleet issue unit load (FIUL) intended to be stowed in the magazine. Where
hinge pins are located external to the space, the door shall be outfitted with one high security bracket or
bar per hinge to prevent opening the door if the hinge pins are removed. Refer to NSTM S9086-XG-
STM-010/CH-700 for additional requirements. Weather deck hatches shall be hinged on the forward
side, where possible. Hatches in other locations can be hinged on the forward or aft side. A device shall
be provided to secure the doors and hatches in the open position, including all ammunition and explosives
handling paths. The doors or hatches shall be readily accessible and operable in a seaway without
unnecessary risk to the operator. Magazine accesses and ready-service lockers (RSLs) shall comply with
OPNAVINST 5530.13 (series). Secondary egress escape routes shall be provided for all vital magazine
spaces that will be occupied by 10 or more people. Hatches for secondary egress space routes shall be
quick-acting, or fitted with quick-acting scuttles. When secondary emergency escape doors and hatches
can be operated from both sides, a non-key operated, quick-release type locking mechanism (e.g., ball
lock pin) shall be installed inside the magazine to meet the requirements of OPNAVINST 5530.13
(series) and still allow for emergency escape.
(1) High Security Spaces. Armories, security force issue rooms, conventional magazines,
and lockers containing sensitive arms, ammunition and explosives shall be designated for high level of
security. Doors and hatches shall have high security padlocks conforming to MIL-DTL-43607. All
magazine and locker closures shall be fitted with a high security hasp, MIL-H-24653. Two keys shall be
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issued for each lock, with each space keyed differently. Padlocks for missile spaces shall have one
keying. These padlocks shall be keyed differently from any other padlock on the ship and shall not be
master keyed. Small arms lockers shall be locked, even though the lockers are within the armory.
(2) Submarine Spaces. Torpedo tube and missile tube interlock disconnects shall be
furnished with padlock sets so that torpedo tubes or missile tubes within a single compartment can be
opened with the same key. Each padlock set for this purpose shall be furnished with 10 percent spares
(not less than one padlock).
o. Markings. Danger signs, precautions and instructions appropriate for the ammunition stowed
and magazine operation shall be posted as described in appendix D.
(1) Warning Plate. A plate that bears essential precautionary information, which might result
in personnel injury if ignored.
(2) Caution Plate. A plate that bears essential precautionary information, which could result
in damage to the equipment, systems or adjacent structure if ignored.
(3) Posted Operating Instruction. A plate or laminated sheet that displays an exact copy of
operating instructions taken from the applicable system or equipment technical manual.
p. Communication Devices. Sound-powered telephones or similar communication devices

should be included in the magazine. Refer to NAVSEA Circuit Identification Document (formerly
Design Data Sheet 430) for circuit designations and types. Both electrical-powered announcing systems
and sound powered systems are used for the ship’s interior communications for magazines. Sound
powered circuits may use E-call, EM-call, or have call means. 1MC speakers should be provided in all
ammunition cargo holds, primary and universal magazines.
q. Insulation. Where a space adjacent to a magazine radiates heat that would cause the magazine
cooling to be ineffective at maintaining a temperature below 100 ºF, insulation shall be applied to the
bulkhead or overhead to reduce the heat load. Where possible, the insulation shall be applied to the heat
source side.
r. Deck Coatings. Non-skid deck covering shall be applied to all traffic and working areas of
ammunition magazines, handling rooms, and ready-service areas, except where latex concrete or
magnesite deck coatings are used. The covering may be lightweight non-slip, silicon carbide particle
coated fabric and sealing compound, conforming to military specification MIL-PRF-17951, or
spray-applied, non-skid coating conforming to military specification MIL-PRF-24667. Where static
electricity poses a hazard, either because of the operations being performed or an explosive atmosphere
exists, static dissipation controls must be applied. Examples include wrist straps, conductive mats on
benches or static dissipative deck coverings with conductive shoes. In these areas, MIL-PRF-17951 deck
covering is required.
s. Equipment Stowage. Stowage facilities for equipment shall be provided to stow special
accessories and portable handling equipment. Equipment in magazines shall be restricted to that
necessary for ammunition stowage, handling, assembly, checkout, security, monitoring, and damage
control.
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t. Protection Guards. All wiring, waveguides and piping routed in magazines shall be protected
against damage from MHE. Guards shall be installed that will be capable of preventing damage to these
components. Such guards may deform physically, but shall not allow contact to the wiring, waveguide
and piping during MHE impact at speeds of up to 88 feet per minute.
u. Portable Platforms. When ammunition and explosives are required to be handled manually
and they are to be stowed too high for convenient handling from the deck, portable platforms conforming
to MIL-STD-1472 shall be provided. The platforms shall provide a stable area to stand in all sea motions
where handling is required. The platforms shall be stowed in the magazine.
v. Ramps. Where openings, gaps or other obstructions greater than one inch (25.4mm) are in the
way of weapons flow routes and may interfere with the free movement of ordnance, ramps shall be
installed. The ramps may be fixed or portable. If portable or removable ramps are used, stowage
provisions must be provided in close proximity to where the ramps will be installed. Likewise, a placard
shall be provided illustrating a diagram of how to assemble the ramps. Where sufficient space is
available, a ratio of 12:1 (run to rise) inches or no more than 5 degrees ramp angle shall be constructed to
accommodate the use of low deck clearance handling equipment. Ramp surfaces shall be coated with
non-skid or grates to provide adequate traction. Where long ramps are required and cannot be made
permanent, the ramps shall be constructed in sections to facilitate manual handling.
w. Manholes. Manholes for tanks containing a flammable or combustible liquid with a flash
point below 140 ºF (60 ºC) shall not be located in magazines. For new ships designs (initiated after the
issuance of NAVSEA OP 4, Revision 8 of 2006), manholes for combustible liquid tanks with a flash
point at or above 140 ºF (60 ºC) shall be located above the highest normal liquid level of the tank and the
tank shall be a vented (un-pressurized) design. Sounding tubes and overflow tubes shall not be
considered when determining the highest normal liquid level of a tank.
5-5.2. SPECIALIZED MAGAZINE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. Magazine types include

ammunition cargo holds, primary, universal, missile, ready-service, lockers, and chemical. Ammunition
cargo holds are used to hold bulk ammunition and explosives. Primary, universal and missile magazines
are designated to hold a ship's allowance of ammunition. Ready-service magazines and lockers are used
to stow readily accessible ammunition. Each authorized ammunition stowage space must be identified
with an external label plate designating the compartment number and type of stowage.
5-5.2.1. Missile Magazines. Missile stowage should be in a magazine as an integral part of the
launching system on combatant ships. Systems without integral magazines shall be provided with a
magazine or locker convenient to the launcher. Magazines designed for the stowage of missiles, rockets,
or other ammunition that produce high volumes of gas shall be equipped with specialized ventilation
systems, such as plenum vents or relief ports, to ensure that magazine air pressures does not reach
dangerous levels if a missile motor ignites. Restraining equipment may be provided to prevent
movement of an accidentally ignited motor. A hatch or cover that is subject to possible external
tampering shall be fitted with an internal personnel obstruction grid made of ¾-inch diameter welded
steel or aluminum bars with openings no larger than 4 inches. An alternative method is to secure the
hatch or cover with a magazine hatch release device specified in NAVSEA Drawing 803-6397279. The
hatch or cover shall be fitted with hinges. Restraining cables shall also be provided to prevent the hatch
or cover from becoming an airborne hazard in the event of hinge failure during actuation. The hatch or
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cover release mechanism shall only be actuated by magazine internal overpressure, which shall be one
half of the magazine’s design pressure capability. The hatch cover mechanism shall be released by the
overpressure from the inside only. The total blow out clear area “A” shall be in square feet equal to 4.5
cubic feet-second per pound times the burn rate “R” in pounds per second divided by the minimum
magazine structural design pressure in static equivalent head in feet of seawater “H”.
5-5.2.2. Gun Magazines. As defined in NAVSEA SW010-AB-GTP-010, major caliber guns are guns
with a bore diameter of 5 inches or larger; medium caliber guns have a bore diameter larger than 30mm
and less than 5 inches; minor caliber guns have a bore diameter or 20mm or less. Projectiles and
propellants for guns are stowed in magazines called projectile, powder or ammunition magazines.
5-5.2.2.1. Requirements. Gun magazines shall meet the following design requirements:
a. Stowage for different types of gun ammunition shall be separated to provide ready access and
selectivity.
b. Wherever possible, the stowage rack orientation shall allow ammunition removal in a fore/aft
direction.
c. White phosphorus (WP) projectiles shall be stowed vertically on their bases and apart from
other projectiles in a separate magazine. Immersion tanks shall be provided for the WP projectiles in
accordance with NAVSHIPS Drawing 804-5184207.
d. Stowage restraint systems shall be provided to maximize access and minimize manpower.
e. Where manual access is required to breakout the ammunition, aisle spaces shall be provided
that is at least 2 inches greater than the length of the ammunition.
f. Portable battens used to restrain the ammunition in stowage shall not be stressed greater than
80% of their yield strength or deflect greater than 1/240 times its length in order to prevent the
ammunition from becoming disengaged from its stowage systems during storm conditions.
g. Each stowage rack shall be marked as to the exact contents.
h. The upper end of a vertical batten or stanchion shall be allowed to move 2 inches vertically in
either the up or down direction without becoming disengaged.
i. An air space of not less than 2 inches shall be provided between ammunition stacks to allow for
air circulation.
j. In all automated stowage and handling systems, the ammunition shall be restrained in three
axes.
k. Fuze-hole threads, rotating bands, fin stabilizers, projectile caps, windshields, and similar inert
ammunition components shall be protected from damage. All fuze-hole or similar cavities shall be closed
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with approved plugs or closures to protect the fuze-hole threads and cavities unless the ammunition or
components are packaged or palletized.
5-5.2.3. Small Arms Ammunition Magazines. Small arms magazines shall be designed to safely
stow ammunition, without projectiles that contain explosives (other than tracers), that is .50 caliber or
smaller, or for shotguns.
5-5.2.4. Water-Activated Device Magazines. New construction magazines designed for the stowage
of water-activated devices shall not be fitted with a fire extinguishing system.
5-5.2.5. Missile Launchers and Launching Systems. There are two types of missile launching
systems: those that are internal to the ship, such as the Vertical Launching System (VLS), and those that
are installed topside, such as Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) and NATO SEA SPARROW. Internal
missile launching systems contain the same stowage safety features that are provided in missile
magazines and are considered a magazine. Conversely, when the missiles are loaded into a topside
launcher, the launcher is not considered a magazine. Missiles that are loaded into the launcher or
launching system are not readily accessible to personnel. These topside launchers are then subject to the
monitoring and safety requirements of a loaded launcher.
5-5.2.6. Ready-Service and Portable Magazines, Lockers and Staging Areas. Ready-service
refers to ammunition stowage areas in the immediate vicinity of the launcher, gun, or aircraft where the
ammunition is used. The amount of ammunition in ready-service shall be minimized to quantities
required to support a planned reload of a gun, launcher, or aircraft.
a. Ready-Service Magazines. Ready-service magazines are designated spaces located near the
weapon system/platform to be served. They shall be equipped with thermal insulation and ventilation.
These magazines shall have the appropriate alarms addressed in paragraph 5-5.3 and sprinkling systems
described in paragraph 5-5.4. Changes in a ship's assigned armament may result in overall increases in
the required magazine space and the adaptation of ready-service magazines to primary magazines. When
ready-service magazines are adapted to function as primary magazines, they shall include the primary
magazine characteristics detailed in paragraph 5-5.2.7.
b. Portable Magazines. Portable magazines are prefabricated spaces intended for the safe and
secure stowage of limited types and quantities of hand-held, portable ammunition and explosives and
shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of Detail Specification, MIL-DTL-32525. They
are intended for installation above the V-line including weather deck locations on vessels. The portable
magazine is intended for ship with or without organic ammunition and explosives stowage facilities.
Ammunition and explosives shall not be stowed in portable magazines unless the magazine is installed on
the ship and all magazine support systems are connected and operational. Use of the portable magazine
shall meet all of the applicable stowage requirements of chapter 3 and this chapter. The portable
magazine is to be installed in an area of the ship that optimizes its installation and usefulness while
minimizing the load evolution distance to approximately two feet and not in the exhaust path of a
blowout port. Interface requirements for the portable magazine are provided in NAVSEA SW024-AA-
IDS-010.
c. Lockers. Lockers are often provided for stowage of special types of ammunition and
ammunition components such as detonators, pyrotechnics, and chemicals. Lockers shall have a placard
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on the exterior to identify the contents. They are frequently located on a weather deck to be as convenient
as possible to the weapon or area served. The use of sun shields, made of white material or painted white,
is required for the RSL. If the sun shields are coated with Radar Absorbing Material (RAM), the RAM
shall be painted white. If a top-side type locker is attached to the deck or bulkhead, it shall meet the
requirements of NAVSEASYSCOM Drawing 804-1360106. Lockers for stowing fuzes and charges for
practice grenades shall be in accordance with NAVSHIPS Drawing 804-5959215. For new designs or
new installations (initiated after the issuance of NAVSEA OP 4, Revision 8 of 2006), lockers for stowage
of Hazard Class/Division 1.2 material shall be located on the weather deck and be equipped with a
jettison capability. Existing non-jettisonable lockers for Hazard Class/Division 1.1 or 1.2 material may
continue to be used. Lockers for stowing thermite (TH) grenades shall be in accordance with NAVSHIPS
Drawing 804-6397302. Lockers provided for weather deck stowage of pyrotechnic and incendiary
ammunition, such as parachute flares and TH grenades, shall have manual jettison capability in case of a
fire in the vicinity. Jettison capability is exempted on Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and Ship to
Shore Connector (SSC) craft. The jettison mechanism will be protected from damage and a positive
locking device provided to prevent inadvertent actuation. The locker lid support arm shall be designed so
that it does not contact the intended contents when the locker is closed and a means shall be provided to
secure the lid in the open position. Lockers used for stowage must have locking devices in accordance
with OPNAVINST 5530.13 (series). Lockers shall be located at least 15 feet from oxygen generators,
oxygen or oxidizer stowage or handling, flammable liquid stowage or handling, combustible liquid
stowage or handling, flammable gas stowage or handling, or lithium battery stowage and handling.
Lockers shall be located at least two feet from a fume-tight compartment containing oxygen generators,
oxygen or oxidizer stowage or handling, flammable liquid stowage or handling, combustible liquid
stowage or handling, or flammable gas stowage or handling. Where applicable, lockers shall have the
appropriate alarms addressed in paragraph 5-5.3 and sprinkling system described in paragraph 5-5.4.
Un-sprinkled and non-jettisonable lockers shall be located at least two feet from another ammunition and
explosives locker or magazine. Thermometers installed in lockers must be securely mounted with the
proper security hardware to prevent movement or damage.
d. Staging Areas. During combat operations and peacetime training, ammunition must be
constantly flowed to embarked strike and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to sustain combat sortie
rates. Frequently, ready ammunition must be temporarily staged in an area of the flight deck adjacent to
the aircraft rearm area to ensure combat sortie rates are sustainable. Aviation ships and some surface
combatant ships are provided with dedicated staging areas where ammunition can be temporarily staged
outside of normal magazine stowage. The designated staging areas supplement the ship’s strike up
capability for heavy commitments, facilitate rapid replacement of airborne weapons for an evolving
threat, and facilitate rapid replacement of smart weapons that may fail aircraft Built-In-Test (BIT).
Staging areas shall be equipped with dedicated specialized sprinkling that must be fully operable for
ammunition staging. If inoperable, manned fire hoses or AFFF hoses should be laid out at either end of
the staging area. The weapons staging area sprinkler system consists of AFFF deck-edge nozzles
mounted a maximum of 1-inch above the deck measured to the underside of the nozzle. On aviation
ships, in the staging area outboard of the island structure, nozzles shall extend 16 feet forward and aft of
the weapons staging area. Controls shall be provided on the flight control station and pilot house flight
deck sprinkling mimic panels, in flight-deck control, and on the fore and aft ends of the island. Rules and
regulations for staging areas are promulgated in the CV Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures
Standardization (NATOPS) Manual (NAVAIR 00-80T-105), the LHA/LHD NATOPS Manual (NAVAIR
00-80T-106), CV NATOPS Manual for the Flight Deck and Hangar Deck (NAVAIR 00-80T-120) and
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Helicopter Operating Procedures for Air-Capable Ships (NAVAIR 00-80T-122). The Aircraft
Firefighting and Rescue NATOPS Manual (NAVAIR-00-80R-14) provides firefighting procedures for the
flight deck weapons staging areas. Staging areas for airborne weapons on aviation ships shall be
restricted to those areas that:
(1) Are convenient to jettison locations, described in paragraph 5-4.2.3v;
(2) Have at least two clear, unobstructed routes of ingress or egress;
(3) Are covered by a sprinkler system or manned fire hoses;
(4) Are located as far as practical from fueling stations and liquid oxygen (LOX) carts; and
(5) Have provisions for physically securing weapons.
5-5.2.7. Ammunition Cargo Hold, Primary and Universal Magazines. These magazines are large
spaces designed to stow large quantities of ordnance. They should be located below the ship’s waterline.
These magazines shall be fitted with dunnage, universal tiedown, wire rope shoring, or chock type
stowage systems. Provisions must be made for securing bulk palletized or containerized ammunition and
explosives. The following describe the types of ammunition stowage systems:
a. Dunnage Stowage System. The dunnage stowage system consists of overhead and deck tracks,
stanchions, penboards, tomming down gear, and other associated hardware. This system is used to secure
palletized, containerized or loose cargo/ammunition. Stanchions provide restraint for palletized and
containerized cargo/ammunition. Penboards and tomming down gear provide restraint for loose cargo/
ammunition.
b. Universal Tiedown Stowage System. The universal tiedown stowage system consists of a
series of deck channels with a universal hole pattern, a latex concrete deck or aluminum grating between
the channels to provide a flush deck surface, and portable pre-tensioning type tiedown assemblies for
securing weapons or components to the deck channels.
c. Wire Net Shoring System. The wire net shoring system consists of wire rope nets fastened to
the overhead, bulkhead, and deck in designated locations, with net tensioners. The nets are a flexible,
portable, reusable shoring system designed for partitioning and restraining palletized unit loads of cargo/
ammunition.
d. Chock Stowage System. The chock stowage system consists of special devices that are
normally designed for stowing a specific type of weapons such as torpedoes. Chocks are generally used
for stowage of bare assembled weapons that may be subjected to shock conditions.
5-5.2.8. Chemical Magazines. Chemical magazines shall have separate ventilation systems with gas
particulate filters or the magazines shall be capable of watertight closure. Decks and bulkheads shall be
coated with an impermeable material. The means for sampling the atmosphere of the magazine from
another compartment shall be provided. Facilities for personnel and gross decontamination shall be
provided near the magazine. The magazine sprinkling system shall be fitted with a fog nozzle system, so
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that there is at least one gallon of water released per minute in the form of fog for every square foot of
magazine space. Each magazine shall have a separate drainage system to prevent contamination of other
ship systems if a mishap occurs. Chemical lockers located above deck shall be readily jettisonable in an
emergency. Magazines shall be located away from the ship's ventilation intakes and other openings.
Magazines shall be fitted with an automated alarm or sounding horn. Magazines designed for the
stowage of ammunition containing lethal or incapacitating agents shall be fitted with devices to detect
leakage.
5-5.3. ALARM SYSTEMS. Remote, simultaneous audible and visual extension alarm signals for the
high temperature (F), sprinkler (FH), intrusion (FZ), flooding (FD), and fire detection alarm circuits shall
be installed in the pilot house, in each Officer of the Deck (OOD) station, in primary monitoring
locations, Damage Control Central (DCC) or Central Control Station (CCS). An instruction plate shall be
posted near each audible and visual alarm indicator showing the system identification, the meaning of the
alarm, and emergency action required upon its activation. The audible alarm signal in the pilot house and
OOD stations shall be connected through a switch. An accident prevention plate inscribed with the words
“WARNING - THIS SWITCH SHALL BE IN THE ON POSITION WHEN THIS STATION IS
MANNED” shall be installed adjacent to the switch in each of these stations. The audible alarm shall not
be deactivated except by direction of NAVSEASYSCOM or other competent authority. The
requirements and operation of all magazine alarms systems are contained in NAVSEA
S9AA0-AB-GOS-010.
5-5.3.1. High Temperature. A 105 ºF high temperature alarm system, designated as circuit “F”, shall
be installed in accordance with NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010 to alert personnel of high temperatures in
all magazines or spaces where ammunition and propellants are stowed, ammunition assembly,
disassembly inspection areas, and cargo ammunition holds. A minimum of two thermostats shall be
installed in each of these spaces with not less than one thermostat installed for each 250 square feet of
deck area, or fraction thereof. The thermostats that are installed in spaces exposed to the radiant heat of
the sun shall be insulated from the steel structure. High temperatures shall be indicated on an alarm
switchboard installed in a section which is continuously manned when underway. The location of the
switchboard shall be the central control station or DCC and the pilot house. An exception for circuit F
alarm systems on submarines is noted in paragraph 5-7.7.2. A high temperature alarm system shall be
provided in any non-weather deck locker which requires a sprinkler system.
5-5.3.2. Sprinkler. A circuit FH alarm, or a sprinkler alarm, is required on the dry side of each
sprinkler control valve in all dry pipe sprinkling systems. A detailed description is shown in NAVSEA
S9522-AA-HBK-010.
5-5.3.3. Intrusion. A circuit FZ alarm shall be provided as prescribed in OPNAVINST 5530.13

(series).
5-5.3.4. Flooding. A circuit FD alarm, or a flooding alarm, shall be installed in magazines that do not
have gravity drainage. The liquid level switch shall be installed in the aft corner or lowest point of the
magazine. Refer to NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010 for additional guidance on flooding alarms.
5-5.3.5. Fire Detection. For new ship designs (initiated after the issuance of NAVSEA OP 4, Revision
8 of 2006), the following fire detection shall be provided:
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a. Smoke detectors shall be provided where ammunition and explosives can be stowed, serviced,
assembled or temporarily held in readiness to provide early warning of fires within the space. This
includes a space with a locker containing ammunition and explosives or energetic material, except
material rated Hazard Class/Division 1.4S or less that does not exceed five pounds Net Explosive Weight
(NEW). Alternate weapon assembly areas which are continuously manned when ammunition and
explosives is present do not require a smoke detector.
b. A method of fire detection (smoke detectors, heat detectors, automatic fire suppression system
or linear bulkhead/deck heat detectors) with a remote alarm capability, shall be provided in spaces
adjoining (beside, above or below) a space where ammunition and explosives can be stowed, serviced,
assembled or temporarily held in readiness to provide early warning for a fire in the adjoining space.
This does not apply to a space containing a locker for ammunition and explosives or energetic material.
An adjoining space which poses a low fire hazard such as tanks, sealed voids, cofferdams, lavatories
(heads), elevators or access trunks may be exempted.
5-5.4. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. Fire protection systems, also called magazine sprinkling
systems, shall be installed where ammunition and explosives are stowed, serviced, staged, assembled or
temporarily held in readiness. They are designed to cool and protect ammunition and explosives stowed
in the magazine or other authorized locations from a fire external to the compartment and extinguish
incipient fire within the compartment or protected area not involving ammunition and explosives. The
system is not designed and should not be expected to extinguish burning ammunition and explosives.
Ammunition and explosives fire protection systems shall consist of deluge-type sprinkling systems in
accordance with NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010, with the following exceptions:
a. Sprinkling systems in missile workshop areas on AS class ships shall be wet-type. Wet-type
deluge sprinkling systems shall be installed in magazines of a group if any one magazine in the group
requires a wet-type system.
b. A sprinkling system is not required for a weather deck ammunition and explosives locker,
where openings are only to the weather, unless the locker is contiguous with a sprinkled magazine or
located in the vicinity of the bridge or vital ship control areas. For material that is Hazard Class/Division
1.4S or lower and does not exceed five pounds NEW, a sprinkler system is not required for a locker
contiguous with a sprinkled magazine or located in the vicinity of the bridge or vital ship control areas.
c. A sprinkling system is not required for a weather deck stowage in a jettisonable ammunition
and explosives locker.
d. Sprinkling system requirements on submarines are noted in paragraph 5-7.6.
e. A sprinkling system shall not be provided in a magazine or locker containing water-activated

devices as described in paragraph 5-5.2.4.
f. A sprinkling system is not required for a non-weather deck (e.g., below deck) locker with
material rated Hazard Class/Division 1.4S or lower for quantities that do not exceed five pounds NEW.
This may include practice grenade fuze and charge lockers defined in paragraph 5-5.2.63, Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD) RSLs defined in paragraph 3-17.6.2 or Aircrew Escape Propulsion Systems
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(AEPS) maintenance temporary stowage lockers when stowed within the hazard and quantity restrictions
above.
g. A sprinkling system is not required for a locker within a magazine which is located away from
bulkheads and elevated from the deck so that the magazine’s sprinkler system provides protection from a
fire in the adjoining space.
h. A staging area shall have a specialized sprinkling system as described in paragraph 5-5.2.64.
i. A sprinkling system is not required for gun mounts that do not provide ammunition and
explosives stowage, topside launchers and loaded aircraft.
j. Aviation facilities shall be protected in accordance with paragraph 5-5.7.
k. An AFFF sprinkler system or AFFF spray system shall be provided where external launchers
are colocated with or below a flammable or combustible liquid fire hazard, such as an aviation facility or
and aircraft/boat/vehicle fueling station.
5-5.4.1. General Application Density. Sprinkling output rates shall be computed on an overhead
basis allowing a minimum of 0.8 gal/min per sq.ft. of magazine overhead area where the deck height is 8
feet or less. Where deck height exceeds 8 feet, an allowance of 0.1 gal/min per cubic feet of additional
gross volume shall be made. Staging areas for cargo ammunition and explosives shall be a minimum of
0.2 gal/min per sq.ft. of overhead area.
5-5.4.2. Cargo Ammunition Ship Application Density. For cargo ammunition ship ordnance holds
having sprinkler systems that incorporate directional boundary cooling and meet the requirements of
appendix IV of NAVSEA S9522-AA-HBK-010, sprinkling rates shall be computed on an overhead basis
allowing a minimum of 0.4 gallons per minute per square foot of overhead area. Staging areas for cargo
ammunition and explosives shall be a minimum of 0.2 gallons per minute per square foot of overhead
area.
5-5.4.3. Control Systems. Both manual and automatic sprinkling controls shall be installed in
magazines and cargo holds for the stowage of ammunition and explosives with the following exceptions:
a. Manual sprinkling control shall be installed in magazines with gun-type ammunition smaller
than 76mm and located on the damage control (DC) deck and above.
b. Automatic sprinkling control is not required in assembly and staging areas outside of
magazines.
5-5.4.4. Manual Control Locations. Manual controls for sprinkling of magazines, cargo holds, and
assembly and staging areas shall be local at the sprinkling control valve which may be inside or
immediately outside the protected area; remote controls shall be located on the DC deck with the
following exceptions:
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a. Local and remote controls for bomb and rocket assembly areas outside of magazines are to be
provided on the same deck as the space protected. Local control shall be adjacent to the sprinkling
control valve. Remote control shall be outside the protected space in passages used for main access
forward and aft.
b. For sprinkling systems in spaces located on the DC deck and above, only local control shall be
provided. For these spaces, the local control shall be outside the space, adjacent to the access with the
access visible from the control. Where access is directly from the weather, only the manual control
operating lever shall be installed on the weather-deck side.
5-5.4.5. Remote Manual Controls. Magazine remote controls on the DC deck shall be arranged into
control stations located forward and aft. An additional station amidships shall be provided on cruisers
and larger vessels. Remote controls for ammunition cargo holds on the DC deck shall be located in the
vicinity of the access trunk to the protected spaces, visible to the access and clear of the potential fire area
around the access.
5-5.4.6. Instruction Plates. Instruction plates which describe the operation of manual controls shall be
provided at local and remote sprinkling control stations. Each local and remote sprinkling control station
shall identify the space served.
5-5.4.7. Test Fittings. Test fittings shall be stowed under lock and key in a central location. Test
fittings shall be stowed in such a way to prevent damage to them. The armory is the preferred location.
Test fittings shall be stamped with the valve number they service.
5-5.4.8. Shock and Vibration. For ship designs (referencing NAVSEA OP 4, Revision 10 or later),
sprinkling systems protecting ammunition and explosives shall meet Grade-A shock requirements in
accordance with MIL-S-901 (series) and vibration requirements in accordance with MIL-STD-167
(series), unless otherwise specified.
5-5.5. WATER INJECTION SYSTEM. Some missile magazines are required to have a water
injection system. The injection of water into a non-propulsive burning or fragment-ignited rocket motor
or booster may control the burning reaction and, in rare cases, may extinguish the burning motor. Each
water injection nozzle acts independently. Actuation requires only normal shipboard fire main pressure
and the exhaust blast of an ignited motor. After actuation, water will continue to flow until the water
injection system is secured and the nozzle replaced. Care must be taken not to apply force or drop
anything on the nozzle end, since a relatively small force will trigger the mechanism to eject a
considerable amount of water.
5-5.6. FIRE RESISTANCE. For new ship designs (referencing NAVSEA OP 4, Revision 10 or later),
magazine boundaries shall have N-Class fire resistance in accordance with MIL-STD-3020 (series) as
required herein. Bulkheads and decks shall be N-30 divisions as a restricted application to protect
ammunition and explosives from a fire external to the magazine. Overheads shall be N-0 division as a
restricted application to protect ammunition and explosives from a fire external to the magazine. Fire
resistance between contiguous magazines, either horizontally or vertically, shall be N-0. N-Class
boundaries are not required on magazine boundaries common with elevators, closed voids, tanks, or
exterior weather bulkheads except where the exterior is a high fire hazard area such as a flight deck. AN
Class divisions may be provided where permitted by the Naval Combatant Design Specification (NCDS).
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A-Class divisions in accordance with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements may be
provided for ships built to IMO design criteria.
5-5.7. AVIATION FACILITY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. An AFFF sprinkler system in accordance

with the NCDS, or equivalent, shall be provided to control and extinguish flammable or combustible
liquid (Class B) fires for aviation facilities such as flight decks, helicopter decks, hangars and other areas
intended for aircraft when they carry ordnance larger than Cartridge Actuated Device (CAD)-launched
Airborne Expendable Countermeasures (AECM) flares with a maximum reaction severity of type IV in
accordance with Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4439 or gun ammunition larger than 20mm.
The AFFF sprinkler system shall use AFFF concentrate in accordance with MIL-F-24385 or an
equivalent determined by NAVSEASYSCOM.
5-5.8. ASSEMBLY AREAS. Sufficient weapon assembly areas shall be provided to support the ship’s
mission. The primary or alternate weapon assembly area is in the sprinkled magazines designated in the
governing NAVSEASYSCOM technical manuals. Some ship classes also have one or more alternate
weapon assembly areas documented in the governing NAVSEASYSCOM technical manuals that are
used when a casualty exists in the primary assembly areas. Sprinkler protection is required in alternate
assembly areas. The following additional requirements must be met for assembly areas.
5-5.8.1. Rocket Assembly Areas. A designated and dedicated rocket assembly area shall be provided
on all ships engaged in 2.75-inch or 5.00-inch rocket assembly, rocket component assembly, or loading of
aircraft rocket launchers. A blowout port, if required by NAVSEA T9500-AA-PRO-130 shall be
provided in maintenance and assembly spaces in the event of inadvertent ignition of a rocket motor that
discharges the exhaust gas to the atmosphere. This space shall be provided with a grounded workbench
and rocket assembly vice, Radiation Hazards (RADHAZ)-free environment, manual sprinkling system
with circuit FH alarm, and shall not be located adjacent to a magazine stowage area. If the sprinkling
system is inoperable, manned fire hoses or AFFF hoses shall be laid out and manned at all times while
ammunition and explosives are present. The rocket assembly area shall be manned at all times while
ammunition and explosives are present unless a circuit F high temperature alarm, automatic sprinkling
system and appropriate security measures are provided.
5-5.8.2. Airborne Expendable Countermeasures (AECM) Assembly Areas. A HERO SAFE

compartment (designated as a magazine or "M" space) designed for AECM assembly shall be provided
on all ships with a flight deck and air capable ships for AECM assembly or disassembly and
ready-service. The space shall be outfitted with one or more electrically-grounded assembly tables, a
stowage area for containerized AECM and related impulse cartridges, and racks to stow empty and
loaded dispenser modules for each countermeasure system used in embarked aircraft. A fire protection
system shall be installed and a jettison chute for emergency jettison of loaded or partially loaded
dispenser modules shall be provided. A means shall be provided to alert personnel requiring access to the
AECM assembly area when the handling of HERO SUSCEPTIBLE ORDNANCE is in progress.
NAVAIR 11-140-7 provides a technical reference for AECM assembly areas aboard these ships. The
following requirements for an AECM preparation room and ready-service stowage facility shall be
provided for all aviation and air capable ships engaged in the buildup of AECMs:
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a. One or more grounded metal workbenches, sized to suit the ship’s mission. The dimensions of
a single workbench shall not be less than 24 inches by 24 inches. The workbench shall have a rim around
the workbench edges to prevent cartridges from rolling off under ship’s movement.
b. An overboard disposal chute capable of jettisoning a full AECM dispenser module, shipping
container, and/or a single AECM round.
c. A dispenser module ready-service stowage area located in the AECM preparation room. For
aviation and air capable ships, a dedicated AECM dispenser ready-service magazine, or, as an alternate,
in an AECM RSL. Refer to NAVAIR 00-80T-105, NAVAIR 00-80T-106, NAVAIR 00-80T-120 or
NAVAIR 00-80T-122, as appropriate, for additional guidance.
d. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) appropriate for a manned space and the
pyrotechnic devices used in AECM systems. The AECM area requires a dedicated exhaust system.
e. An automated magazine sprinkling system in accordance with NAVSEA

S9522-AA-HBK-010. One Heat Sensing Device (HSD) and not less than one sprinkler nozzle shall be
located over the workbench. For those ships that provide logistical support (no AECM arming/rearming
capability) to aircraft, an AECM RSL shall be provided.
5-5.8.3. Guided Missile and Precision Guided Weapon Test and Reprogramming Areas. Some
guided missiles and precision guided weapons use a digital interface with the aircraft in accordance with
MIL-STD-1760 (series). When approved by NOSSA, this capability can be used for ship’s force test and
software reprogramming of the guided missile or weapon using the Common Munitions Built-In-Test
(BIT) Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE), CMBRE+, or Common Field Level Memory
Reprogramming Equipment (CFMRE), as directed by NAVAIRSYSCOM in Weapon Assembly Manuals
(WAMs) or in technical directives. Refer to paragraph 4-13 for authorized weapon test and
reprogramming requirements. The reprogramming areas must be designated and approved by
NAVSEASYSCOM for each particular weapon. This area must provide a grounding connection
conforming to the requirements of paragraph 5-4.6, an electrical power connection which complies with
the electrical requirements of CMBRE, CMBRE+, or CFMRE, and fitted with fire protection (e.g., a
sprinkling system) as specified in paragraph 5-5.4.
5-6. SURFACE COMBATANT CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS. In addition to the general

ship characteristics found in this chapter, the surface combatant Mk 41 VLS Launcher provides
individual cells within modules for placement of encanistered missiles. The canisters are sealed and the
missiles are not accessible to shipboard personnel. In addition, launchers are provided with special
electrical circuitry to prevent accidental firing or the possibility of any electrical current reaching a
missile unintentionally. Each VLS canister is a wholly self-contained magazine, with its own hazard
monitoring and water deluge system. The space containing the sealed canister, designated the launcher
support space, is environmentally controlled and is considered to be a magazine, as defined in paragraph
5-5.2.5. The launcher support space contains the electronic and electrical equipment necessary for
launcher operation plus the strikedown crane. The launcher support space and canistered missiles
together constitute the launcher portion of the Mk 41 VLS. As long as the hazard monitoring and deluge
systems are in operation or the launcher space is manned, maintenance work is permitted within launcher
support spaces provided there is no direct contact with loaded canisters. If the hazard monitoring or
deluge systems are intentionally or otherwise operationally disabled, the launcher support space is to be
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treated as a missile magazine. Unless performing authorized maintenance procedures, hazard monitoring
shall not be intentionally disabled for more than 24 hours when ordnance is present. A magazine
sprinkling system is provided to protect the VLS modules outside the canisters. The VLS gas
management system safely vents hot missile exhaust gas to the atmosphere without any leakage into the
launcher space during normal missile launches and restrained firings. Unless performing authorized
maintenance procedures, VLS gas management system integrity must be maintained at all times within a
module containing ordnance until the ship has been moored at the location where strikedown operations
will take place and ordnance handling operations are expected within 24 hours.
5-7. SUBMARINE CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS. Thermometers are not required in small

arms ammunition lockers and safes (that provide a minimum protection equivalent to a General Service
Administration (GSA) Class 5 through Class 7 safe) that are being used for ordnance stowage when the
stowage is not located near a heat source where convection heating will not occur nor subject to heat
conduction from the hull or other heat sources. Submarine magazines (not to include the torpedo room)
will be fitted with thermometers in accordance with paragraph 5-5.1e. Lockers specifically designed for
pyrotechnics stowage must have thermometers. For pyrotechnic lockers, thermometers may have a
temperature range of 20 to 240 degrees, a 3-inch, back-connected dial, and a 2-inch stem. All magazines
should be located off the pressure hull structure to prevent condensation within the magazine. Magazines
and lockers that must be located on the pressure hull shall be insulated inside or forced air ventilated, or
shall have other means to protect the ordnance from condensation. In addition to the general
characteristics found in this chapter, the following requirements apply to submarine stowage.
5-7.1. SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION. Stowage for small arms ammunition shall be provided in a
watertight locker equipped with a flooding system. The locker shall be provided with a padlocked door.
A thermometer, as required by paragraph 5-7, shall be external to the locker and located to assure correct
ambient temperature observation. The sensor and indicator shall be located to minimize breakage.
Submarine small arms ammunition lockers are exempt from ammunition shoring and tiedown
requirements because of size and design limitations. Ammunition shall be arranged within the magazine
so that the movement of the containers is restricted. These lockers shall be insulated. Small arms
ammunition lockers shall maintain a stowage temperature of less than 100 ºF. Deviations to this
requirement shall be coordinated with NOSSA in accordance with paragraph 1-4. Small arms lockers for
weapons stowed together with ammunition, are exempt from the flooding system requirement. This
includes the small arms locker planned for the installation in the engine room of submarines. The
addition of any additional lockers is subject to review by NOSSA.
5-7.2. BLASTING CAPS AND DEMOLITION FUZING DEVICES. Stowage for blasting caps and
firing devices of demolition charges shall, with proper security measures, be in the small arms
ammunition lockers, or if available, in a three-tumbler combination safe, or in magazines. A means to
determine and record the temperature shall be provided as specified in paragraph 5-7.
5-7.3. DEMOLITION CHARGES. The stowage of demolition charges for Special Operations Forces
(SOF) shall be separated from associated firing devices and blasting caps. Stowage shall be either in
accordance with NAVSEA OD 44979 SOF Supplement submarine specific segregation stowage plan or
in accordance with table 3-3.
5-7.4. PYROTECHNIC SIGNALS. Pyrotechnic signals shall be stowed in primary (floodable)

lockers or immediate service (non-floodable) lockers located near the signal ejectors. The primary
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stowage locker shall be designed and located so that the internal locker temperature does not exceed 100
ºF. The immediate service locker shall be designed and located so that the internal temperature does not
exceed 120 ºF. Lockers shall be constructed to prevent the pyrotechnics from shifting. Lockers shall be
located off the pressure hull structure or insulated on the inside to prevent interior condensation.
5-7.5. COUNTERMEASURES DEVICES. Countermeasure devices include non-pyrotechnic

devices that support submarine and torpedo evasion and may be powered by seawater activated batteries.
Countermeasures devices shall be stowed in separate lockers segregated from both the pyrotechnic and
small arms ammunition lockers. Countermeasures lockers will be located in the same compartment as
the 3" launcher on board 688 Class and 726 Class submarines, Internal Auxiliary Launcher (IAL) on
board SSN-21 Class submarines, and Internal Countermeasures Launcher (ICL) onboard SSN-774 Class
submarines. The locker framework shall be of watertight construction. The lockers shall be equipped
with splash/spray proof doors, which shall be defined as doors that close against a shoulder in the locker
frame. No door gaskets are required.
5-7.6. SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. Sprinkling protection is not required for submarine torpedo rooms
due to the severe impact on ship stability, unless required by WSESRB. Refer to table 5-7.7.2 for
additional sprinkling requirements for ordnance assembly areas.
5-7.7. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF) SUPPORT. The following requirements pertain
to the support of SOF on board submarines:
5-7.7.1. Ordnance Stowage. The following spaces are considered to be magazines on board
submarines:
a. For SSN-774 Class submarines, the Lock Out Trunk (LOT) and torpedo room. Partition plates
and deck grates are considered acceptable separation/segregation boundaries.
b. For SSGN submarines, Level D of missile tube1 and 2, and individual modules A, B, and C of
installed ordnance canisters in missile tubes 5 and 6 when ordnance is stowed in these spaces.
c. For SSN-21 and SSN-688 Class submarines, the torpedo room.
5-7.7.2. Ordnance Assembly Areas. Sprinkler systems and circuit F high temperature alarms are not
required in ordnance assembly areas. Fire hoses shall be laid out and made ready for use in the
immediate area of operations such that at least single hose coverage is provided.
5-8. AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS. In addition to the general

ship characteristics found in this chapter, landing force ammunition stowage spaces aboard amphibious
warfare ships shall be outfitted with portable wooden fume-tight bulkheads. Plywood partitions shall be
fire-retardant, type II, category 2, plywood as defined in MIL-L-19140, having a minimum thickness of
¾-inches. Refer to NAVSEA SW023-AJ-WHS-010 for specific details on the assembly, maintenance,
and inspection requirements for fume-tight portable plywood bulkheads.
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APPENDIX A
TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AA&E - Arms, Ammunition and Explosives.
A&E - Ammunition and Explosives.
ACE - Aircraft Elevators.
Accident - Any unplanned act or event which results in damage to property, material, equipment or cargo,
or personnel injury or death when not the result of enemy action.
ACHO - Aircraft Handling Officer.
AECM - Airborne Expendable Countermeasures.
AEPS - Aircrew Escape Propulsion System.
Aerosol - A suspension of very small particles, either liquid or solid, in air. The particles are so small
(less than 10 microns in diameter) that they remain suspended for considerable periods of time instead of
settling out. Aerosols are an important form of dissemination for CW agents.
AFFF - Aqueous Film Forming Foam.
AIN - Ammunition Information Notice.
Aircrew Escape Propulsion System - This term collectively represents rocket catapults and rocket motors
used in aircrew escape propulsion systems.
Airtight (structural closures) - Structural closures are considered to be airtight when they can hold a 2 psi
hydrostatic load without leakage. When used in magazines, these closures shall be structurally
equivalent to the bulkhead in which they are installed.
All-Up Round (AUR) - A missile with all major components operationally joined, consisting of a
warhead (explosive), booster, propellant, guidance system, fuze, etc. An all-up round may or may not be
assembled with less hazardous components such as igniter, wings and fins, tracking flares, etc.
ALN - Ammunition Lot Number.
AMHAZ - Ammunition and Hazardous Materials.
A-1
Ammunition - A device charged with explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, riot
control agents, chemical herbicides, smoke or flame for use in connection with defense or offense
including demolitions, training, ceremonial, or non-operational purposes. Ammunition includes
cartridges, projectiles, bombs, missiles, grenades, mines, pyrotechnics, bullets, primers, propellants,
fuzes, detonators, torpedoes, initiators, and propelling charges. Ammunition does not include devices
filled with chemical agents nor does it include nuclear or biological materials.
Ammunition and Explosives - Ammunition and explosives includes (but is not necessarily limited to) all
items of ammunition; propellants, liquid and solid; high and low explosives; guided missiles; warheads;
devices; pyrotechnics; pyrophorics; chemical agents, components thereof, and associated substances
which present real or potential hazards to life and property.
Ammunition and Explosives Area - An area specifically designated and set aside from other portions of
an installation for assembly, testing, maintaining, stowing or handling of ammunition and explosives.
Ammunition Group - Allows different Naval Ammunition Logistics Codes (NALC’s) from different
compatibility groups to be stowed together in a designated stowage area.
Ammunition Lot - A quantity of ammunition which has been assembled from uniform components under
similar conditions and which is expected to function in a uniform manner. Each ammunition lot is
assigned a number.
Ammunition Lot Number - The code number that identifies a particular ammunition lot.
Ammunition Terminal - An activity which has been approved for large quantity ammunition and
explosives transfer to and from DON ships (particularly cargo ammunition ships). Examples of
ammunition terminals are explosives handling piers (piers used primarily for handling explosive cargo),
scuttling sites, and explosives anchorages.
Ammunition Transaction Report (ATR) - A transaction report that is submitted by Naval message to
NAVAMMOLOGCEN. The prescribed format must be strictly followed in accordance with NAVSUP
P-724 to permit update of the Ordnance Information System - Retail (OIS-R) database.
AMRAAM - Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.
Anvil - A heavy metal block with a flat, smooth top on which metals are shaped by hammering.
AOSS - Aviation Ordnance Safety Supervisor.
APU - Auxiliary Power Unit.
Armory - A space within a ship, meeting the criteria of OPNAVINST 5530.13 (series), where firearms
and their components are stored.
ASA - Ammunition Supply Administration.
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ASF - Ammunition Support Facility.
ASP - Ammunition Supply Point.
Assembly Area - An area designed to provide a safe environment for the assembly of ordnance.
ASW - Antisubmarine Warfare.
AT/FP - Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection.
ATR - Ammunition Transition Report.
AUR - All-Up Round.
AW Ships - Amphibious Warfare class ships.
AWS - Attack Weapons System (aboard submarines).
AWSE - Armament Weapons Support Equipment.
Barge - A spacious usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of ammunition and
explosives on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing.
Bilge - The lowest point of a ship’s inner hull.
BIT - Built-In-Test (for missile programming).
Blank Ammunition - Ammunition that consists of a cartridge case with primer and powder charge but
which does not contain a projectile. Blank ammunition is used for simulated fire, for signaling, and for
training exercises.
Blasting Cap - Blasting caps are classified in accordance with the method of initiation. These are two
types of blasting caps:
a. Nonelectric (fuse) cap. An open-ended metal shell containing pressed charges and secondary
(detonating) explosives.
b. Electric cap. A sealed metal or plastic shell containing the detonating charge and an electric
firing element. Electric caps may be of the instantaneous or time-delay type.
Bomb-Type Ammunition - Ammunition that is characterized by a large high-explosive charge-to-weight

ratio such as aircraft bombs, warheads, guided missiles, depth charges, and mines that are designed for
dropping, launching, or planting. This type of ammunition depends on the destructive blast effect of the
explosive at or near the target.
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Booster - When the main explosive charge is not sensitive enough to be set off by ordinary detonators, an
explosive more sensitive than the main charge is placed between the detonator and the main charge. This
intermediate explosive is called the booster. A booster is normally the final high explosive component in
an explosive train. It amplifies the detonation from the lead or detonator to reliably detonate the main
high explosive charge. A booster may contain a well into which a primer or detonator is inserted.
Bravo Flag - A red flag that is flown to indicate the handling of ordnance afloat.
Breaking Out - The phrase "breaking out" of ordnance is defined as removing ammunition and explosives
from the approved shipping containers.
CAD - Cartridge Actuated Device.
Canister Launchers - Some varieties of surface-to-surface missiles are received, handled, and stowed
shipboard in a ready-to-fire condition within individual cylindrical canisters. The canisters are secured in
clusters to fixed launcher structures that are oriented to the predetermined firing angles. Each canister
has fire-through end closures and is connected to the shipboard firing system through umbilical
connectors.
Cargo Ammunition Ships - The following vessels, when carrying ammunition and explosives as cargo,
are cargo ammunition ships:
a. Combat Logistics Force (CLF) ships.
b. Tenders (AD and AS classes).
c. Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ships.
d. Maritime Prepositioned Force (MPF) Ships.
e. Any ship entering a DON controlled port.
f. Any DON controlled ship regardless of location.
g. Lighters and barges.
Cartridge - A complete round of ammunition in which the primer, propelling charge and projectile or
bullet are completely assembled to the cartridge case as fixed ammunition; or the primer and the
propelling charge are assembled in the cartridge case and closed by a friable plug.
Cartridge Actuated Device (CAD) - This term collectively represents and is synonymous with cartridges,
cartridge actuated devices, aircraft detonating cords and cartridge associated hardware. They are
explosive-loaded devices designed to act as a gas generator, or to provide a stroking action or a special
purpose action. Actuated devices may be reusable, employing an expendable cartridge for each design
action or may be a sealed unit with a one-time function capability. The amount of explosives contained in
these devices is normally small.
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CBT - Computer-Based Training.
CBU - Cluster Bomb Unit.
CCS - Central Control Station.
C/D - Class/Division.
CDD - Capabilities Development Document.
CDO - Command Duty Officer.
Certification - A formal, documented declaration that an individual, by virtue of management review, has
met all of the qualification requirements established to perform a task.
CETARS - Corporate Enterprise and Training Activity Resource System.
CG - Coast Guard.
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
Chaff - Radar confusion reflectors, which consist of thin, narrow metallic strips of various lengths and
frequency responses, used to reflect echoes for confusion purposes.
Chemical Agent - A substance which is intended for military use with lethal or incapacitating effects
upon man thru its chemical properties. Excluded from chemical agents for purposes of this manual are
riot control agents, chemical herbicides, smoke- and flame- producing items, and individual disassociated
components of chemical agent ammunition.
Chemical Ammunition - Chemical ammunition includes a variety of items, the effect of which depends
primarily upon the chemical filling rather than upon explosives or shrapnel, even though an explosive or
ignition element is required to activate the ammunition. Included in this category are projectiles, bombs,
shells, grenades, rockets, mines, aircraft spray tanks, and any other containers or devices used to disperse
chemicals.
CIDS - Commercial Item Description Sheet.
CIN - Course Identification Number.
CIWS - Close-In Weapons System.
CLF - Combat Logistics Force.
CMBRE - Common Munition Built-In-Test (BIT) Reprogramming Equipment
CMC - Commandant of the Marine Corps.
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CNO - Chief of Naval Operations.
CO - Commanding Officer (of a U.S. Navy Ship or a shore activity)
CODR - Conventional Ordnance Deficiency Report.
Cofferdam - A watertight chamber attached to a ship’s side to facilitate underwater repairs.
Cold Iron - The status of a ship that has shut down its main power plant and is dependent on shore power.
A ship in cold iron is not capable of providing immediate propulsion.
COCOM - Combatant Commander.
Combatant - All DON-controlled ships not classified as explosives support ships; i.e., all ships which do
not carry cargo ammunition.
Combustible Liquid - Any liquid having a flash point at or above 100 °F and below 200 °F.
COMNAVAIRFOR - Commander, Naval Air Forces.
COMNAVFORAF - Commander, Naval Forces Africa.
COMPACFLT - Commander Pacific Fleet.
Compatibility - Ammunition or explosives are considered compatible if they may be stowed or

transported together without significantly increasing either the probability of an accident or, for a given
quantity, the magnitude of the effects of such an accident.
Compatibility Group - The compatibility group for ammunition, explosives, and/or other hazardous
materials which can be stored together without significantly increasing the probability of such an
accident or, for a given quantity, the magnitude of the effects of such an accident. The compatibility
groups are based on the system recommended for international use by the United Nations Organization
(UNO) and as adopted by the Department of Defense (DOD).
Component - Any part of a complete round whether loaded with explosives or inert material, or empty.
COMNAVSURFOR - Commander, Naval Surface Forces.
COMUSNAVCENT - Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
COMUSNAVEUR - Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe.
COMUSSOCOM - Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.
CONREP - Connected replenishment.
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Container - A general term that encompasses boxes; cartridge or powder tanks, cartons, drums, barrels,
cylinders or cans; containers for long ordnance items; and cargo containers. A pallet is not considered to
be a container.
Cook off - Any reaction of ammunition caused by the absorption of heat from its environment. In loaded
guns, it consists of the accidental and spontaneous discharge of, or explosion in, the gun caused by an
overheated chamber or barrel igniting a fuze, propellant charge, or bursting charge. Cook off may also
occur in explosive loaded components when they are exposed to excessive heat or flame wash from any
source, such as live steam, fire, rocket or gas turbine exhaust.
COSAL - Consolidated Shipboard Allowance List.
COT - Consolidated Operability Test.
COTP - Captain of the Port (Coast Guard).
CSW - Crew Served Weapons.
CVN - Carrier Vessel (nuclear-powered).
DA - Intrusion detection alarm system.
DAC - Defense Ammunition Center command.
DBA - Database Administrator.
DC - Damage Control.
DCC - Damage Control Central.
DDESB - Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board.
Deadman Brake - A system that is automatically applied when unattended with a control that requires the
operator’s constant physically applied release force during equipment operation.
Decontamination (Chemical) - The process of making any contaminated object, person, or area safe for
unprotected personnel by chemically destroying, physically removing, sealing in, or otherwise making
harmless the chemical agent on or around it. (In general, only areas or material contaminated by agents
which have a long duration of effectiveness need be decontaminated, since agents with a short duration of
effectiveness are quickly evaporated.)
Deflagration - A rapid chemical reaction in which the output of heat is sufficient to enable the reaction to
proceed and be accelerated without input of heat from another source. Deflagration is a surface
phenomenon with the reaction products flowing away from the unreacted material along the surface at
subsonic velocity. The effect of a true deflagration under confinement is an explosion; confinement of
the reaction increases pressure, rate of reaction and temperature, and may cause transition into a
detonation.
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Delay - An explosive train component which introduces a controlled time delay in the functioning of the
train.
Deluge - A sprinkling system that uses open sprinklers, such that when the control valve is opened, water
flows from all sprinklers.
DEMIL - Demilitarize. To render ammunition and explosives innocuous or ineffectual for military use.
Demolition Material - Explosives and accessories used for blasting, eliminating hazards to navigation and
obstacles to amphibious landing, or for destroying equipment.
DESRON - Destroyer Squadron.
Detonation - A violent chemical reaction within a chemical compound or mixture or mechanical mixture
evolving heat and pressure. A detonation is a reaction that proceeds through the reacted material toward
the unreacted material at a supersonic velocity. The result of the chemical reaction is exertion of
extremely high pressure on the surrounding medium, forming a propagating shock wave that is originally
of supersonic velocity. This is the most violent type of explosive event, whether occurring within a
munition or in bulk material. A supersonic decomposition reaction propagates through the energetic
material to produce an intense shock in the surrounding medium, air or water for example, and very rapid
plastic deformation of metallic cases, followed by extensively fragmentation. All energetic material will
be consumed. The effects will include large ground craters for munitions on or close to the ground,
holing/plastic flow damage/fragmentation of adjacent metal plates, and blast overpressure damage to
nearby structures.
Detonator - A detonator is a high explosive device which, when properly used, will reliably initiate other
high explosives in an explosive train by detonating wave or shock-front action. It may be electrically,
mechanically (e.g., percussion or stab) or thermally (e.g., friction) initiated. A blasting cap is one type of
commercial detonator.
Deviation - A departure from an established rule or standard. For explosives safety applications, a
deviation authorized by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) is considered to be a
departure from DON/DOD criteria, but under strictly controlled and regulated conditions based upon
compelling operational need. Deviations which may be authorized by appropriate authority within the
Naval service are event waivers, waivers and exemptions.
DIRSSP - Director, Strategic Systems Program.
Display Ammunition - Inert ammunition items and components that are used in display boards, exhibits,
demonstrations, public functions, or that are kept as engineering models, souvenirs, momentos, or for
decorative purposes.
DMLGB - Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb.
Dock - An artificial basin or natural waterway, including the piers enclosing the basin, in which vessels
may remain afloat when berthed at a pier or wharf.
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DOD - Department of Defense.
DODIC - Department of Defense Identification Code.
DOF - Direction of Fire.
DON - Department of the Navy.
DOT - Department of Transportation.
DOT Class - A category of materials classified by DOT based on the character and predominance of the
associated hazards and of the potential for causing personnel casualties or property damage. The hazard
classes are Explosives (Class 1); Flammable Gases (Class 2); Flammable Liquids (Class 3); Flammable
Solids (Class 4); Oxidizers (Class 5); Poisonous Liquids (Class 6); Radioactive Materials (Class 7);
Corrosive Liquids (Class 8); and ORM-D (Class 9). Refer to Bureau of Explosives Tariff No. BOE-
6000, 49 CFR 173 for definitions.
Drill Ammunition - Inert ammunition which may have working mechanisms or cutaways and is used for
training.
DU - Depleted Uranium.
Dud - Explosive munition which is not armed as intended or which has failed to function after being
armed.
Dummy Ammunition - See Inert Ammunition.
Dunnage - The mechanical devices (e.g., stanchions, wire net shoring, wire rope lashes, etc.), lumber and
tiedown equipment used in railcars, motor vehicles, vessels, etc., to support, protect and secure cargo for
the purpose of preventing damage during transport.
Dunnaging - The process by which cargo is effectively blocked, braced and secured.
EAB - Emergency Air Breathing.
ECM - Electronic Countermeasures.
EED - Electroexplosive Device.
EER - Explosive Event Report.
EID - Electrically Initiated Device
EIDS - Extremely Insensitive Detonating Substances.
EIR - Explosive Incident Report.
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Electric Blasting Cap - An electric detonator intended for initiation of dynamite Primacord, etc., in
commercial blasting and military demolition and blasting operations. Used to initiate detonations in
some experimental work.
Electric Detonator - An electroexplosive device designed to initiate detonation of a secondary high-

explosive.
Electric Primer - An electroexplosive device designed to initiate burning or deflagration of pyrotechnic,

propellant, or explosive. Some detonators have been designed as primers (e.g., Mk 124 Primer).
Electrically Initiated Device (EID) - Any component activated through electrical means and having an
explosive, pyrotechnic, or mechanical output resulting from an explosive or pyrotechnic action, and
electrothermal devices having a dynamic mechanical, thermal or electromagnetic output. Examples
include bridgewire electroexplosive devices (EED), conductive composition electric primers,
semiconductor bridge EED’s, laser initiators, exploding foil initiators, slapper detonators, burn wires, and
fusible links.
Electroexplosive Device (EED) - Any single discrete unit, device, or subassembly whose actuation is
caused by the application of electric energy which, in turn, initiates an explosive, propellant or
pyrotechnic material contained therein. It does not include complete assemblies that have electric
initiators as subassemblies, but includes only subassemblies themselves.
Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) - The emission of electromagnetic energy from a finite region in the
form of unguided waves.
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) - The discharge of the electrostatic charge which accumulates on
ungrounded surfaces (including those of human bodies, vapor droplets and dust particles). Such
discharges can be transmitted across air gaps as sparks, which can initiate reactions of explosive vapors,
dust, and finely divided explosives. They can also initiate an electroexplosive device in its normal mode,
if transmitted through the bridge or by dielectric breakdown between the bridge system and the case.
EMCON - Emission Control. The emissions control of high-powered transmitters to remove or reduce to
safe levels electromagnetic radiation in those areas where HERO SUSPECTIBLE, HERO
UNRELIABLE, or HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE is being handled or loaded.
EMCON bill - A set of directions for implementing HERO restrictions on each ship or shore station.
EME - Electromagnetic Environment.
EMI - Electromagnetic Interference.
Empty Ammunition - An ammunition item or component that does not contain explosive material or inert
material. Empty ammunition items and components include:
a. Ammunition items or components that were manufactured empty or without the components
that contain the explosive material.
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b. Ammunition items or components that have had their explosive material completely removed
by disassembly, firing, thermal treatment or other means.
EMR - Explosive Mishap Report or Electromagnetic Radiation.
EMV - Electromagnetic Vulnerability.
Energetic - The scientific study of energy flows and storages under transformation.
EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
EOH - Emergency Ordnance Handling.
ESD - Electrostatic Discharge.
ESDV - Explosives Safety Design Validation.
ESQD - Explosives Safety Quantity-Distance.
ESSM - Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.
Event Waiver - A deviation approved from an explosives safety criteria that is issued by a competent
authority on a case-by-case basis for a particular evolution, issued for a limited period to meet a specific,
recurring or non-recurring readiness or operational requirement which cannot otherwise be satisfied.
Exemption - A deviation from mandatory explosives safety requirements approved for the purpose of
long-term satisfaction of recurring readiness or operational requirements. Except in certain cases where
authorization to purchase real estate for sufficient ESQD clearances has not been granted, where it is in
the best interest of the U.S. to grant agricultural leases of encumbered land, or where a significant
impairment of the defense posture of the U.S. would result, a positive program for eventual correction of
the deficiency must be planned and in the process of being carried out. Exemptions are generally issued
for a maximum of 5 years, but will not be granted for a period in excess of that estimated for correction of
the deficiency.
Exercise Torpedo - Service torpedoes functionable in all respects except for the explosive payload,
designed to furnish operational data by the substitution of recoverable exercise components.
Pyrotechnics, dye markers or explosive fittings may be attached to or incorporated in the assembly.
Explosion - A violent chemical reaction within a chemical compound or mixture or mechanical mixture
evolving heat and pressure. An explosion is a reaction that proceeds through the reacted material toward
the unreacted material at sonic velocity (by a shock wave process). The result of the chemical reaction is
exertion of high pressure on the surrounding medium, forming a propagating shock wave. Ignition and
rapid reaction of the confined energetic material builds up high local pressures leading to violent pressure
rupturing of the confined structure. Metal cases are fragmented (brittle fracture) into large pieces that are
often thrown long distances. Unreacted and/or burning energetic material is also thrown about. Fire and
smoke hazards will exist. Air shocks are produced that can cause damage to nearby structures. The blast
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and high velocity fragments can cause minor ground craters and damage (breakup, tearing, gouging) to
adjacent metal plates. Blast pressures are lower than that of a detonation.
Explosion-Proof - The term used in connection with electrical equipment means that such equipment is
enclosed in a case which is capable of withstanding an internal burning or explosion of elements
contained inside the case and prevent ignition by spark, flash, or explosion of any outside gas or vapor
surrounding the enclosure.
Explosives - The term “explosive” or “explosives” includes any chemical compound or mechanical
mixture which, when subjected to heat, impact, friction, detonation or other suitable initiation, undergoes
a very rapid chemical change with the evolution of large volumes of highly heated gases which exert
pressures in the surrounding medium. The term applies to materials that either detonate or deflagrate.
Explosives Accident - See Explosives Mishap.
Explosives Anchorage - An area of water specifically designated for loading and unloading vessels and
for anchoring vessels carrying a cargo of ammunition and explosives.
Explosives Area - Any area of a ship in which explosives or ammunition are present.
Explosive Limit - The total amount of explosive material authorized to be present at any time on or
alongside a pier, ship, or boat/service craft or at any other authorized handling point or location, and
outside of the skin of the ship. Explosive limits are based on net explosive weight.
Explosives Mishap - Includes all of the following occurrences, near occurrences and/or circumstances:
a. Chemical Agent Accident - Any occurrence involving a chemical agent which, in the opinion
of a medically trained authority, did result in a disabling injury or, did or will result in $10,000 or more
damage to property from contamination.
b. Dangerous Defect - A defect, found on visual examination or local test, in an explosive

material/system which is capable of resulting in an explosives mishap (e.g., ruptures of explosives
containers exposing filler, protruding primers, partially armed fuzes, safety devices missing or defective,
etc.).
c. Explosives Accident - An unplanned explosion or fire involving an explosive material/system.

This includes inadvertent actuation, jettisoning, release or injury to personnel, fire, explosion or damage
to property.
d. Explosives Incident - An occurrence which creates a potentially hazardous situation.

Incidents include, but are not necessarily limited to:
(1) Human errors in processing, assembly, testing, loading, stowing, transporting, handling,
using or disposal of an explosive material/system.
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(2) Unusual or unexpected occurrences, unnatural phenomena, unfavorable environments or

instances of equipment failure which may damage or affect safety or reliability of an explosive material/
system.
(3) Loss or abandonment of an explosive material/system resulting in a potential hazard to

untrained personnel who may find the item.
(4) Misuse or unauthorized alteration of an explosive material/system.
(5) Any failure or malfunction of, or damage to, a launch device or associated hardware
which occurs, when an explosive material/system is being handled or otherwise manipulated.
e. Explosives Near - Mishap - Any event which, except for chance, would have been an
explosives mishap.
f. Malfunction - The term applied to an explosive material/system when it fails to function in the
manner for which designed. Malfunctions are considered major or minor as follows:
(1) Major Malfunction - Failure to function in the manner for which designed, resulting in,
or potentially capable of resulting in, personal injury and/or material damage.
(2) Minor Malfunction - Failure to function in the manner for which designed and does not
result in injury or material damage is remote (duds, downrange prematures, etc.).
Explosive Ordnance Disposal - The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery,
and final disposal of unexploded ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance that has become
hazardous by damage or deterioration.
Explosives Safety - The summation of all actions conducted at DON activities, ashore, and afloat,
designed to manage and control the risks and hazards inherent with ammunition and explosives
operations. Explosives safety is the process used to prevent premature unintentional, or unauthorized
initiation of explosives and devices containing explosives; and with minimizing the effects of explosions,
combustion, toxicity, and any other deleterious effects. Explosives safety includes all mechanical,
chemical, biological, electrical, and environmental hazards associated with explosives, hazards of
electromagnetic radiation to ordnance, and combinations of the foregoing. Equipment, systems, or
procedures and processes whose malfunction would hazard the safe manufacturing, handling,
maintenance, storage, transfer, release, testing, delivery, firing, or disposal of explosives are also
included.
Explosives Safety Quantity-Distance (ESQD) Arcs - The prescribed minimum distance between sites
storing or handling hazard Class 1 explosive material and specified exposure (i.e., inhabited buildings,
public highways, public railways, other storage or handling facilities or ships, aircraft, etc.) to afford an
acceptable degree of protection and safety to the specified exposure. The size of the ESQD arc is
proportional to the NEW present.
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Explosive Train - A detonation or deflagration train (i.e., transfer system) beginning with the first
explosive element (e.g., primer, detonator) and terminating in the main charge (e.g., munition functional
mechanism, high explosive, pyrotechnic mixture, etc.).
Exposed Explosives - Explosives that are actually visible (such as unpackaged bulk explosives,
disassembled or open components) and that also are susceptible to initiation directly by static or
mechanical spark, or those that create (or accidentally create) explosives dust or give off vapors, fumes or
gases in explosive concentrations.
Exudate - A hazardous substance which leaks out of a bomb cavity.
F - High temperature alarm circuit.
FAE - Fuel Air Explosives.
Fail Safe Operation - Fail safe operation is the ability to maintain the safety of the weapon and equipment
at all times. Failure of the control system, power source, or of the manual or powered drive mechanisms,
or the load bearing wire rope or chain, shall not result in damage to the weapon, cause a hazard to
personnel, or result in uncontrolled movement of the equipment and load. The term “fail safe” shall not
be applied to static components, to member and static parts of mechanisms, or to hydraulic and air
cylinders.
Faked - To make one continuous loop of coiled-free rope.
Fault Tree Analysis - A systematic way of examining a design prospectively for possible ways in which
failure can occur. The analysis considers the possible direct proximate causes that could lead to the event
and seeks their origins. Once this is accomplished, ways to avoid these origins and causes must be
identified.
FBM - Fleet Ballistic Missile.
FCC - Federal Communication Commission.
FD - Flooding alarm circuit.
FFAR - Folding Fin Aerial Rockets.
FH - Sprinkler alarm circuit.
FIUL - Fleet Issue Unit Load.
Fire Hazard - The hazard resulting from the tendency of certain materials to ignite spontaneously by
chemical change, by spark, or by friction and contribute excessively to any fire in which they are
involved.
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Fire-Retardant - A term used to designate generally combustible materials or structures which might have
been treated or have surface coverings designed to retard ignition or fire spread.
Fixed Ammunition - Gun ammunition in which all components are completely assembled, the projectile
is rigidly crimped to the cartridge case, and the entire unit is loaded into the gun in one operation.
Flammable - Combustible. A flammable material is one which is easily ignited and burns readily.
Flammable Liquid - Any liquid having flash point below 100 °F and a vapor pressure not exceeding
40 psi (absolute) at 100 °F and any liquid of lesser hazard when artificially heated or atomized so as to
increase the ignition hazard.
Flammable Solid - A solid substance other than an explosive that under conditions due to transportation,
handling or stowage, is likely to cause fires through friction, absorption of moisture, spontaneous
chemical changes, or as a result of heat retained from manufacturing or processing.
Flash Point - The mean temperature at which enough vapors of a liquid are given off to mix with air,
ignite, and produce flames. Flash points are usually determine by the “closed-cup” method for liquids
with flash points around normal temperatures; the “open-cut” method is used for liquids having relatively
high flash points. Open-cup data are usually higher than closed-cup results.
Fleet - An organization of ships, aircraft, marine forces and shore-based fleet activities all under the
command of a commander or geographic fleet commander who may exercise operational as well as
administrative control.
FMECA - Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis. A systematic way of examining a design
prospectively for possible ways in which failure can occur. It assumes that no matter how knowledgeable
or careful people are, errors will occur in some situations and may even be likely to occur.
FOD - Foreign Object Damage.
Fragmentation - The breaking up of the confining material of a chemical compound or mechanical

mixture when an explosion takes place. Fragments may be complete items, subassemblies, pieces
thereof, or pieces of equipment or buildings containing the items.
Friable - Term used to describe brittle or easily crumbled grains of powder.
FRP - Fleet Readiness Plan.
FRS - Fleet Round Simulator.
Fumetight - Tightness such that there is no visible or descernible opening in the closure.
FZ - Security alarm system.
GBU - Guided Bomb Unit.
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GMRP - Guided Missile Round Pack.
GP - General Purpose (relating to bombs).
GPM, gpm - Gallons Per Minute.
GSA - General Services Administration.
Guided Missile - An unmanned vehicle designed as a weapon that travels above the surface of the earth
along a course or trajectory that can be altered by an automatic or remotely controlled mechanism within
the vehicle itself. The missile normally is destroyed in carrying out is mission.
Gun Ammunition - A type of projectile and its propellant characterized by a ratio of explosive charge
weight to total projectile weight of 30 percent or less. The explosive charge is designed to inflict its
maximum damage by penetration of the target.
Handling Route - Any path through the ship where ammunition passes.
Hawser - A large rope for towing, mooring or securing a ship.
Hazard - Any condition which may cause an accident or contribute to the severity of an accident. For
purposes of classification, four general types of hazards are recognized in connection with ammunition
and explosives. These are mass-explosion hazard, mass fire hazard, non-mass-detonating (fragmenting)
hazard, and moderate fire, no blast hazard.
Hazard Analysis - A process used to assess risk. The results of a hazard analysis is the identification of
unacceptable risks and the selection of means of controlling or eliminating them.
Hazard Class - A numerical designator assigned to hazardous materials to denote the chemical and
physical characteristics of material and its reaction under various test conditions. There are nine hazard
classes as shown below as well as a non-regulated category. Refer to NAVSEA SW020-AC-SAF-010
for additional information.
Class 1 - Explosives.
Class 2 - Gases.
Class 3 - Flammable Liquids.
Class 4 - Flammable Solids.
Class 5 - Oxidizers substances and organic peroxides.
Class 6 - Toxic and infectious substances.
Class 7 - Radioactive materials.
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Class 8 - Corrosive substances.
Class 9 - Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles.
Hazardous Locations - Locations where flammable gases or vapors are or may be present in the air in
explosive or ignitable mixtures or where combustible dust or easily ignitable particles or fibers may be
present.
Hazardous Material - The component of, or an item of, ammunition which is inherently designed to
produce the necessary energy require for ignition, propulsion, detonation, fire or smoke, thus enabling the
item to function. Also, a material (corrosive, oxidizer, etc.) which inherently is dangerous and capable of
serious damage and which, therefore, requires regulated handling to avoid creating accidents in
connection with its existence and use.
Hazardous Material (DOT definition) - A substance or material which has been determined by the
Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property
when transported in commerce, and which has been so designated.
HAZMAT - Hazardous Material.
HC - Hexachloroethane-zinc mix (smoke mixture) or High Capacity.
HC/D - Hazard Class/Division.
HE - High Explosive.
HERF - Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Fuel. HERF is the danger of igniting volatile
combustibles by spark ignition due to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields of sufficient intensity
HERO - Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance. The situations in which transmitting

equipment (for example, radios, radar, electronic countermeasures, electronic counter-countermeasures,
ground penetrating radar) or other electromagnetic emitting devices can generate radiation of sufficient
magnitude to: induce or otherwise couple electromagnetic energy sufficient to exceed specified safety
and/or reliability margins in EID’s contained within the ordnance, or cause radiation-induced damage or
degradation of performance in ordnance containing EID’s.
HERO SAFE ORDNANCE - Any ordnance item that is proven by test or analysis to be sufficiently
shielded, or otherwise so protected that all electrically initiated devices (EIDs) contained by the item are
immune to adverse effects (safety or reliability) when the item is employed in the radio frequency
environment delineated in MIL-STD-464 (series). Note: Percussion-initiated ordnance has no HERO
requirements.
HERO Survey - Analysis, supported by measurements, which results in a description of the radio
frequency environment at specific ordnance handling, loading, storage and transportation sites. The radio
frequency environment is characterized in terms of its impact on susceptible ordnance systems and
operations.
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HERO SUSCEPTIBLE ORDNANCE - Any ordnance containing electrically initiated devices (EIDs)
proven by test or analysis to be adversely affected by radio frequency energy to the point that the safety
and/or reliability of the system is in jeopardy when the system is employed in the radio frequency
environment delineated in MIL-STD-464 (series).
HERO UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE -
a. Any electrically initiated ordnance item, including those having a HERO SAFE ORDNANCE
or HERO SUSCEPTIBLE ORDNANCE classification, whose performance is degraded when exposed to
the radio frequency environment, is defined as being HERO UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE when its
internal wiring is physically exposed; when tests are being conducted on the item that result in additional
electrical connections to the item; when electrically initiated devices (EIDs) having exposed wire leads
are present, handled, or loaded in any but the tested condition; when the item is being assembled or
disassembled; or when such ordnance items are damaged causing exposure of internal wiring or
components or destroying engineered HERO protective devices.
b. Ordnance items containing electrically initiated devices (EIDs), whose performance is

degraded due to exposure to the radio frequency environment, which have not been classified as HERO
SAFE or SUSCEPTIBLE by either test or design analysis are HERO UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE and
are subject to the restrictions of NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2. Items that fall into this
classification may be exempted from being classified as HERO UNRELIABLE ORDNANCE as the
result of HERO tests conducted to determine specific susceptibility.
HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE -
a. Any electrically initiated ordnance item, including those having a HERO SAFE ORDNANCE
or HERO SUSCEPTIBLE ORDNANCE classification, whose inadvertent initiation or detonation causes
an immediate catastrophic event that has the potential to either destroy equipment or injure personnel, is
defined as HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE; when its internal wiring is physically exposed; when tests are
being conducted on the item that result in additional electrical connections to the item; when electrically
initiated devices (EIDs) having exposed wire leads are present, handled, or loaded in any but the tested
condition; when the item is being assembled or disassembled; or when such ordnance items are damaged
causing exposure of internal wiring or components or destroying engineered HERO protective devices.
b. Ordnance items containing electrically initiated devices (EIDs), whose inadvertent initiation or
detonation causes an immediate catastrophic event that has the potential to either destroy equipment or to
injure personnel, which have not been classified as HERO SAFE or SUSCEPTIBLE by either test or
design analysis are HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE and are subject to the restrictions of NAVSEA OP
3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2, figure 2-2. Items that fall into this classification may be exempted
from being classified as HERO UNSAFE ORDNANCE as the result of HERO tests conducted to
determine specific susceptibility.
HERP - Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Personnel. HERP is the danger of producing harmful
biological effects in humans by exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields.
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High Explosive - An explosive in which the transformation from its original composition and form, once
initiated, proceeds with virtually instantaneous and continuous speed throughout the total mass,
accompanied by the rapid evolution of large volume of gas and heat, causing very high pressure and
widespread shattering effect. Some authorities classify high explosives by their sensitivity to initiation as
“primary” explosives, those that are very sensitive and “secondary” explosives, those that are relatively
insensitive. Primary explosives are also referred to as initiating explosives.
HM - Hazardous Material.
Holding Design Load - Load equal to the rated load, or the vector component in cases where the
equipment is required to move and support weapons at fixed angles, plus the load imposed by dynamic
forces of the ship during equipment holding conditions.
Hot Tube Loading - Loading an aircraft rocket launcher while aircraft engines are operating.
Hot Work - Heat or spark-producing equipment used for welding, melting, or with blow torches or other
devices that develop temperatures higher than 288 ºF.
HSD - Heat Sensing Device.
HSI - Human Systems Integration. It is a multidisciplinary field of study composed of human factors
engineering, system safety, health hazards, personnel survivability, manpower, personnel, training and
ability. It emphasizes human considerations as the top priority in systems design/acquisition to reduce
life cycle costs and optimize system performance.
HSV - High Speed Vessel.
HVAC - Heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Hypergolic - Term applied to the self-ignition of a fuel and an oxidizer upon mixing with each other
without a spark or other external aid.
IAL - Internal Auxiliary Launcher.
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization.
Igniter - An electrical, chemical, explosive, or mechanical device used to initiate combustion.
Ignition Temperature - The mean temperature at which a combustible material can be ignited and will
continue to burn when the ignition source is removed. The ignition temperature for any one substance
will vary with its particle size, confinement, moisture content and ambient temperature.
IHEODTD - Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division.
IMDG - International Maritime of Dangerous Goods.
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IMO - International Maritime Organization.
Impulse Ammunition - Cartridges or charges consisting of specially prepared propellant charges

contained in cartridge cases fitted with primers and assembled as blank cartridges for launching
torpedoes, for propelling line throwing (carrying) projectiles, and for similar uses.
IMRL - Individual Material Readiness List.
Incapacitating Agent - An agent that produces temporary physiological or mental effects, or both, which
will render individuals incapable of concerted effort in the performance of their assigned duties.
Incendiary - A chemical used primarily for igniting combustible substances with which it is in contact by
generating sufficient heat to cause ignition.
Inert Ammunition - Ammunition and components that contain no explosive material. Inert ammunition
and components include:
a. Ammunition and components with all explosive material removed and replaced with inert
material.
b. Ammunition or components that were manufactured with inert material in place of all
explosive material.
Inert Material - Material that contains no explosives, active chemicals, or pyrotechnics.
Initiating Explosive - A high explosive which is extremely sensitive to heat and shock and is normally
used in small quantities to initiate the detonations or deflagration of a larger mass of less sensitive high
explosive. Some authorities recognize the term “primary explosive” as synonymous with “initiating
explosive.”
Inspection - A critical examination conducted by qualified personnel, using established techniques, to

obtain an objective evaluation of the adequacy of personnel, equipment or procedures.
IRCM - Infrared countermeasures.
ISEA - In-Service Engineering Agent.
ISIC - Immediate Superior in Command.
J - Joules.
JATO - Jet-Assisted Take-Off. A device providing thrust to an object upon ignition by a discharging jet
of gas created by burning propellant within.
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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JDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munitions.
Jettison Locker - A locker located on the weather decks, used to store ammunition that may not be stowed
below decks, which can easily be discarded overboard in case of an emergency.
Jettison Ramp - Ramps located on the weather decks which allow ammunition to be quickly discarded
overboard in an emergency.
JMIC - Joint Modular Intermodal Container.
JP - Jet Propulsion (fuel).
JSOW - Joint Standoff Weapon.
JSWORD - Joint Shipboard Weapons and Ordnance.
Landing Force Operational Reserve Materiel (LFORM) - The material and equipment including rations,
ammunition, fuel, clothing, weapons, etc., necessary to support Marine expeditionary units for
approximately 30 days. This material, as discussed in this manual, is divided into 10 classes as follows:
a. Class I - Rations.
b. Class II - Clothing, individual equipment, supplies and tents.
c. Class III - Fuels.
d. Class IV - Construction materials.
e. Class V - Ammunition of all types: Class V (A) for aircraft and Class V (W) for ground
troops.
f. Class VI - Personal demand items.
g. Class VII - Principle end items such as trucks, tank weapon systems, etc.
h. Class VIII - Medical supplies.
i. Class IX - Repair parts.
j. Class X - Humanitarian items (materials to support nonmilitary programs).
LCAC - Landing Craft Air Cushion.
LCM - Landing Craft Mechanized.
LCU - Landing Craft Utility.
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LED - Light Emitting Diode.
LFORM - See Landing Force Operational Reserve Materiel.
LGB - Laser Guided Bomb.
LHA - Amphibious Assault Ship (multipurpose).
LHD - Amphibious Assault Ship (multipurpose).
Lighter - A flat-bottomed barge used for loading and unloading ships and vessels.
Liquid Propellant - Liquid and gaseous substances (fuels, oxidizers or monopropellants) used for
propulsion or operation of missiles, rockets, and other related devices.
Logistics Movement - The transfer of ammunition to or from a ship at an authorized handling area.
LOT - Lock Out Trunk (aboard submarines).
LOX - Liquid Oxygen.
Low Explosive - An explosive usually ignited by a flame and which burns slower than high explosives.
The speed of combustion is fixed or controlled by the granulation, the density of loading, the confinement
(surrounding pressure) and similar factors. Combustion occurs steadily over the surface of the powder
grains and from layer to layer until the total mass is consumed. The resultant reaction causes evolution of
heat and usually a large volume of gas. Such combustion frequently is termed “deflagration.” The
distinction between low and high explosives is not sharply defined and both terms are relative. Some low
explosives under conditions of proper fineness, packing confinement, and initiation may detonate when
ignited; conversely, some high explosives may simply burn if ignited under the proper conditions.
LPD - Amphibious Transport Docks.
LSD - Dock Landing Ships.
LSE - Landing Signalmen Enlisted.
MAC - Multiple All-Up Round Canister.
Magazine - The specific spaces which are designated for the stowage of ammunition and explosives.
MAGTF - Marine Air Ground Task Force.
Maintenance Movement - Any movement of ammunition from its normal shipboard location to another
location in order to conduct required assembly, disassembly, maintenance, or test of a weapons systems,
or maintenance of a stowage area. A maintenance movement may include strikeup/strikedown,
movement within the normal stowage area, or movement from one stowage area to another.
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Maintenance of Ammunition - The upkeep and repair of ammunition, ammunition components, and
ammunition details to keep them in serviceable condition and ready for immediate issue and use.
MARCORSYSCOM - Marine Corps Systems Command.
Mass-Detonating Explosives - High explosives, black powder, certain propellants, certain pyrotechnics,
and other similar explosives, alone or in combination, or loaded into various types of ammunition or
containers, most of the entire quantity of which can be expected to explode virtually instantaneously
when a small portion is subjected to fire, to severe concussion or impact, to the impulse of an initiating
agent, or to the effect of a considerable discharge of energy from without. Such an explosion normally
will cause severe structural damage to adjacent objects. Explosion propagation may occur immediately
to other items of ammunition and explosives stored sufficiently close to, and not adequately protected
from, the initially exploding pile with a time interval short enough so that two or more quantities must be
considered as one for quantity-distance purposes.
Master - In terms of Naval rank, the captain of a Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship.
Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH) - Material owned or controlled by the
Department of Defense that, prior to determination of its explosives safety status, potentially contains
explosives or munitions (for example, munitions containers and packaging material; munitions debris
remaining after munitions use, demilitarization, or disposal; and range-related debris) or potentially
contains a high enough concentration of explosives that the material presents an explosive hazard (for
example, equipment, drainage systems, holding tanks, piping, or ventilation ducts that were associated
with munitions production, demilitarization, or disposal operations). Excluded from MPPEH are
military munitions within the Department of Defense’s established munitions management system and
other hazardous items that may present explosion hazards (such as gasoline cans, compressed gas
cylinders) that are not munitions and are not intended for use as munitions.
Material Safety Data Sheets - Documents provided by the manufacturer of a hazardous material as
required by 49 CFR 1910.1200. An MSDS contains information about a specific hazardous chemical
including health hazards, personal protective equipment, fire and reactivity information, physical
properties and other information such as disposal regulations. MSDSs are available from manufacturers
and must be maintained so they are accessible to all workers on all shifts who work with hazardous
materials as part of the hazard communication standard.
Materiel - Equipment, apparatus and supplies used aboard DON units afloat.
MCO - Marine Corps Order.
MDAS - Material Documented As Safe.
MDD - Maintenance Due Date.
MEU - Marine Expeditionary Unit.
MFST - Mobile Fleet Support Team (funded by NAVSUP GLS).
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MHE - Material Handling Equipment.
MHT - Missile Handling Trainers.
MIL-STD - Military Standard.
MIP - Maintenance Index Page. An index of required scheduled maintenance actions detailed in the
maintenance requirement cards (MRCs). They also provide information regarding how often and who is
permitted to perform these maintenance tasks.
Misfire - Failure of a component to fire or explode following an intentional attempt to cause an item to do
so.
Mishap - An accident or unexpected event involving Department of Defense (DOD) ammunition and
explosives.
Mk - Mark.
MLA - Mission Load Allowance.
MM, mm - Millimeter(s).
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement.
Mod - Model.
Modify - To make a major or minor change in the design or assembly of an item of ammunition or
component part thereof.
Monopropellant - A rocket propellant that combines fuel and oxidizer as a mixture of hydrogen peroxide
and alcohol.
MOTT - Mobile Ordnance Training Team (under the command of COMNAVAIRLANT and
COMNAVAIRPAC).
Moused - A spring-loaded clip or a line fastened around a hook to prevent the load from falling off.
MPF Ships - Maritime Prepositioned Force ships.
MPPEH - See Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard.
MRC - Maintenance Requirement Card. A series of maintenance tasks written by an In-Service

Engineering Agent (ISEA) of a particular equipment.
MSC - Military Sealift Command. Ships under their command include all T-AE, T-AFS, T-AO, and
T-AOE class ships.
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MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheets.
MWR - Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
NACES - Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seat.
NALC - Navy Ammunition Logistics Code.
NAMP - Naval Aviation Maintenance Program
NAR - Notice of Ammunition Reclassification.
NATEC - Naval Air Technical Engineering Center.
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATOPS - Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization.
NAVAIRSYSCOM - Naval Air Systems Command.
NAVSTA - Naval Station.
NAVSUP - Naval Supply Systems Command.
NAVSUP GLS - Naval Supply Command, Global Logistics Support [formerly Naval Supply Command,
Logistics Operation Center (LOC)].
NAVOSH - Naval Occupational Safety and Health.
NAVMEDCOM - Naval Medical Command.
NAVSEASYSCOM - Naval Sea Systems Command.
NAVSTA - Naval Station.
NAVSURFWARCEN - Naval Surface Warfare Center.
NCDS - Naval Combatant Design Specification.
NDT - Non-Destructive Testing.
NEALS - New Emergency Automatic Lighting Systems.
Net Explosive Weight - The actual weight of explosive mixture or compound including the TNT
equivalent of other energetic material which is used in the explosive limits and ESQD arcs.
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NEW - Net Explosive Weight (in pounds).
NFAF - Naval Force Auxiliary Fleet ships.
NMC - Naval Munitions Command.
NM, nm - Nautical Mile.
NMCPHC - Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center.
NOMMP - Naval Ordnance Maintenance Management Program.
Non-Standard Pack - When ammunition is not packaged in its prescribed container.
NOSSA - Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity.
NRMP - Navy Radioactive Material Number.
NSDSA - Naval Sea Data Support Activity.
NSE - Naval Support Element.
NSN - National Stock Number.
NSTM - Naval Ships Technical Manual.
NSWC - Naval Surface Warfare Center.
NSWCDD - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
NTP - Non-Thermally Protected.
NTTP - Navy Tactics, Techniques and Procedures.
NVR - Naval Vessel Rules.
OCONUS - Outside the Continental United States.
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer.
OHE - Ordnance Handling Equipment.
OHF - Overhead Fire.
OHO - Ordnance Handling Officer.
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OIC - Officer-In-Charge.
OIS-PC - Ordnance Information System Partial Connect.
OIS-R - Ordnance Information System Retail.
OOD - Officer of the Deck.
OP - Ordnance Pamphlet.
Operational Necessity - A mission associated with war or peacetime operations in which the
consequences of an action justify accepting the risk of loss of equipment and personnel.
OPNAV - Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
OPNAVINST - Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction.
OQE - Objective Quality Evidence.
Ordnance - Military material such as combat weapons of all kinds with ammunition and equipment
required for their use. Ordnance includes all the things that make up a ship's or aircraft's armament -
guns, ammunition, and all equipment needed to control, operate, and support the weapons.
ORM - Operational Risk Management.
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
PAD - Propellant Actuated Device.
Pallet - A wood or metal, square or rectangular platform upon which cargo is located so that the cargo and
pallet may be moved as a unit and stacked without cargo rehandling. The platform is raised sufficiently
to allow for pallet engagement by the forks of a forklift truck.
PD - Purchase Description.
PEO - Program Executive Office.
PETN - Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate.
PHD - Port Hueneme Division.
PHST - Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation.
Pier - A landing place or platform built into the water, perpendicular or oblique to the shore, for the
berthing of vessels.
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PLAD - Plain Language Address Designation.
PM - Program Manager.
PMS - Planned Maintenance System.
POA&M - Plan of Action and Milestones.
Positive Control - Positive control is defined as physical restraint of the weapon to prevent the weapon
from becoming disengaged from its stowage or handling equipment, or being damaged by striking
adjacent structure, fittings, or weapons under any handling condition.
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment.
PQS - Personnel Qualification Standard.
Primary Explosive - Sensitive material used to initiate chemical reaction in booster explosives or as an
initiation or ignition source for squibs and ignites used with propelling and pyrotechnic devices. Primary
explosives are sensitive to heat, impact and shock and in warheads, are separated from the booster by the
interruption of the fuze, exploder, or safe-and-arm device. Lead Styphnate and DXN-1 are examples of
an approved primary explosive. Lead Azide and Mercury Fulminate are examples of restricted or
obsolete primary explosives.
Primer - A mechanically or electrically initiated device, as originally used in military fuse trains, to
initiate another explosive charge or the next element in the explosive train. Primers are more brisant than
squibs and are of lower power than detonators.
Projectile - An object projected by an applied exterior force and continued in motion by virtue of its own
inertia, as a bullet, shell or grenade. Also applies to rockets and guided missiles.
Propellant - Substances or mixtures of substances used for propelling projectiles and missiles, or to
generate gases for powering auxiliary devices. When ignited, propellants burn at a controlled rate to
produce quantities of gas capable of performing work but they must be capable of functioning in their
application without undergoing a deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT).
Propelling Charge - As pertains to gun ammunition, a propelling charge consists of a primed cartridge
case loaded with smokeless powder; the mouth of the case sealed by a friable plug. It is a separate unit
from the projectile and is termed as a unit of “separated” ammunition.
Protective Clothing - Clothing especially designed, fabricated, or treated to protect personnel against
hazards caused by extreme changes in physical environment or dangerous working conditions.
PS - Payload System.
PSI, psi - Pounds per Square Inch.
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PT - Payload Tube.
PVLS - Peripheral Vertical Launching System (on DDG-1000 Class ships).
PWP - Plasticized White Phosphorous.
Pyrophoric - Capable of spontaneous ignition upon contact with air, water, or other materials containing
oxygen.
Pyrotechnics - Substances or mixtures of substances which, when ignited, undergo an energetic chemical
reaction at a controlled rate intended to produce, on demand and in various combinations, specific time
delays or quantities of heat, noise, smoke, light or IR radiation. Pyrotechnics must be capable of
functioning in their application without undergoing a deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT).
QA - Quality Assurance.
QA/SO - Quality Assurance/Safety Officer.
QRT - Quick Reaction Test.
QUAL/CERT Program - Qualification and Certification program for explosives handling.
Qualifications - A documented list of requirements an individual must satisfy prior to being certified, i.e.,
testing, informal or formal classes, licenses, documented on-the-job training and experience,
demonstrated task proficiency, physical, etc.
RADHAZ - Radiation Hazards (to personnel, fuel and other flammable material). Radio-frequency
electromagnetic fields of sufficient intensity to produce harmful biological effects in humans, cause spark
ignition of volatile combustibles, or actuate electroexplosive devices.
Radioactive Materials - Any material or combination of materials that spontaneously emits ionizing
radiation. Radioactive materials are not within the scope and purpose of this publication.
RAM - Rolling Airframe Missile or Radar Absorbing Material.
RAP - Rocket-Assisted Projectile.
Rated Load - Maximum load that is to be lifted, moved, or restrained by weapons handling equipment
without overstress under the specified equipment operating and holding conditions. The rated load is
determined by the weight of the weapon load (a weapon with its handling attachments, covers, shields,
containers, cradle, skid, pod, etc.) and handling equipment not integral with the particular handling
equipment or weapon load (such as slings, strong backs, hoists, or traveling bridge crane, or dollies on an
elevator).
RATO - Rocket Assisted Take-Off. A device providing thrust to an object upon ignition by a discharging
rocket of gas created by burning propellant within.
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RDD - Recertification Due Date (RAM weapon system term).
RDX - Dry Cyclonite.
Ready-Service Locker - A locker normally located on the weather decks for temporary stowage of
ammunition.
Ready-Service Magazine - A magazine located near the weapon or aircraft it supports that is used for the
temporary storage of limited amounts of ammunition.
Ready-Service Stowage - Refers to a condition of ammunition that has been made ready for employment.
It provides the means to temporarily position ordnance near the corresponding aircraft, gun or launcher to
sustain scheduled training or sustain combat sortie rates.
Relay - An element of a fuse explosive train which augments an outside, and otherwise inadequate,
output of a prior explosive component to reliability initiate a succeeding train component. Relays, in
general, contain a small single explosive charge, such as lead azide, and are not usually employed to
initiate high explosive charges.
RF - Radio Frequency.
RFI - Ready-for-Issue.
RIB - Rigid Inflatable Boat.
Riot Control Agent - A chemical that produces only a temporary irritating or incapacitating effect when
used in field concentrations.
Rocket - A missile which derives its thrust from ejection of hot gases generated from propellants carried
in the missile motor.
Rocket Assisted Take-Off (RATO) - Refer to RATO.
Rocket Motor - That portion of the rocket loaded with solid propellant.
ROLMS - Retail Ordnance Logistics Management System.
RORO - Roll On/Roll Off (vehicle). The transfer of ammunition and explosives on wheeled conveyance
(for example, barge or boat), such that the conveyance remains in a transportation mode through a
transshipment point, with no lifting of the ammunition or conveyance.
RPV - Remotely Piloted Vehicle.
RSL - Ready Service Locker.
RSO - Range Safety Officer.
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S & A - Safe and Arm.
Safe Working Load - The maximum static load (in pounds or kilograms) which can be lifted or handled
by a piece of handling equipment such as slings, forklift trucks, beams, and similar handling equipment.
The terms "safe working load", "capacity", or "rated load" are considered synonymous.
Safety Interlock - Any device which stops or limits normal motion or operation of equipment to prevent
or minimize the possibility of injury to personnel or damage to equipment.
Saluting Charge - Similar to a propelling charge, but is loaded with a small quantity of black powder in
lieu of smokeless powder. Used only for ceremonial saluting purposes.
SAMI - Small Arms Markmanship Instructor.
SAMM - Shipboard Automated Maintenance Management. A maintenance inspection program for

Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships.
SCBA - Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.
SCD - Ship Change Document.
Scuttling Sites - An area of water specifically designated for positioning a ship for flooding or sinking
under emergency situations.
SDZ - Surface Danger Zone.
SEAL - Sea, Air and Land.
SECDEF - Secretary of Defense.
SECNAV - Secretary of the Navy.
Sensitive Materials - Sensitive materials are weapons, ammunition and explosives vulnerable to theft and
having a ready-sale potential in illicit markets, or having a ready use during civil disturbances. Sensitive
materials include items such as rifles, grenades, pyrotechnics, and explosives.
Separated Ammunition - Ammunition in which the projectile and the cartridge case are two units that are
usually loaded into the gun separately.
Separate-Loading Ammunition - Ammunition in which the projectile and charge are loaded into a gun
separately.
Service Ammunition - Ammunition intended for combat rather than for training is classified as service
ammunition. This ammunition has been approved for service use and contains explosives, pyrotechnics,
or chemical agent filler, and the propellant, if required, is of service or reduced charge weight.
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Service Life - A period of time assigned to ammunition during which the performance of the ammunition
is considered to be satisfactory.
SESI - Shipboard Explosives Safety Inspection.
Shelf Life - A period of time that certain ammunition may remain in stowage in its original, sealed
container.
SHIPALTs - Ships Alterations.
SIAT - Ships Installation Acceptance Test.
Signaling Smoke - Any type of smoke, usually colored, emitted from a hand or rifle grenade or from a
pyrotechnic signal.
SIST - Serviceable In-Service Time.
SLAM-ER - Standoff Land Attack Missile - Extended Range.
Small Arms Ammunition - Ammunition, without projectiles that contain explosives (other than tracers),
that is .50 caliber or smaller, or for shotguns.
Small Boat - For this publication, all boats and craft including rigid inflatable boats (RIBs), that can be
carried on board another vessel or are trailerable.
S/N - Serial Number.
SO - Special Operations or Safety Officer.
SOC - Special Operations Craft.
SOCOM - Special Operations Command.
SOF - Special Operations Forces.
SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea.
Solid Propellant - Explosives compositions used for propelling projectiles and rockets and to generate
gases for powering auxiliary devices.
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures.
SOPA - Senior Officer Present Afloat.
Sortie - A flight of an aircraft on a combat mission.
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SOT - System Operability Test.
Sparkproof - The term used to describe equipment which is so designed to ensure no flames or sparks will
escape to the surrounding atmosphere from within its case or enclosure. Also referred to as
spark-enclosed.
SRF - Ship Repair Facility.
SSBN - Nuclear ballistic missile submarine.
SSC - Ship to Shore Connector craft.
SSGN - Nuclear Guided Missile Submarine.
SSN - Nuclear attack submarine.
SSRA - System Safety Risk Assessment.
Stability - The ability of any ammunition or explosive to withstand adverse conditions and deterioration
while in stowage or use.
Stacks - Safe, orderly groupings of ammunition, explosives and related component parts in stowage.
Staging Area - A dedicated area where ammunition may be temporarily stored to meet immediate
operational requirements.
STANAG - Standardization Agreement.
STANAG 1380 (AECP-2) - This NATO document provides RADHAZ guidance for operations in the
NATO environment and is the NATO equivalent of the U.S. NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529
Volume 2. Clarification can be found in chapter 4 of NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2.
For RADHAZ guidance during NATO operations, contact Naval Surface Warfare Center Division
Dahlgren (NSWCDD).
Storage Compatibility Group - The compatibility group for ammunition, explosives and/or other
hazardous materials which can be stored together without significantly increasing the probability of
accident or, for a given quantity, the magnitude of the effects of such an accident. The compatibility
groups are based on the system recommended for international use by the United Nations Organization
(UNO) and as adopted by the Department of Defense. Refer to NAVSEA SW020-AC-SAF-010 for the
descriptions of each compatibility group.
Stores - General shipboard, non-ordnance related supplies (e.g., food, medical supplies, clothing, etc.).
STREAM - Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside Method.
Strikeup/Strikedown - A term used to describe the shipboard movement of aircraft from the flight deck to
the hangar deck level, or the shipboard process of breaking out/stowing ammunition.
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Superstructure - The portion of the ship located above the weather deck.
Supervisor - Any employee, officer, and petty officer, designated by the Commanding Officer (CO),
Ordnance Officer, or other head of a department afloat to oversee and inspect personnel and employees
and their operations.
SUPSHIP - Supervisor of Shipbuilding.
Surveillance - A process to assure that ammunition, explosives, and energetic material received, stowed,
shipped or manufactured are safe, controlled and disposed of when unsafe.
Susceptibility - The property of an ordnance item which describes its capability to function acceptably
when subjected to unwanted electromagnetic energy. The degree of susceptibility is dependent upon the
amount of induced energy, the characteristics of the EED and the environment (such as field strength,
orientation of weapon system, weapon configuration, etc.).
SWFLANT - Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (located at Kings Bay, GA)
SWFPAC - Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (located at Bangor, WA)
SWIT - Shipboard Weapons Integration Team.
SWL - Safe Working Load.
SWS - Strategic Weapon System.
SYSCOM - Systems Command.
TDMIS - Technical Data Management Information System.
TEA - Triethyl Aluminum. It is a colorless liquid which ignites spontaneously in air (i.e., pyrophoric)
and is highly reactive. It explodes violently in water. Violent reactions can occur if exposed to
halogenated hydrocarbons. Fire extinguishing agents NOT to be used: Water, foam and halogenated
hydrocarbons.
TFBR - Technical Feedback Report.
TH - Thermite.
TIR - Technical Interchange Review.
TL - Team Leader.
TM - Team Member.
TMDER - Technical Manual Deficiency/Evaluation Report.
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TMS - Type/Model/Series.
TNT - Trinitrotoluene.
Toxic Chemical Agent - A toxic chemical that may be used effectively in field concentrations to produce
injury or death. Toxic chemical agents are classified tactically as casualty agents.
TP - Thermally Protected.
TPA - Triethyl Pyrophoric Aluminum. It is a thickened TEA.
Training Ammunition - Service, practice, or inert ammunition used for operational or classroom training.
TRP - Technical Review Panel (during ship acquisition processes).
Transfer Area - A dedicated area where ammunition may be temporarily placed awaiting immediate
transfer to aircraft/vehicles or transfer to a primary magazine.
Tug - A strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing other ships or vessels. May carry
limited quantities of ammunition and explosives.
TYCOM - Type Commander.
UIC - Unit Identification Code.
UN - United Nations.
Unexpended Weapons - Airborne weapons/stores that have not been subjected to attempts to fire or drop.
They are presumed to be in normal operating condition and can be fired or jettisoned if necessary.
Units Afloat - All commands, units or detachments attached to the Operating Forces and assigned to task
designation. These elements, assigned to the chain-of-command of a Fleet Commander, may be
physically afloat.
UNREP - Underway replenishment, which consists of connected replenishment (CONREP) and vertical
replenishment (VERTREP) transfer at sea methods.
Unserviceable Ammunition - Ammunition reclassified to unserviceable because of a change in expected

service or shelf life, or due to deterioration or damage. Unserviceable ammunition is identified by:
a. NAVSUP through issue of Notices of Ammunition Reclassification (NARs) and NAVSUP

Publication P-801.
b. Inspection which may reveal defective ammunition such as:
(1) Improper seating of fuze in rocket warheads.
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(2) Warheads which are cracked, dented, bent and with recesses which are
corroded.
(3) Ruptured missile seeker heads.
(4) Dented or deformed pyrotechnics.
(5) Leaking chemical ammunition.
(6) Exudate or other leakages from ammunition item.
c. Reports of ammunition or components dropped five feet or more (two feet for RAP).
USAF - United States Air Force.
USCG - United States Coast Guard.
USFF - United States Fleet Forces.
USNS - United States Naval Ship (civilian manned).
VERTREP - Vertical replenishment.
VLS - Vertical Launching System.
VLT - Vertical Launch Tube.
Void - In terms of dunnaging practices, spaces between units of cargo in stowage and between units of
cargo and ship’s structure.
VPC - Vertical Package Conveyor.
VPT - Virginia Payload Tube.
Waiver - A written authorization from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) which
provides a temporary exception and permits deviation from a mandatory regulation or instruction. It is
generally granted for short periods of time pending cancellation as a result of termination of scheduled
work commitments or correction of the waived conditions.
WAM - Weapon Assembly Manual.
Warhead - That part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the
nuclear or thermonuclear system, high-explosive system, chemical agents or inert materials intended to
inflict damage. RAP projectiles and rocket heads without motors are designated as warheads.
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Watertight (electrical fittings) - Electrical fittings are considered to be watertight when the fitting’s
enclosure prevents leakage of water striking or covering the enclosure. No ventilation or other openings
are allowed in watertight enclosures. Gaskets are required for covers and doors. Test procedures to
qualify electrical fittings as watertight are listed in MIL-STD-108.
Watertight (structural closures) - Structural closures are considered to be watertight when they can
withstand the hydrostatic pressure of the bulkhead or deck in which they are installed with no leakage.
Watertight structural closures include doors, hatches, scuttles, manhole covers and bolted equipment
removal plates. Watertight closures shall not permanently deform when proof tested to 150% of the
design pressure.
Weapons Locker - A locker designed for the stowage of small arms weapons.
Weather Deck (or In-The-Weather or Topside) - For the purpose of regulating ordnance safety within this
document, stowage on the weather deck, in-the-weather or topside means stowage on the uppermost deck
extending from side to side. This does not include stowage on lower decks that may be partially open to
the weather, such as an aircraft hangar, vehicle stowage deck, or a covered well deck. It does include
open sponsons and catwalks outside the skin of the ship that may be located below other levels.
Weatherproof - The term used to describe equipment so constructed or protected that exposure to the
weather will not interfere with its successful operation. Raintight or watertight equipment may not fulfill
the requirements for a weatherproof enclosure. Consideration should be given to conditions resulting
from snow, ice, dust, and temperature extremes.
WFIP - War Fighting Improvement Plan.
Wharf - A landing place or platform built out into the water or along the shore for the berthing of vessels.
WHE - Weight Handling Equipment.
WP - White Phosphorous.
WR - Weapons Requirement.
WSESRB - Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board.
A-37/(A-38 Blank)
APPENDIX B
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
B-1. GENERAL. This appendix contains all the publications referenced in this manual, as well as
publications which may provide further information on explosive safety matters.
B-2. NAVAL INVENTORY CONTROL POINT. The publications and instructions in this section
are available from the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania, Building 05, 5450 Carlisle
Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0789. Publications must be ordered in accordance with NAVSUP
Publication 600, “Naval Logistics Library User Guide”.
B-2.1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD).
B-2.1.1. DOD Directives.
6055.9 - Explosives Safety Management and the DOD Explosives Safety Board
B-2.1.2. DOD Instructions.
5000.2 - Operation of the Defense Acquisition System
B-2.1.3. DOD Handbooks.
289 - Military Handbook: Lighting on Naval Ships
B-2.2. JOINT SERVICES.
B-2.2.1. Joint Publications.
3-04 - Joint Shipboard Helicopter Operations
B-2.3. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (SECNAV).
B-2.3.1. SECNAV Instructions (SECNAVINST).
5510.36 - Department of the Navy Information Security Program.
B-2.4. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (OPNAV).
B-2.4.1. OPNAV Instructions (OPNAVINST).
3100.6 - Special Incident Reporting (OPREP-3, Navy Blue, and Unit SITREP) Procedures
B-1
3120.32 - Standard Organization and Regulations of the U.S. Navy
3128.10 - Clearance Procedures for Visits to United States Ports by Foreign Naval and Public
Vessels
3500.34 - Personnel Qualifications Standards (PQS) Program
3500.39 - Operational Risk Management
3591.1 - Small Arms Training and Qualification
3750.6 - Naval Aviation Safety Management System
4790.4 - Ship’s Maintenance Material Management (3-M) Manual
5090.1 - Environmental Readiness Program Manual
5100.19 - Navy Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Program, Manual for Forces Afloat
5102.1 - Navy and Marine Corps Mishap and Safety Investigation, Reporting, and Record
Keeping Manual
5530.13 - Department of the Navy Physical Security Instruction for Conventional Arms,
Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E)
5530.14 - Department of the Navy Physical Security and Law Enforcement Program
8000.16 - Naval Ordnance Maintenance Management Program (NOMMP) [supersedes

OPNAVINST 8600.2 - Naval Airborne Weapons Maintenance Program (NAWMP)]
8020.14 - Department of the Navy Explosives Safety Management Program
8023.24 - Naval Personnel Ammunition and Explosives Handling Qualification and

Certification (QUAL/CERT) Program
8027.6 - Naval Responsibilities for Explosive Ordnance Disposal
B-2.4.2. Navy Tactcs, Techniques and Procedures (NTTP).
4-01.4 - Underway Replenishment
B-2
B-2.5. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY (BUMED)
B-2.5.1. NAVMED Publications.
P-117 - Manual of the Medical Department for the U.S. Navy
B-2.6. COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES (COMNAVAIRFOR).
B-2.6.1. COMNAVAIRFOR Instructions (COMNAVAIRFORINST).
4790.2 - Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) (formerly OPNAVINST 4790.2)
B-2.7. NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVAIRSYSCOM).
B-2.7.1. NAVAIR Publications.
AG (series) - Periodic Maintenance
00-80R-14 - U.S. Navy Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue NATOPS Manual
00-80T-105 - CV NATOPS Manual
00-80T-106 - LHA/LPH/LHD NATOPS Manual
00-80T-120 - CV NATOPS Manual for the Flight Deck and Hangar Deck
00-80T-122 - Helicopter Operating Procedures for Air-Capable Ships
11-1-119 - Ammunition for Navy 20mm/25mm Aircraft Guns: Description, Characteristics,

Safety, Maintenance and Packaging.
11-15-7 - Pyrotechnic Screening, Marking and Countermeasure Devices
11-19 (series) - AWSE Operational and Maintenance Manuals
11-19-600 (series) - AWSE Maintenance Requirements Cards
11-75A-92 - Rocket Systems 2.75-Inch and 5.0-Inch: Description, Safety, Service and Handling
Instructions Intermediate Maintenance with Illustrated Parts Breakdown
11-85M-2 - Description, Preparation for Use and Handling Instructions, Rocket Motor (JATO)
11-100-1.1 - Technical Manual for Cartridge and Propellant Actuated Devices
11-140-5 - Bomb Airborne Weapon Assembly Manual
B-3
11-140-6.1 - Air-Intercept Missile Airborne Weapon Assembly Manual
11-140-6.2 - Air-Ground Missiles (Tactical) Organizational and Intermediate Maintenance

Activities
11-140-6.3 - Air-Launched Guided Missile Training Airborne Weapons Assembly Manual
11-140-7 - Airborne Weapons Assembly Manual: Pyrotechnics and Expendable

Countermeasures
11-140-9 - CBU Airborne Weapons Assembly Manual
11-140-10 - Paveway II/III GBU Airborne Weapons Assembly Manual
11-140-25 - Armament Weapons Support Equipment Configuration Manual (Organizational

and Intermediate Maintenance Activities)
16-1-529, Volume 2 - Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
17-1-127 - Periodic Proofload Testing of Weapons Support Equipment
17-35MTL-1 - Metrology Requirements List (METRL)
17-35TR-8 - Technical Requirements for Calibration Labels and Tags
19-100-1 - Approved Handling Equipment for Weapons and Explosives (2 Volumes)
B-2.7.2. NAVAIR Air Requirements (AR).
67 - Air Requirement, Handling
68 - Air Requirement, Packing
B-2.8. NAVAL EDUCATION TRAINING (NAVEDTRA).
B-2.8.1. NAVEDTRA Courses.
43100-1 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) Unit Coordinator’s Guide
43100-6 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) Catalog (listing of all active NAVEDTRA
courses)
43108 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) for Weapons/Cargo Elevators
43341 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) for Decoy Launching System (DLS)
B-4
43386 - Magazine Protection Systems
43702 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) for Engineering Journeyman Covering

Watchstations 305, 306 and 307)
43704 - Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) for Engineering Collaterals and Qualifications
(covering Watchstations 307 and 308)
B-2.9. NAVAL ORDNANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY ACTIVITY (NOSSA).
B-2.9.1. NOSSA Instructions (NOSSAINST).
8020.1 - Explosive Safety Afloat Program
8023.12 - Shipboard Explosives Safety Inspection (SESI)
B-2.10. NAVAL PACKAGING, HANDLING, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION (PHST)

CENTER
B-2.10.1. Portable Ordnance Handling Equipment (OHE) Allowance and Inventory Reports
- For Amphibious Warfare Ships (formerly PHSTINST 10490.1 series)
- For Combatant Ships (formerly PHSTINST 10490.2 series)
- For Combat Logistics Force (CLF) Ships (formerly PHSTINST 10490.3 series)
B-2.10.2. PHST Technical Memorandum
PHST-58-04 - Mobile Grove Crane (YB4410) Shipboard Handling Procedures for Lowering
and Lifting Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Containers, NATO SEA SPARROW Missile (NSSM)
Containers, and Close-In Weapons System (CWIS) Palletized 20MM Ammunition Unit Loads Aboard
Naval Aircraft Carriers
B-2.11. NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSEASYSCOM).
B-2.11.1. NAVSEA Instructions (NAVSEAINST).
8020.6 - Department of Navy Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB)
8020.8 - DOD Ammunition and Explosives Hazard Classification Procedures
9310.1 - Naval Lithium Battery Safety Program
B-5
B-2.11.2. NAVSEA Ordnance Documents (OD).
10773 - Safety Principles for Operations Involving Electro-Explosive Devices (EEDs)
44979 Volume 2 (SOF Supplement) - Firing Craft Operating Procedures and Checklists for
Special Operations Forces (SOF)
B-2.11.3. NAVSEA Ordnance Pamphlets (OP).
5 Volume 1 - Ammunition and Explosives Ashore
2173 - Approved Handling Equipment for Weapons and Explosives (2 volumes)
3221/TM 55-607 - Loading and Stowage of Military Ammunition and Explosives Aboard
Breakbulk Merchant Ships
3565 Volume 1 - Electromagnetic Radiation Hazards (Hazards to Personnel, Fuel and Other
Flammable Material)
3565 Volume 2 - Electromagnetic Radiation Hazards to Ordnance
3703 Volume 1 - Swimmer Weapons Systems, System Summary
3703 Volume 3, Part 3 - Limpet, Mk 4 Mod 0 and Practice Limpet, Mk 4 Mod 0: Description,
Operation and Maintenance Procedures
3703 Volume 3, Part 5 - Seal Weapons System: Limpet, Mk 5 Mod 0 and Practice Limpet, Mk 6
Mod 0: Description, Operation and Maintenance Procedures
B-2.11.4. NAVSEA Ordnance Requirements (OR).
67 - Ordnance Requirement, Handling
68 - Ordnance Requirement, Packing
99 - Intermediate and Depot Maintenance Instructions
B-2.11.5. NAVSEA Naval Radioactive Material Permit (NRMP).
13-00164-LINP - Navy and Marine Corps Ordnance Depleted Uranium Penetrators
B-2.11.6. NAVSEA Technical Manuals.
S6340-AA-MMA-010 - OTTO Fuel II, Safety, Storage and Handling Instructions
B-6
S9000-AB-GTP-010 - Shipboard Safety and Damage Control Facilities for Stowage of

Hypergolic Fueled Missiles and Fuel-Air-Explosive (FAE) Bombs
S9086-XG-STM-010/CH-700 - Shipboard Ammunition Handling and Stowage
S9AAO-AB-GOS-010 - General Specifications for Overhaul of Surface Ships, Including the

AEGIS Supplement
S9310-AQ-SAF-010 - Batteries, Navy Lithium Safety Program and Procedures
S9522-AA-HBK-010 - Magazine Sprinkler Systems: Description, Operation and Maintenance

Handbook
S9571-AA-MMA-010 - Underway Replenishment: Ordnance Handling Equipment and

Transfer Units
SG420-AP-MMA-010 - Periodic Testing Arrangements for Ordnance Handling Equipment
SG420-BA-WHS-010 (All CVN Ships) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air-Launched

(Non-Nuclear) Weapons
SG420-BJ-WHS-010/020(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched

Conventional Weapons (CVN-70) [Confidential Document]
SG420-B5-WHS-010 - Technical Manual for Handling and Stowage of Air-Launched Weapons

SG420-B9-WHS-010/020(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched

Conventional Weapons (CVN-71) [Confidential Document]
SG420-CP-WHS-010 - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched Conventional

Weapons (CVN-72)
SG420-CU-MMO-010/020 - Air Launched Weapons Handling and Stowage (CVN-68)
SG420-CY-WHS-010(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched Conventional

Weapons (CVN-74) [Confidential Document]
SG420-C3-WHS-010 - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Aviation Ordnance Aboard Surface

Combatant Ships
SG420-DB-WHS-010(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched Conventional

SG420-DC-WHS-010(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched Conventional

B-7
SG420-DD-WHS-010(C) - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air Launched Conventional

SG420-DM-WHS-010 - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air-Launched Conventional

Weapons (CVN-77)
SG420-DP-WHS-010 - Shipboard Stowage and Handling of Air-Launched Conventional

Weapons (CVN-73)
SG575-AC-MMA-010 - Multiple All-Up Round Canister (MAC): Description, Maintenance,

Loading and Handling
SG827-AF-MMO-010 - Portable Monorail Hoist, Pneumatic Powered
SG827-AV-MMM-010 - Pneumatic Operated Monorail Hoist
SO400-AD-URM-010/TUM - Tag-Out User’s Manual
SW010-AB-GTP-010 - United States Navy Ammunition: Historical and Functional Data
SW010-AD-GTP-010 - Small Arms and Special Warfare Ammunition
SW010-AF-ORD-010 - Identification of Ammunition
SW020-AC-SAF-010 - Transportation and Storage Data for Ammunition, Explosives, and

Related Hazardous Materials (formerly NAVSEA OP 5 Volume 2 and NAVSEA OP 2165 Volume 2)
SW020-AD-SAF-010 - Explosives Safety Accidents and Lessons Learned (formerly NAVSEA

OP 1014 and NAVSEA OP 3347)
SW020-AG-SAF-010 - Navy Transportation Safety Manual for Ammunition, Explosives, and

Related Hazardous Materials (formerly NAVSEA OP 2165, Volume 1)
SW023-AH-WHM-010 (formerly NAVSEA OP 4098) - Handling Ammunition and Explosives

With Industrial Materials Handling Equipment (MHE)
SW023-AJ-WHS-010 - Handling and Stowage of Amphibious Assault Ammunition Aboard

Amphibious Ships (formerly NAVSEA OP 4550)
SW024-AA-IDS-010 - Portable Magazine Ship Interface Considerations
SW030-AA-MMO-010 - Navy Gun Ammunition
SW050-AB-MMA-010 - Pyrotechnic Screening, Marking, and Countermeasure Devices
SW050-AC-ORD-010 - Toxic Hazards Associated with Pyrotechnic Items
B-8
SW060-AA-MMA-010/020 - Demolition Materials (2 Volumes)
SW073-AC-MMA-010 - Miscellaneous Chemical Munitions
SW221-AU-MMD-010 - Close-In Weapon System Mk 15 Mod 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21,
22, 25, 26, 27 and 28; Installation Drawing Package (formerly OD 56170)
SW221-BF-MMO-060 - Close-In Weapons System (CIWS), Mk 15 Mods 11 through 14,

Phalanx, Block I, Baseline 1 and 2, and Block IA (Maintenance)
SW221-BH-MMO-010 - Integrated Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) for Close-In Weapon

System (CIWS), Mk 15 Mods 21, 22, 25 thru 28; Phalanx Block 1B
SW221-JO-MMO-060 - Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), Mk 15 Mods 11 through 14

(Phalanx)
SW300-BC-SAF-010 - Safety Manual for Clearing of Live Ammunition for Guns
SW360-AE-BIM-010 - Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board Approved Mounts

and Guns for Navy Special Warfare Craft.
SW393-C0-MMM-A10 - Decoy Launching System, Mk 53 Mods 3, 4, 5 and 6; Description,

Operation, Maintenance and Illustrated Parts Breakdown
SW810-BO-MMO-010 - Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), Guided Missile Round Pack, Mk 44

and Guided Missile Round Pack, Mk 47: Description and Handling
T9074-AD-GIB-010 - Fabrication, Welding and Inspection of Submarine Structure (formerly

MIL-STD-1688A (SH) for HY80/HY100)
T9500-AA-PRO-130 - NAVSEA Design Practices and Criteria Manual for Air Conditioning,
Ventilation and Heating of Surface Ships
B-2.11.7. Naval Ships Technical Manuals (NSTM).
S9086-CH-STM-010, Chapter 074 - Welding and Allied Processes
S9086-CH-STM-020, Chapter 074 - Non-Destructive Testing of Metals: Qualification and

Certification Requirements for Naval Personnel
S9086-CH-STM-030, Chapter 074 - Gas-Free Engineering
S9086-CN-STM-010, Chapter 079 - Damage Control, Stability and Buoyancy
S9086-CN-STM-020, Chapter 079 - Damage Control, Practical Damage Control
B-9
S9086-CN-STM-030, Chapter 079 - Damage Control, Engineering Casualty Control
S9086-RJ-STM-000, Chapter 504 - Pressure, Temperature and Other Mechanical and

Electromechanical Measuring Instruments
S9086-RK-STM-010, Chapter 505 - Piping Systems
S9086-SX-STM-010, Chapter 550 - Industrial Gases; Generating, Handling and Storage
S9086-S3-STM-010, Chapter 555 - Surface Ship Firefighting
S9086-S3-STM-020, Chapter 555 - Submarine Firefighting
S9086-TK-STM-010, Chapter 571 - Underway Replenishment
S9086-TL-STM-010, Chapter 572 - Shipboard Stores and Provision Handling
S9086-TM-STM-010, Chapter 573 - Cargo Booms
9086-T3-STM-010, Chapter 588 - Aircraft Elevators
S9086-T4-STM-010, Chapter 589 - Cranes
S9086-XG-STM-010, Chapter 700 - Shipboard Ammunition Handling and Stowage
S9086-ZN-STM-010, Chapter 772 - Cargo and Weapons Elevators
0378-LP-040-8002 - Overhead Monorail System (LHD Class)
0920-LP-101-1010 - Crane System (Sideport) (LHA Class)
0978-LP-039-9010 - Hand Operated Trolley Hoists.
B-2.12. NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSUPSYSCOM).
B-2.12.1. NAVSUP Publications.
538 - Management of Materials Handling Equipment (MHE)
600 - Navy Logistics Library User Guide
P-485, Volume III - Ashore Supply (Replaces NAVSUP Publication 437 - MILSTRIP/
MILSTRAP Operating Procedures Manual)
P-724 - Conventional Ordnance Management; Policies and Procedures (formerly SPCCINST

8010.12)
B-10
P-801 - Ammunition Unserviceable Suspended and Limited Use (formerly NAVSEA TW024-
AA-ORD-010)
P-802 - Navy Ammunition Logistic Code (formerly NAVSEA TW010-AA-ORD-030)
P-803 - Index to Navy Ammunition Stock (formerly NAVSEA TW010-AA-ORD-010)
P-804 - Stock List of Navy Ammunition Data Supplement (formerly NAVSEA TW010-AA-
ORD-020)
P-805 - Navy and Marine Corps Conventional Ammunition Sentencing Receipt, Segregation,
Storage and Issue Sentencing (formerly NAVSEA TW010-AC-ORD-010 and NAVSUP P-807)
B-2.13. NAVAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER (NWDC)
The following document can be accessed through the Navy Knowledge Online (https://
www.nko.navy.mil), accessed via the Navy Warfare Library
B-2.13.1. Navy Tactical Reference Publications (NTRP)
NTRP 4-02.22 - Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Treatment of Chemical
Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries (formerly NAVMED P-5041)
B-2.14. MILITARY STANDARDS.
B-2.14.1. DOD Military Standards.
129 - Marking for Shipment and Storage
167/1 - Mechanical Vibrations of Shipboard Equipment (Type I - Environment and Type II -

Internally Excited)
167/2 - Mechanical Vibrations of Shipboard Equipment (Reciprocating Machinery and

Propulsion System and Shafting) Types III, IV and V (Controlled Distribution)
882 - Standard Practice for Systems Safety
1310 - Standard Practice for Shipboard Bonding, Grounding, and other Techniques for
Electromagnetic, Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Mitigation, Compatibility and Safety
1472 - Department of Defense Criteria Standard: Human Engineering
1760 - Interface Standard for Aircraft/Store Electrical Interconnection System
B-11
B-2.14.2. Navy Military Standards.
1320 - Standard Practice for Designing Unit Loads, Truckloads, Railcar and Intermodal Loads
for Ammunition and Explosives
1365 - General Design Criteria for Handling Equipment Associated with Weapons and Related
Items
1386 - Loading Hazardous Materials in MILVAN Containers
3020 - Fire Resistance of U.S. Naval Surface Ships
B-2.15. MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC).
B-2.15.1. MSC Instructions (MSCINST).
3540.6 - Shipboard Automated Maintenance Management (SAMM)
B-2.15.2. MSC Technical Manuals
TW023-AB-WHS-010 - Handling and Stowage of Ammunition Aboard MSC Class Ships
B-2.16. PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER, INTEGRATED WARFARE SYSTEMS (PEOIWS).
B-2.16.1. PEOIWS Instructions (PEOIWSINST).
8815.1 - Rolling Airframe Missile Mk 31 Guided Missile Weapon System Safety and Design
Precepts
B-2.17. STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAM OFFICE (SSP).
B-2.17.1. SSP Instructions (SSPINST).
9000.5 - Strategic Systems Programs Welding Restrictions
B-3. STANDARDIZATION DOCUMENT ORDER DESK. The following military handbooks,

specifications and other standardization documents are available from the Standardization Document
Order Desk, Building 4D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094.
B-3.1. MILITARY HANDBOOKS (MIL-HDBK).
274 - Electrical Grounding for Aircraft Safety
419 - Grounding, Bonding and Shielding for Electronic Equipment and Facilities
B-12
B-3.2. MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS.
FF-S-2738 - Seals, Antipilferage
MIL-C-21215 - Crate, Pallet, Ammunition
MIL-F-24385 - Fire Extinguishing Agent, Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Liquid
Concentrate, for Fresh and Seawater
MIL-H-24653 - Hasp, High Security, Shrouded for Shipboard Doors and Hatches Using High
and Medium Security Padlock
MIL-I-17244 - Indicators, Temperature, Direct-Reading, Bimetallic
MIL-L-19140 - Lumber and Plywood, Fire-Retardant Treated
MIL-DTL-43607 - Padlock, Key Operated, High Security, Shrouded Shackle
MIL-DTL-32525 - Detail Specification Magazine, Portable (Shipboard).
MIL-PRF-17951 - Deck Covering, Lightweight, Nonship, Abrasive Particle Coated Fabric, Film
or Composite and Sealing Compound (formerly MIL-D-17951)
MIL-PRF-24667 - Coating System, Non-Skid for Roll, Spray, or Self-Adhering Application

(formerly MIL-D-24483)
MIL-S-901 - Shock Tests, High - Impact Shipboard Machinery, Equipment and Systems;
Requirements for
B-4. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. The following publications are available from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; Telephone
(202) 783-3238.
B-4.1. CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR).
Labor:
29, Part 1910 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Navigation and Navigable Waters:
33, Part 1 - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
33, Part 3 - Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army
33, Part 126 - Handling of Dangerous Cargo at Waterfront Facilities
B-13
Protection of the Environment:
40, Part 227 - Protection of Environment, Ocean Dumping Criteria
Shipping:
46, Part 3 - Designation of Oceanographic Research Vessels
46, Part 6 - Waivers of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Laws and Regulations
46, Part 147 - Hazardous Ships’ Stores
46, Part 194 - Handling, Use and Control of Explosives and Other Hazardous Materials
46, Part 196 - Operations
46, Part 199 - Lifesaving Systems for Certain Inspected Vessels
Transportation:
49, Part 171 - General Information, Regulations and Definitions
49, Part 172 - Hazardous Materials Tables, Special Provisions, Hazardous Materials
Communications, Emergency Response Information, and Training Requirements
49, Part 173 - Shippers - General Requirements for Shipments and Packagings
49, Part 175 - Carriage by Aircraft
49, Part 176 - Carriage by Vessel
B-5. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS (ASTM). The following
document can be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Drive, West
Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
F1166 - Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment and
Facilities
B-6. BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES (BOE). The following publication is published by the Bureau of
Explosives, 50 F Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20001.
B-6.1. BOE TARIFF.
BOE-6000 - Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Department of Transportation
B-14
NAVSEA OP 4 ELEVENTH REVISIONN
B-7. MARINE CORPS (MC). Requests for Marine Corps publications should be directed to CMC
(HQSP-2), Washington, D.C. 20380, and should be submitted in accordance with the current edition of
MCO P5600.31.
3500.27 - Operational Risk Management (ORM)
3571.2 - Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Program
8020.1 - Handling, Transportation, Storage, Reclassification and Disposal of Class V (W)

Materiel
8023.3 - Personnel Qualification and Certification Program for Class V Ammunition and
Explosives
P5102.1 - Marine Corps Ground Mishap Reporting
P8011.4 - Marine Corps Table of Allowances for Class V (W) Materiel (Peacetime)
B-8. UNDERWRITER’S LABORATORY. The following standard is available from Underwriter’s

Laboratories, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062; Telephone (312) 272-8800.
B-8.1. UL STANDARD.
96A - Standard for Installation Requirements for Lightning Protection Systems
467 - Grounding and Bonding Equipment
B-9. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION. The following publication is available

from the International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London, U.K SE1-7SR.
Publication 20089.10.E - International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
B-10. SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS. The following specification is available from

the Society of Automotive Engineers, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001. Phone
number is (724) 776-4841.
B-10.1. SAE SPECIFICATIONS
AS33671 - Strap, Tiedown, Electrical Components, Adjustable, Self-Clinching, Plastic, Type I,

Class I (replaces MS3367 which is inactive for new procurement).
B-11. STANDARDIZATION AGREEMENT (STANAG). The following STANAG may be accessed

through https://assist.daps.dla.mil.
1380(AECP-2) - NATO Naval Radio and Radar Radiation Hazard Manual
4439 - Policy for Introduction, Assessment Testing for Insensitive Munitions (MURAT)
B-15/(B-16 Blank)
APPENDIX C
LANDING FORCE AMMUNITION COMPATIBILITY
C-1. GENERAL. This appendix further amplifies the landing force ammunition stowage
compatibility requirements identified in paragraph 3-16.2.3 aboard amphibious warfare ships. Table C-1
provides a list of examples of ammunition compatibility, by Naval Ammunition Logistics Code (NALC),
for each ammunition group.
C-2. AMMUNITION GROUPS. Table 3-5 identifies only 8 of 13 stowage compatibility groups
normally found aboard ship and when applying table 3-5, the compatibility groups are broken down into
six ammunition groups. Each ammunition group allows NALCs from different compatibility groups to
be stowed together. This helps the load planner stow landing force ammunition and explosives aboard
his ship. An example of how this helps the load planner is ammunition group CC. When bombs only are
stowed in ammunition group CC, it is limited to 11 of the listed NALCs. However, by adding hazard
class S, the amount of NALCs is increased to 137 in the compatibility checklist. A brief explanation of
each ammunition group is below, starting with the most restrictive.
a. AMMUNTION GROUP EE contains the most restrictive ammunition and is stowed in

jettisonable lockers on amphibious ships. Thermite (TH) ammunition is in this group and must be stowed
in jettisonable lockers.
b. AMMUNITION GROUP FF is the most restrictive ammunition group stowed within the skin
of the ship. The use of portable plywood bulkheads is not authorized to segregate this type of
ammunition group. It consists of white phosphorous (WP) filled ammunition, compatibility group H.
Remember that HC smoke and small arms ammunition of compatibility groups G and S may be stowed
with WP.
c. AMMUNITION GROUP DD consists of demolition materials in compatibility group D.

These materials range from ¼-pound. blocks of C4 high explosives to 170-foot linear charges for clearing
mine fields. Only demolition charges may be stowed in this ammunition group.
d. AMMUNITION GROUP CC consists of bombs in compatibility group D. These are

primarily aviation in nature. Compatibility group S may be stowed in this group. Bombs must be stowed
in this ammunition group.
e. AMMUNTION GROUP BB consists of fuzes, detonators, blasting caps, small arms and small
arms primers in compatibility groups B and S. Compatibility group B must be stowed in this ammunition
group.
f. AMMUNITION GROUP AA consists of the remaining items of ammunition and explosives

not already stowed. It consists of compatibility groups, C, D, E, F, G and S.
C-1
Table C-1. Examples of Ammunition Compatibility Using Ammunition Groups

AMMUNITION GROUP $$ M966 PL23 SS16
AA04 A023 A168 A576 A990 B577 DA12 EB05 G214 HA07 K092 L272 L553 MG30 MM91 MW86 MM14 PL53 SS17
AA06 A024 A171 A598 A991 B584 DA13 EB33 G215 HA16 K143 L273 L554 MG31 MM92 M012 M845 PL61 SS45
AA11 A059 A191 A605 BA07 B627 DWBS EB38 G216 HA27 K180 L275 L580 MG32 MM93 M015 M852 PL87 SS46
AA12 A063 A255 A606 BA08 B642 DWCI EB59 G217 HA28 K181 L283 L585 MG33 MN08 M162 M905 PL89 WA83
AA19 A064 A257 A607 BWFA B643 D003 EWAA G382 HX05 K867 L302 L592 MG34 MN29 M174 N285 PL95 WF10
AA21 A066 A260 A608 BY30 B647 D501 EWAB G815 HX06 K870 L304 L594 MG35 MN79 M190 N286 PU16 WF15
AA27 A068 A358 A659 B504 B650 D503 EWAF G826 HX07 LA01 L305 L598 MG36 MS63 M193 N289 PV14 XW36
AA29 A071 A360 A665 B505 C380 D505 EW76 G839 HY71 LA02 L306 L599 MG37 MS64 M232 N290 PV15 XW70
AA30 A075 A362 A675 B506 C384 D509 EW92 G874 H567 LA10 L307 L601 MG38 MS66 M308 N291 PV18 XW78
AA31 A080 A363 A676 B508 C385 D510 E069 G881 H812 LW53 L311 MD15 MG39 MS67 M363 N340 PV30 XW79
AA50 A086 A400 A692 B509 C386 D514 E893 G911 H942 LW60 L312 MD16 MG40 MT23 M500 N523 PV47 1W18
AA61 A102 A406 A772 B519 C445 D515 E913 G922 H892 LW62 L314 MD17 MG59 MT85 M543 N659 PV66 2W04
AA65 A106 A450 A777 B534 C449 D529 FW92 G924 H893 LX21 L323 MD18 MG61 MT95 M596 PB55 PV67 2W05
AA89 A111 A475 A862 B535 C484 D532 FW98 G930 H930 L118 L324 MD33 MG67 MU44 M597 PB69 PV74 2W89
AA90 A112 A483 A896 B542 C787 D533 F392 G940 H931 L131 L328 MD54 MH88 MU45 M627 PB92 PV76 3W80
AX11 A124 A518 A974 B546 C791 D540 F470 G945 H933 L132 L378 MD65 MJ21 MU46 M630 PC06 PV82 3W92
AX14 A127 A552 A975 B567 C868 D541 F534 G950 H943 L133 L441 MF21 MJ91 MW02 M644 PC91 PV89 4W61
AY04 A130 A553 A976 B568 C869 D544 F562 G955 J143 L161 L442 MF60 ML03 MW19 M647 PD15 SS01 5010
A005 A131 A555 A978 B569 C870 D563 F739 G963 J147 L193 L451 MF72 MM55 MW29 M648 PD63 SS12 7W69
A011 A136 A557 A979 B571 C871 D564 F810 G982 J271 L225 L495 MF78 MM56 MW37 M670 PE42 SS13 9W22
A014 A140 A562 A981 B572 C875 D579 GG04 HA03 J329 L227 L518 MF97 MM57 MW56 M682 PE43 SS14 9W23
A017 A165 A570 A982 B576 C995 EA65 G213 HA06 J345 L258 L540 MG29 MM58 MW80 M688 PE96 SS15 9W24
AMMUNITION GROUP BB INERT

AA11 A005 A068 A127 A260 B534 FW92 G839 MF60 MM55 MS63 MW29 M630 N289 SS17 AA20 EA68 H308 M001
AA12 A011 A071 A130 A360 EA65 FW98 G878 MG29 MM56 MS64 MW56 M644 N290 SS45 AA55 E511 H663 M002
AA19 A014 A075 A131 A362 EB05 F739 HY71 MG30 MM57 MS66 MW80 M648 N291 SS46 A060 E808 H886 M097
AA21 A017 A080 A136 A363 EB33 F810 J329 MG39 MM58 MS67 MW86 M670 N331 XW70 A135 E894 H945 M098
AA29 A023 A086 A140 A400 EB38 G213 K092 MG40 MM59 MT23 M130 M766 N659 XW78 A159 E962 H946 M165
AA30 A024 A102 A165 A406 EW76 G214 MD15 MG61 MM91 MU44 M131 M845 SS12 XW79 A162 E973 JW01 M474
AA31 A059 A106 A171 A475 EW92 G215 MD16 MH88 MM92 MU45 M193 M852 SS13 1W18 A359 FW25 JW83 M475
AX11 A063 A111 A191 A483 E069 G216 MD17 ML03 MM93 MU46 M232 M905 SS14 7W69 A501 FW44 J136 M476
AX14 A064 A112 A255 BWFA E893 G217 MD18 ML65 MN08 MW02 M500 N285 SS15 9W22 A560 FW90 J416 M477
AY04 A066 A124 A257 BY30 E913 G382 MD33 ML83 MN29 MW19 M627 N286 SS16 A844 FW95 J433 M478
A924 F017 J434 M479
AMMUNTION GROUP C& A406 EW76 FW92 G839 MD33 MM56 MS64 MW56 M670 SS16 A929 F411 LW02 M480
A931 F415 LW05 M481
AA11 AY04 A064 A111 A171 A475 EW92 FW98 HY71 MF60 MM57 MS66 MW80 M766 SS17
A966 F417 LW20 M482
AA12 A005 A066 A112 A191 A483 E069 F288 J004 MG29 MM58 MS67 MW86 M845 SS45
A967 F448 LW25 M483
AA19 A011 A068 A124 A255 BWFA E488 F289 K133 MG30 MM59 MT23 M193 M853 SS46
A968 F763 LX11 M484
AA21 A014 A071 A127 A257 BY30 E510 G213 K295 MG39 MM91 MU44 M232 N905 XW70
BWBG F766 LY15 M486
AA29 A017 A075 A130 A260 B534 E892 G214 K301 MG40 MM92 MU45 M500 N289 XW78
BWHC F768 LY53 M487
AA30 A023 A080 A131 A360 EA56 E893 G215 MD15 MG61 MM93 MU46 M627 SS12 XW79
B472 F780 LY57 M914
AA31 A024 A086 A136 A362 EA65 E895 G216 MG16 MH88 MN08 MW02 M630 SS13 1W18
CWCD F782 L111 NW20
AX11 A059 A102 A140 A363 EB33 E913 G217 MD17 ML03 MN29 MW19 M644 SS14 7W69
CWCG F919 L431 NW33
AX14 A063 A106 A165 A400 EB38 E917 G382 MD18 MM55 MS63 MW29 M648 SS15 9W22
CWDC GG05 ML06 PN16
DWBG GW03 MN11 XWS7
AMMUNITION GROUP DD M457 M913 M984 DWBH G130 MN12 XW38
ML04 ML12 ML17 MM26 MM31 MM38 MM43 MM48 MN33 MU43 M023 M031 M485 M976 M986 DWBI HW01 MW14 XW73
ML05 ML13 ML18 MM27 MM32 MM39 MM44 MM51 MN34 MW52 M024 M032 M591 M977 M995 DWBJ HW02 MW28 1W73
ML09 ML14 ML19 MM28 MM33 MM40 MM45 MM52 MU40 MW53 M028 M420 M757 M980 M996 DWBK HW49 MW38 1W82
ML10 ML15 ML25 MM29 MM34 MM41 MM46 MM53 MU41 MW82 M029 M421 M791 M981 M997 DWBY H121 MW49 2W12
ML11 ML16 MM24 MM30 MM35 MM42 MM47 MM54 MU42 MW84 M030 M456 M792 M982 M998 DWCF H122 MW85 5W32
EA11 H142 MX14
AMMUNITION GROUP EE G900 M598 M601
AMMUNITION GROUP FF A136 A360 A576 C477 EW92 G217 MD15 MG39 MM58 MS64 MW19 M627 M905 SS45
AA06 AA31 A014 A066 A106 A140 A362 A577 D528 F069 G382 MD16 MG40 MM59 MS66 MW29 M630 N289 SS46
AA11 AA50 A017 A068 A111 A165 A363 A606 D550 FW92 G839 MD17 MG61 MM91 MS67 MW56 M644 SS12 XW70
AA12 AX11 A023 A071 A112 A171 A400 A607 EA65 FW98 G930 MD18 MH88 MM92 MT23 MW80 M648 SS13 XW78
AA19 AX14 A024 A075 A124 A191 A406 A608 EB05 G213 G937 MD33 ML03 MM93 MU44 MW86 M670 SS14 XW79
AA21 AY04 A059 A080 A127 A255 A475 BY30 EB33 G214 HY71 MF60 MM55 MN08 MU45 M193 M766 SS15 1W18
AA29 A005 A063 A086 A130 A257 A483 B534 EB38 G215 H929 MG29 MM56 MN29 MU46 M232 M845 SS16 7W79
AA30 A011 A064 A102 A131 A260 A562 B646 EW76 G216 K867 MG30 MM57 MS63 MW02 M500 M852 SS17 9W22
This is not all inclusive compatibility checklist. However, it does contain 626 NALCs frequently found
on amphibious ships. Bold NALCs like C870 must be stowed in the pyrotechnic locker if available.
LPDs are authorized to stow these NALCs with AMMUNITION GROUP AA below decks.
C-2
APPENDIX D
SIGNS, PLACARDS, HAZARD MARKINGS AND LABEL PLATES
D-1. GENERAL. This appendix identifies the appropriate danger signs, such as warnings, cautions,
etc., and safety precautions shall be posted conspicuously in all areas where ammunition and explosives
are stowed, handled or fired. Regularly scheduled training shall be conducted to make all personnel
aware of the meaning and intent of all danger signs and safety precautions. The following signs,
placards, hazard identifications and markings, and safety precaution label plates shall be clearly
identified where ammunition and explosives are stowed, handled or fired.
D-2. AMMUNITION FAR SIDE SIGNS. The words, “AMMUNITION FAR SIDE”, as shown in
figure D-1, shall be posted on the external side of all boundaries of ammunition stowage spaces, except
for those outside surfaces which are visible from the exterior of the ship or interior surfaces with special
decorative material. They shall be paint-stenciled labels, painted signs, or permanently affixed adhesive
reflective labels with a yellow rectangle, a minimum of 5 inches high by 9 inches wide. Black slanted
lines are required along the top and bottom edges, not to obscure the letters. Letters shall be black, a
minimum of 1/8-inch thick and 3/4-inch high. Markings on bulkheads shall be placed 5 feet above the
deck and spaced 12 feet apart horizontally, if possible. Markings on decks and overheads shall be spaced
12 feet apart, if possible. Deck markings shall be placed to maximize visibility and in places where labels
will not be destroyed during normal ship operations. All measurements are approximate and may be
adjusted slightly where required.
FIGURE D-1. Sample “AMMUNITION FAR SIDE” Sign or Label
D-1
D-3. OTHER SIGNS AND PLACARDS. Appropriate signs and placards shall be posted
conspicuously in all areas where ammunition and explosives are handled and stowed. Regularly
scheduled training shall be conducted to make all personnel aware of their meaning and intent.
D-3.1. HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO)

WARNING SYMBOLS AND LABELS. HERO warning labels shall be posted at any location where
radar equipment or other possible sources of electromagnetic radiation might create the potential for
premature initiation of ordnance. Warning labels shall be affixed to portable and mobile radios. Refer to
NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529 Volume 2 for detailed HERO information.
D-3.2. GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR MAGAZINE AND LOCKERS PLACARD.

An explosives safety precaution placard will be conspicuously posted upon entry in all shipboard
magazines and directly on all lockers. The Standardized General Safety Regulations for Magazines and
Lockers placard is shown in figure D-2. Some weapons may require special stowage instructions unique
to the weapon. Program Managers for these weapons are required to provide and maintain the unique
precautionary information to supplement the standardized placard shown in figure D-2.
D-3.3. GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ORDNANCE HANDLING PLACARD. An

explosives safety precaution placard will be conspicuously posted in all shipboard ordnance handling
areas. The Standardized General Safety Regulations for Ordnance Handling placard is shown in figure
D-3. Some weapons may require special handling instructions unique to the weapon. Program Managers
for these weapons are required to provide and maintain the unique precautionary information to
supplement the standardized placard shown in figure D-3, which is available through the local supply
system.
D-3.4. WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP) SAFETY PLACARD. The safety precautions and
treatment for white phosphorus (WP) injuries shall be posted in the vicinity of authorized stowage
locations when stowing WP-loaded munitions as mission load, shipfill or landing force ammunition
allowance. A 5% bicarbonate solution (one cup sodium bicarbonate dissolved in a gallon of water) shall
be available in areas where WP is stowed, handled or assembled. Figures D-4 and D-5 depict an example
of each placard type.
D-3.5. NON-SPRINKLED BELOW DECK LOCKER PLACARD. A placard shall be posted on

the hatch (door) of each non-sprinkled below deck locker that states: "Un-Sprinkled Ordnance Locker
Max: 5 Pounds NEW of Hazard Class/Division 1.4S or less hazardous material."
D-3.6. DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) SAFETY SIGNS. Magazines and ready-service lockers
located on the weather deck that are approved to stow the Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System
(CIWS) containing DU ammunition will be posted on the exterior of the outside door with a "Safety
Precaution, CIWS Mk 15 Ammunition Handling" sign, figure D-6. Likewise, magazines below the
weather deck used for the stowage of DU ammunition shall be posted with the standard, "Caution:
Radioactive Material," sign on the magazine entrance.
D-3.7. OTTO FUEL II SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. Otto Fuel II is a liquid monopropellant used
in the propulsion of Mk 46, Mk 48, and Mk 54 Torpedoes. All personnel concerned with the receipt,
handling, transporting, stowage and use of Otto Fuel II shall observe the health and safety precautions
D-2
documented in NAVSEA S6340-AA-MMA-010. Additionally, NAVSEA S6340-AA-MMA-010

identifies the "Safety Instructions for Otto Fuel II" which shall be posted at all locations where it is
handled or stowed.
D-3.8. PYROTECHNIC AMMUNITION SAFETY PLACARD. A pyrotechnic ammunition safety

precautions placard, figure D-7, shall be posted on all authorized pyrotechnic stowage spaces or
pyrotechnic lockers. Likewise water-activated pyrotechnic ammunition stowed in an authorized
sprinkled magazine or locker shall have a warning placard, figure D-8, posted on the door.
D-4. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND MARKINGS. The following hazard identification and
markings shall be clearly identified where ammunition and explosives are stowed, handled or fired.
D-4.1. DANGER STAND CLEAR OF LAUNCHER DECK AREA. For launcher areas, a
"DANGER STAND CLEAR OF LAUNCHER DECK AREA" sign shall be conspicuously located on
each side of the launcher deck. These signs must be stenciled in 2-inch white letters centered on a red,
rectangular background. The red background height and width will be determined by the particular ship’s
available deck area.
D-4.2. DANGER CIRCLE. The Weapons Program Manager, in conjunction with

NAVSEASYSCOM, is required to establish a danger circle around power-driven systems, such as gun
mounts, turrets, gun/missile directors and missile launchers. The circles shall meet the following
requirements:
a. The danger area shall be encircled by a painted red line, 4 inches wide. The inside of the red
line shall be approximately 18 inches from the maximum rotating projection of the armament.
b. The danger area shall be labeled by painting the words “DANGER AREA” in 2-inch high
white letters, centered within the 4-inch wide red circle line described in subparagraph a. The words
“DANGER AREA” shall be repeated around the circle every 4 feet.
c. All ship’s structures that come in contact with the 4-inch wide red line and vertical extension
of the line to a height of 7 feet shall be labeled with the words “DANGER AREA” by painting 2-inch
high red letters, centered on the area, and its extremities at a height of 5 feet from the deck. The danger
circle markings shall be extended to adjacent horizontal or near-horizontal surface where personnel could
potentially stand or sit. It is not required to connect the arc across vertical surfaces to form a continuous
connected circle.
NOTE
Without changing embedded functions the following applies:
d. If the danger circle falls inside of or on a gun tub enclosure, the outside of the enclosures shall
be labeled by painting a 4-inch wide danger circle with 2-inch high letters spelling “DANGER CIRCLE”
centered in the circle line. The top of the danger circle shall be in line with the upper edge of the gun tub
and shall be painted as described in subparagraphs b and c.
D-3
GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR MAGAZINES AND LOCKERS

(REFER TO NAVSEA OP 4 FOR DETAILED REQUIREMENTS)
1. No smoking, matches, lighters or open flames.
2. No hot work allowed in this space or to its boundaries.
3. No eating or drinking.
4. No alterations or modifications to this space without prior

COMNAVSEASYSCOM approval.
5. This space shall be kept clean.
6. No unauthorized equipment shall be used in this space.
7. No other material shall be stowed in this space with

ordnance.
8. Any unusual conditions of the ordnance such as leaks,

moisture damage, odors or shifting in stowage shall be
reported to supervisory personnel immediately.
9. No safety device shall be bypassed.
10. All ordnance shall be secured against ship’s movement.

Ordnance shall be stowed in designated stowage spaces only.
11. Magazine temperature shall not exceed the limits for the
stowed ordnance.
FIGURE D-2. Standardized General Safety Regulations for Magazines and
Lockers Placard
D-4
GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ORDNANCE HANDLING

(REFER TO NAVSEA OP 4 FOR DETAILED REQUIREMENTS)
1. A supervisor certified in accordance with OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) shall
be present prior to starting handling operations.
2. An ordnance handling pre-brief shall be conducted prior to starting

handling operations.
3. Personnel present shall be kept to a minimum.

4. Handling of ordnance shall be kept to a minimum.
5. Only authorized equipment that has been properly maintained shall be used.
6. Competition with other handling parties is prohibited.
7. Horseplay is prohibited.
8. Do not drop, bump, or hit ordnance. Do not strike ordnance with handling
gear.
9. All handling equipment shall completely engage the ordnance suspension
lugs or ordnance handling points. Supervisors shall verify complete
engagement prior to lift or movement.
10. A minimum of two persons must be present to move ordnance.

11. Ordnance should not be left unattended on handling equipment. If it is
necessary to do so, the ordnance and the equipment must be secured with
tiedowns.
12. Do not move armed or damaged ordnance. Notify supervisory personnel

immediately.
13. Bale hooks are not authorized in handling areas. All hooks shall be moused.
14. Never use cargo nets alone to handle ordnance.
15. Personnel shall be assigned to guide ordnance through scuttles or hatches.
16. Set HERO EMCON in accordance with the ship’s HERO bill prior to
handling ordnance.
FIGURE D-3. Standardized General Safety Regulations for Ordnance Handling Placard
D-5
GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP)
1. All WP projectiles shall be stowed nose up to prevent them from becoming unbalanced
should the filler melt and subsequently solidify.
2. WP must be stowed where temperatures can be maintained below 100° F because it melts
at 110° F.
3. WP ammunition shall be handled carefully so it may retain its airtight seal.
4. WP will spontaneously ignite if exposed to air. If combustion occurs in a confined space,
the oxygen content of the atmosphere in the space will not be sufficient to support life.
Further, high concentrations of the vapors produced by burning WP are irritating to the
eyes, nose, throat, lungs, and skin.
5. WP vapors and fires can best be controlled by complete immersion of the leaking item in a
tank of water which shall be kept available in the magazine or the adjacent handling area.
Vapors and fires also can be controlled by the application of water fog, however, WP will
reignite when the water has dried from it.
6. Exposed WP shall be kept wet until all traces are washed or scraped overboard.
7. Personnel involved in handling WP “leakers” shall wear goggles or face shield, heavy
leather or rubber gloves and rubber apron.
8. Prior to any handling operation, Medical Department shall be notified.
9. WP munitions shall be protected from direct sunlight, rain, sea spray or other conditions
that may cause corrosion of the munitions containers.
FIGURE D-4. General Safety Precautions for White Phosphorus (WP)
FIRST AID TREATMENT FOR WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP)
1. Prompt first aid treatment of personnel hit by WP is required.

2. First aid shall consist of flushing with large amounts of water. Remove obvious large
particles of WP from the skin by brushing with a knife, tool or stick, and cover with a wet
dressing.
WARNING
Use water wet dressings only. Contaminated clothing

should be removed as quickly as possible to the extent
that this can be readily done.
3. Most effective treatment is neutralization of any phosphoric acid with a 5 percent

bicarbonate solution (one cup sodium bicarbonate dissolved in a gallon of water).
Irrigation should be continued for 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Do not use grease or ointments on WP burns.
NTRP 4-02.22 provides information regarding treatment of WP injuries.
FIGURE D-5. First Aid Treatment for White Phosphorus (WP)
D-6
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, CIWS MK 15 AMMUNITION HANDLING
1. THE CARTRIDGE MK 149 MOD 0 AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THE CIWS IS

CLASSIFIED AS HAZARD CLASS/DIVISION 1.4. THE PRIMER AND PROPELLANT
ARE THE ONLY COMPONENTS HAVING EXPLOSIVE HAZARD. THIS AMMUNITION
MUST BE HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OP 4. THE CARTRIDGE CONTAINS
AN ELECTRIC PRIMER AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO RADIATION HAZARD
(RADHAZ). ALL HF TRANSMITTERS (2-32 MHZ) AND B-BAND RADARS (200-400
MHZ) SHOULD BE SECURED WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO HANDLE UNLINKED
AMMUNITION, SUCH AS WHEN CLEANING A GUN JAM.
2. AMMUNITION ON DECK, OUT OF ITS APPROVED CONTAINER AND NOT IN THE

GUN SYSTEM, SHOULD ALWAYS BE HANDLED IN THE APPROVED MK 7 MOD 1
RADHAZ LINKS. ANY LOOSE AMMUNITION THAT IS EXPOSED TO RF FIELDS
SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF IMMEDIATELY. ANY CONDUCTING OBJECT IN
CONTACT WITH THE PRIMER, INCLUDING PERSONNEL TOUCHING THE PRIMER,
IN AN RF FIELD CAN CAUSE THE PRIMER TO DETONATE. EXTREME CAUTION
SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO HANDLE LOOSE
AMMUNITION.
FIGURE D-6. Safety Precautions, CIWS Mk 15 Ammunition Handling
D-7
FIGURE D-7. Pyrotechnic Ammunition Safety Precautions Placard
D-8
FIGURE D-8. Pyrotechnic Ammunition with Water-Activated Battery Warning

Placard
D-9
D-4.3. MISSILE BLAST AREAS. The Weapons Program Manager, in conjunction with
NAVSEASYSCOM, shall establish a missile blast area in the vicinity of all missile launchers. This area
shall meet the following requirements:
a. The location for missile blast areas shall be established as follows:
(1) For ships with forward missile launchers/VLS, the weather decks forward of the
deckhouse shall be considered a missile blast area.
(2) For ships with aft missile launchers/VLS, the weather decks aft of the aft extremity of
the deckhouse and the weather decks immediately below the launcher deck shall be considered a missile
blast area.
(3) For HARPOON, clear weather decks extending to a 50-foot radius or bounded by
bulkheads shall be considered a missile blast area. Weather decks immediately below the launcher deck
shall be considered a missile blast area.
(4) For SRBOC/NULKA Launchers, the launcher deck extending to a 25-foot radius or
bounded by bulkheads, including topside areas directly above and below, shall be considered a missile
blast area. Loading zone danger and warning plates for the Mk 137 Launcher (figure D-9) and for the
Chaff Launcher (figure D-10) shall be installed at all entrances to launcher groups. Refer to NAVSEA
SW393-C0-MMM-A10 for description, operation, maintenance and illustrated parts breakdown
information supporting these launching systems.
(5) For CVN and CLF ships with launchers on sponsons, the sponson shall be considered a
missile blast area.
(6) For RAM Launchers, the launcher deck extending to a 30-foot radius or bounded by
bulkheads shall be considered a missile blast area.
(7) For NATO SEASPARROW Launchers, the launcher deck extending to a 50-foot radius
or bounded by bulkheads shall be considered a missile blast area.
b. The missile blast area requires danger signs that are a minimum 12 x 12 inches in size
containing white lettering on a red background posted five feet above the deck. The missile blast area
shall be identified as follows:
(1) Danger signs shall be conspicuously displayed on exterior bulkheads in missile blast
areas. These signs shall read “DANGER: MISSILE BLAST AREA”.
(2) Danger signs shall be conspicuously displayed on the interior of doors, hatches and
other openings to missile blast areas. The signs shall read “DANGER: MISSILE BLAST AREA”.
(3) Danger signs shall be conspicuously displayed at boundaries and accesses to launcher
blast areas. These danger signs shall read “DANGER: THIS OPENS TO A MISSILE BLAST AREA,
DO NOT LOITER, LAUNCH MAY OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING”.
D-10
(4) Painting lines, circles, etc., to identify blast areas is not authorized, since there are no
clear safety boundaries where blast is concerned.
FIGURE D-9. Mk 137 Launcher Loading Zone Danger and Warning Plates
D-11
FIGURE D-10. Chaff Launcher Loading Zone Warning Plate
(5) If access can be gained to a missile blast area, danger signs reading, "DANGER:
MISSILE BLAST AREA", shall be posted on each level of the ship’s exterior superstructure.
D-4.4. AUDIBLE OR VISUAL WARNING DEVICES. All fully automated launching and firing
systems must be equipped with either a functional audible or visual alarm system or both systems.
D-4.5. FLUSH DECK HATCH MARKINGS. Flush deck hatches shall have a red and yellow
striped safety margin painted around the hatch opening as show in figure D-11.
D-12
FIGURE D-11. Safety Margin Hatches Hangar Deck and Flight Deck
D-4.6. ELEVATOR SAFETY MARGIN MARKINGS. Safety margins shall be painted on

ordnance elevator platforms to ensure that loads do not overhang the platform prior to closing doors or
hatches. The safety margin shall be painted solid yellow and extend from the platform edges inboard 3
inches. Where a ramp extends onto the platform, the margin shall extend a minimum of 3 inches beyond
the maximum inboard extension of the ramp. The only exception is where wheeled handling equipment
are used for the transfer of ammunition and explosives. Then, the platform end edges and ramps shall
have a painted safety margin of 5 inches, with the 3-inch margin on the side edges. As shown in figure D-
12, careful measurement must be made to determine the outside limit of the safety margin. The outer
perimeter of the safety margins begins at the edge of the usable elevator platform. The extremities of the
weapon may extend over the inner edge of the safety margin. However, the risk of damage increases as
the weapon approaches the outer edge of the margin. If the weapon extends into the safety margin, the
weapons officer and the ship’s safety officer shall be advised and approve of the intrusion. Elevators with
flush deck hatches shall have a red and yellow striped safety margin painted around the hatch opening
and ramps shall be painted in black and yellow diagonal striping in accordance with NSTM S9086-ZN-
STM-010/CH-772.
D-13
FIGURE D-12. Weapons-Elevator Safety Margin
D-5. SAFETY PRECAUTION LABEL PLATE. Table D-1 identifies all the safety precaution label
plates that shall be clearly and conspicuously located, as appropriate, where ammunition and explosives
are stowed, handled or fired. This table also provides National Stock Number (NSNs) and applicable
form numbers to obtain the required label plates.
D-14
Table D-1. Safety Precaution Label Plates
NOMENCLATURE STOCK NO./NSN FORM NO.

20MM GUN NOT LISTED
40MM SALUTING MOUNT 0118LF1142800 NAVSEA 1995/63

MK 11
AIRBORNE ROCKETS NOT LISTED
AIRCRAFT GUIDED NOT LISTED

MISSILES
AIRCRAFT MINES NOT LISTED
AMMUNITION FAR SIDE 7690-01462639
AMMUNITION HANDLING NOT LISTED

PRECAUTIONS
CARTRIDGE ACTIVATED NOT LISTED

DEVICES
DEMOLITION CHARGES NOT LISTED

AND DETONATORS
ELECTRICAL SAFETY 0118LF0196100 NAVSEA 1995/1

PRECAUTION
FUZES AND RELATED NOT LISTED

EXPLOSIVE COMPONENTS
GUN FIRING HAZARDS NOT LISTED
GUN MOUNT NOT LISTED

PRECAUTIONS
HANDLING AND STOWAGE NOT LISTED

OF BOMB TYPE AMMO
HYDRAULIC FLUID NOT LISTED

PRECAUTIONS
LINE THROWING GUN NOT LISTED
LOADING ZONE DANGER & DANGER: 9905-01-097-0204*

WARNING PLATES: MK 137 WARNING: NONE*
LAUNCHER
LOADING ZONE WARNING 9905-01-328-5954*

PLATE: CHAFF LAUNCHER
MAGAZINE & AMMUNITION 0118LF1134200 NAVSEA 1995/45

HANDLING SPACES -
SAFETY PREACAUTIONS
*SHIPS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING SERVICE

(DAPS) AND ORDER DANGER/WARNING PLATES DIRECTLY THROUGH THEM AT: HTTP://
WWW.DAPS.DLA.MIL/LOCATIONS/INDEX.ASPX
D-15
Table D-1. Safety Precaution Label Plates (Continued)

MAGAZINE RESTRICTION NOT LISTED
NO SMOKING 0118LF1134400 NAVSEA 1995/47
NOTICE (LOW ORD EXPL)
OP INSTR (S) REMOTE 0118LF1152200 NAVSEA 1995/85

CONTROL SPRINKLING
ORDNANCE ELECTRICAL- 0118LF1133300 NAVSEA 1995/40

ELECTRONIC SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS
PRESSURIZED AIR NOT LISTED

SYSTEMS
PYROTECHNIC 0118LF0203300 NAVSEA 1995/28

AMMUNITION SAFETY
PRECAUTION
PYROTECHNIC MAGAZINE 0118LF1142200 NAVSEA 1995/60

SAFETY
RADIATION SAFETY NOT LISTED
READY-SERVICE LOCKERS 0118LF1149000 NAVSEA 1995/81

& AMMUNITION SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS
RESTRICTED AREA- 0118LF1132200 NAVSEA 1995/32

AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL
ONLY
ROCKET MAGAZINE 0118LF1143800 NAVSEA 1995/70

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 0188LF0202000 NAVSEA 1995/22

FOR SMALL ARMS &
MACHINE GUNS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 0118LF1135400 NAVSEA 1995/50

MACHINE GUN
READY-SERVICE LOCKER
SAFETY SUMMARY NOT LISTED
SHOTGUNS NOT LISTED
SMALL ARMS & MACHINE 0118LF0202000 NAVSEA 1995/22

GUNS
STORAGE BATTERY 0118LF1143900 NAVSEA 1995/71

SAFETY PRECAUTION
D-16
Table D-1. Safety Precaution Label Plates (Continued)

TORPEDO SAFETY NOT LISTED
PRECAUTIONS
UNAUTHORIZED 0118LF1298800 NO NUMBER ASSIGNED

PERSONNEL-KEEP OUT (Awaiting Stock Depletion)
WARNING-RESTRICTED NOT LISTED

AREA-AUTHORIZED
PERSONNEL ONLY
WEAPONS STOWAGE NOT LISTED

RESTRICTION NOTICE
D-17/(D-18 Blank)
APPENDIX E
DON EXPLOSIVES SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
E-1. GENERAL. This appendix provides the Department of the Navy’s (DON’s) explosives safety
training requirements. Table E-1 provides a quick reference guide for the nine mandatory or
recommended explosives safety training requirements.
E-2. PERSONNEL REQUIREMENT.
E-2.1. Military personnel (active and reserve duty) assigned to shipboard positions involving
responsibilities related to ammunition and explosives are required to complete the applicable explosives
safety training after reporting aboard and assigned to the appropriate department/division, or as directed
in the qualification/certification training plan.
E-2.2. Civilians assigned to positions involving responsibilities related to ammunition and explosives
aboard Naval vessels, including but not limited to Military Sealift Command (MSC), shall have the
applicable explosives safety training.
E-2.3. All personnel, unless otherwise noted, shall be scheduled to complete or have completed the
training within 6 months of reporting.
E-3. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS/AVAILABILITY.
a. Basic Explosives Safety. The following courses have been designated to satisfy the basic
explosives safety training requirements for personnel afloat. These courses have been developed around
two general job functions so that some degree of customizing could be accomplished. It is the
responsibility of the activity’s immediate supervisor/reporting senior, Weapons Officer, Ordnance
Officer, and/or Qualification/Certification Board Chairperson to examine the individuals’ prior
explosives safety training history to assess the need for these courses or refresher. Requirement
guidelines should be addressed in activity training plans. Course descriptions, lengths, and availability
are described below.
(1) Basics of Naval Explosives Hazard Control [4E-F29/645-F13(DL); formerly

AMMO-18-DL]:
Scope: This course is designated for ordnance handling personnel with limited or no
background in explosives safety. This course is required for all personnel who are qualified and certified
as per the OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) as a Team Member (TM) and will provide a basic understanding
of the hazards of ammunition and explosives, and acquaint attendees with the explosives safety principles
and practices outlined in this publication. Characteristics of ammunition and explosives, storage
compatibility, and quantity-distance requirements will be introduced. Control of hazards, transportation,
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and various handling operations will be addressed. An explanation of the DON Safety and Qualification/
Certification program will be given. An electronic certificate of completion will be issued upon course
completion.
Prerequisites: None.
Format/Availability: This course is web-based and available online at the Naval

Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) website (go to Programs, then Explosives Safety
Operations, then Training)
Length: This course takes an average of 16 hours to complete.
Periodicity: Completion of this course is one-time only. Activities may require this
course as a refresher for personnel who have been away from ordnance handling duties for a year or
more.
(2) Naval Explosives Safety for Supervisors/Managers [4E-F39/645-F23(DL); formerly

AMMO-49-DL]:
Scope: This course is an advanced version of 4E-F29/645-F13(DL) and is designed and

required for personnel who are assigned as the Gunnery Officer, Ordnance Officer or Weapons Officer
(that are not designated as a Surface, Subsurface or Aviation Ordnance Limited Duty Officer (LDO)
616X, 626X, 636X or a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) 716X, 726X, 736X. Other personnel that are
required to complete this training are those that are qualified and certified in accordance with
OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) as a Team Leader (TL) or Quality Assurance/Safety Observer (QA/SO).
This course provides a detailed overview of general ammunition and explosives safety training for DON
shipboard activity as provided by this manual. The training introduces the different classes of
ammunition and explosives, stressing safe handling and explosives safety requirements and emphasizes
the use of explosives safety-related publications and instructions for extracting information required to
safely manage ordnance operations. Course content provides scenarios where the student must be able to
find and use referenced information to solve problems. An electronic certificate of completion will be
issued upon course completion.
Format/Availability: This course is web-based and available online at the NOSSA

website (go to Programs, then Explosives Safety Operations, then Training)
Periodicity: Completion of this course is one-time only. Activities may require this
course as a refresher for personnel who have been away from ordnance supervisor/management duties for
a year or more.
Special Information: The option to take this course in lieu of 4E-F29/645-F13(DL) is

authorized and satisfies the requirements of this appendix.
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(3) Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Operator Course:
Scope: This training is required by 29 CFR 1910.178, implemented by NAVSEA

SW023-AH-WHM-010 and NAVSUP P-538 and designed for MHE operators who handle ammunition
and explosives. This course establishes the minimum requirements that DON personnel must
successfully meet prior to being issued a powered industrial MHE license to handle ammunition and
explosives. This course identifies the various types of MHE approved for handling ammunition and
explosives afloat and ashore, defines the operational areas in which the MHE can be operated, addresses
operational safety precautions, and concludes with a test that assesses the students’ knowledge of safety
requirements and operational proficiency.
Prerequisites: All personnel (FC, GM, MN, STG, AO and CTM) that are responsible
for the operations of various types of MHE approved for handling ammunition and explosives afloat.
Completion of 4E-F29/645-F13(DL) is mandatory.
Format/Availability: NAVSEA SW023-AH-WHM-010 contains specific information

on training requirements. The training course curriculum is located in appendix A of NAVSEA
SW023-AH-WHM-010 in order to assist activities in conducting a training program for MHE operators.
Upon introduction of new equipment or when initial operator training is required, local instructors are
authorized to provide this training using the training course curriculum found in NAVSEA
SW023-AH-WHM-010. Local instructors shall be authorized in writing by the Commanding Officer/
Officer-In-Charge (CO/OIC).
Length: This course takes an average of 3 days (24 hours) to complete in both the
classroom and practical laboratory.
Periodicity: Initial MHE operator training in accordance with appendix A of NAVSEA

SW023-AH-WHM-010 is one-time only. Refer to NAVSEA SW023-AH-WHM-010 for specific
refresher training parameters.
(4) Magazine Sprinkler Systems Operations Maintenance and Repair Course (K-041-0248):
Scope: Magazine Sprinkler Systems Operations Maintenance and Repair course is

designed to train personnel in the proper operation, testing, casualty analysis, preventive maintenance and
repair of salt water activated dry-type magazine sprinkler systems and associated thermopneumatic
controls.
The Magazine Sprinkler Systems Operations Maintenance and Repair course uses a combination of
classroom instruction, laboratory instruction and laboratory practical application. Upon completion of
this course, students will have an in-depth knowledge of operation, preventive and corrective
maintenance on magazine sprinkler systems. This course provides training in the following areas:
a. General and detailed functional description of the Magazine Sprinkler System.
b. Preventive and corrective maintenance of the Magazine Sprinkler System and the Magazine
Sprinkler Valve.
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c. General, physical, functional and operational description of the Automatic Control System.
d. Preventive maintenance of the Automatic Control System.
A certificate of completion will be issued upon course completion.
Prerequisites: All personnel (FC, GM, MN, STG, AO and CTM) that are responsible
for the maintenance repair, testing and upkeep of magazine sprinkler systems and all rates associated with
the maintenance of magazine sprinkler systems.
Format/Availability: The course schedule and description may be found on the

Corporate Enterprise and Training Activity Resource System (CETARS) website.
Length: This course takes an average of 3 days to complete in the classroom.
Periodicity: Completion of Magazine Sprinkler Systems Operations Maintenance and

Repair course is one-time only. Activities may require this course as a refresher for personnel who have
been away from magazine sprinkler systems operations maintenance and repair for a year or more.
Refresher can be completed either in the classroom or by completing the course: CSCS-K041-2048 on
Navy Knowledge Online (NKO).
(5) Ammunition Supply Administration (A-041-0040):
Scope: The Ammunition Supply Administration (ASA) course is designed to provide

training for E-5 and above personnel assigned to ammunition duties afloat, the skills and abilities to
generate and maintain ammunition records, and other technical information required to manage ordnance
assets. It provides instruction to key ordnance logistics personnel in the performance of advanced
information management duties and techniques using the automated computer based procedures. The
course provides the students with the knowledge, skills and proper procedures necessary to record and
manage ammunition assets. Training includes the generation and management of records relating to
requisitions, receipts, issues, expenditures, inventory management and control. Also consists of Notice
of Ammunition Reclassification (NAR) training, ammunition reporting and other pertinent technical and
safety information. Topics: Data Base Management, Asset Management, Ammunition Issue Policy and
Procedures, Inventory Management, Transaction Reports and Retrievals, and Data Base Administration.
Prerequisites: Personnel in Pay Grades E5 to E9 that are assigned duties of a Database

Administrator (DBA) at the activity. Minimum six months experience of Ordnance Accountability and
Accounting. Upon successful completion of the course the individual is awarded the NEC 9525
(Ammunition Inventory Management Specialist).
NOTE
E-4 waivers will be accepted if the activity’s CO endorses a waiver stating that the
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prospective student will be fulfilling duties of a DBA at the activity.
Format/Availability: The course schedule and description may be found on the

Corporate Enterprise and Training Activity Resource System (CETARS) website.
Length: Course length is 2 weeks (10 days) and consists of both classroom and
practical laboratory.
Periodicity: It is recommended that experienced Retail Ordnance Logistics

Management System (ROLMS) and Ordnance Information System-Partial Connect (OIS-PC) operators,
DBAs, and other personnel who need to understand the process and procedure review the course
curriculum for training/refresher consideration.
(6) Fleet Ammunition Sentencing Course:
Scope: This course is designed to train personnel in the proper techniques to correctly
sentence ammunition and ordnance. It is designed for all afloat personnel who perform ammunition
sentencing duties using NAVSUP Ammunition Publications (NAVSUP P-805 and appendices A, B, C, D
and E) which provide a procedural framework for identifying and classifying the serviceability of all
ammunition in inventory.
NOTE
Completion of this course is required for all personnel prior to being issued
Inspection Indicators (Crimpers).
Format/Availability: The course schedule and description may be found online at the
NOSSA website (go to Programs, then Explosives Safety Operations, then Training).
Length: This course takes an average of 3 days to complete in the classroom.
Periodicity: Fleet Ammunition Sentencing course is one-time only.
(7) AMMO-69 - Shipboard Explosives Safety:
Scope: AMMO-69 - Shipboard Explosives Safety is designed to provide personnel with

the general safety requirements for their individual ship’s Shipboard Explosives Safety Inspection
(SESI). The course will guide the individual through general characteristics of explosive ordnance safety
administration, management, physical security, and stowage and handling safety requirements. The
ultimate goal of each course is to prepare each ammunition and weapons handler to maintain the highest
level of Fleet readiness by preventing mishaps involving Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E).
The following are the five individual Computer-Based Training (CBT) programs under the Navy Course
Identification Number (CIN) A-4E-3010:
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(a) AMMO-69-CDF-DL is Shipboard Explosives Safety – Cruisers, Destroyers,

Frigates, Mines Sweepers and Patrol Craft
(b) AMMO-69-CVN-DL is Shipboard Explosives Safety – Aircraft Carriers
(c) AMMO-69-L-DL is Shipboard Explosives Safety – Amphibious Ships
(d) AMMO-69-SS-DL is Shipboard Explosives Safety – Submarines
(e) AMMO-69-TA-DL is Shipboard Explosives Safety – MSC and Cargo Ships
Format/Availability: This course is web-based and available online at the NOSSA

website (go to Programs, then Explosive Safety Operations, then Training).
Periodicity: Completion of AMMO-69-DL is one-time only.
(8) Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH):
Scope: The potential for MPPEH to present an explosive hazard is the single
characteristic that distinguishes it from other Department of Defense (DOD) material to be reused,
excessed, recycled or otherwise disposed. Although other requirements, such as trade security and
demilitarization, may apply to MPPEH and also affect its management, the potential explosive hazards
associated with MPPEH make it unique and must be addressed prior to its transfer within or release from
the DON. The primary MPPEH requirements are contained in Volume 7 of DOD 6055.09-M (series),
DODI 4140.62 (series), and DOD 4160.28-M (series) which serve as the basis for this training.
Personnel who inspect and certify or verify MPPEH as Material Documented as Safe (MDAS) are
required to complete this training.
Format/Availability: The MPPEH training course is available to personnel from Navy

Knowledge Online (NKO). In addition, NOSSA personnel are available to provide MPPEH technical
support upon request.
Length: MPPEH training takes an average of 4 hours to complete.
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Table E-1. Explosives Safety Training
This table serves as a quick reference guide for explosives safety training requirements. Course name, scope,
prerequisites, availability, special information and periodicity are described in paragraphs E-3.
Positions Explosive Safety Training
(Based on actual duties performed, not job title)
Presenting an Explosive
Basic Explosives Safety
Basic Explosives Safety

[formerly AMMO-18-DL]
[formerly AMMO-49-DL]
Shipboard Explosive
Ssentencing Course
Ammunition Supply
4E-F29/645-F13(DL)
4E-F39/645-F23(DL)
Material Potentially
Magazine Sprinkler
Explosives Safety
Fleet Ammunition
Equipment (MHE)
Material Handling
System Operator
Operator Course
Hazard (MPPEH)
Administration
(See Note 2)
(See Note 1)
K-041-0248
A-041-0040
Standown
M = Mandatory
AMMO-69
Safety
R = Recommended

Personnel required by OPNAVINST 8023.24 (series) to be
M M M R
qualified and certified to handle ordnance and explosives
Personnel assigned who are explosives Material Handling
M M R
Equipment (MHE) operators
Personnel assigned who are explosives Material Handling
M M R
Equipment (MHE) instructor
Personnel assigned who are directly involved in sentencing
M M R
of conventional ammunition
Personnel assigned as ROLMS/OIS-R operators and data
base administrators who process and maintain records M R
relating to ordnance assets
Personnel assigned as a magazine sprinkler operator M R
Personnel assigned who are the Gunnery Officer, Ordnance M R
Officer or Weapons Officer (Note 3)
Personnel who inspect and certify or verify MPPEH as M R
Material Documented as Safe (MDAS)
NOTE (1): MANDATORY FOR PERSONNEL ASSIGNED AS TEAM LEADER (TL) OR QUALITY ASSURANCE/SAFETY OBSERVER (QA/SO).
NOTE (2): AMMO - 69 SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY HAS 5 DIFFERENT COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING (CBT) MODULES. ONE FOR
EACH TYPE AS FOLLOWS: AMMO-69-CDF- SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY FOR CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, FRIGATES,
E-7/(E-8 Blank)
MINESWEEPERS AND PATROL CRAFT; AMMO-69-CVN- SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; AMMO-69- L-
SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY FOR AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIPS; AMMO-69-TA-SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY FOR CARGO SHIPS
AND TENDERS; AND AMMO-69-SS-SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVE SAFETY FOR SUBMARINES. MANDATORY COMPLETING CBT FOR
SHIP INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED.
NOTE (3): NOT APPLICABLE TO THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE DESIGNATED AS A SURFACE, SUBSURFACE OR AVIATION ORDNANCE
LIMITED DUTY OFFICER (LDO) 616X, 626X AND 636X OR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER (CWO) 716X, 726X AND 736X.
To expedite a response also mail a copy to: Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
Detachment Picatinny, Building 458, Whittemore Avenue, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, Attn: Code G13.
Ref: NAVSEAINST 4160.3A NAVSEA S0005-AA-GYD-030/TMMP
NAVSEA/SPAWAR TECHNICAL MANUAL DEFICIENCY/EVALUATION REPORT (TMDER)

INSTRUCTION: Continue on 8 1/2" x 11" paper if additional space is needed.
1. Use this report to indicate deficiencies, problems and recommendations relating to publications.
2. For CLASSIFIED TMDERs see OPNAVINST 5510H for mailing requirements.
3. For TMDERs that affect more than one publication, submit a separate TMDER for each.
4. Submit TMDERs at website https://nsdsa.nmci.navy.mil or mail to: COMMANDER, NAVSURFWARCENDIV PHD,
NSDSA, 4363 MISSILE WAY, PORT HUENEME CA 93043-4307
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CH. NO./DATE
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NAVSEA OP 4

0640-LP-115-2819 ELEVENTH REVISION

AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES NAVSEA OP 4 TENTH REVISION DATED 1 APRIL 2012.

PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF COMMANDER, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES NAVSEA OP 4 TENTH REVISION DATED 1 APRIL 2012.

PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF COMMANDER, NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

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Date of Issue for Original and Changed Pages is:

Original Revision 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .1 July 2015

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

1-1. Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

CHAPTER 2 GENERAL REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . 2-1

2-1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2-6.3. Amphibious Warfare Ammunition and Explosives ESQD

CHAPTER 3 HANDLING AND STOWAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3-1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3-7. Shipboard Installed Handling Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

3-17.16. Shaped Charged Warheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

CHAPTER 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4-1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

CHAPTER 5 SHIP DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5-1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5-5. Magazine and Other Ammunition and Explosives Area

APPENDIX A TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

APPENDIX B REFERENCE DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

APPENDIX C LANDING FORCE AMMUNITION COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

APPENDIX D SIGNS, PLACARDS, HAZARD MARKINGS AND LABEL PLATES . . . D-1

APPENDIX E DON EXPLOSIVES SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . .E-1

1-4. DEVIATIONS TO REGULATIONS. Many situations involving contingency, readiness, or

a. General statement of waiver or exemption requirement.

b. Specific document(s) or table(s) that contains the requirements to be waived.

f. The mission effect of a maximum credible, explosives accident.

g. Safety precautions to be enforced during the period of waiver or exemption.

h. Resources required to eliminate the waiver or exemption.

j. Justification of operational necessity.

1-4.4. RENEWAL OF WAIVERS OR EXEMPTIONS. Requests for renewal of waivers and

GENERAL REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

2-2. OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM). ORM is an effectiveness process for

2-3. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS. The following safety

2-3.1. COMMANDING OFFICER (CO)/MASTER RESPONSIBILITIES. The responsible party for

2-3.2. SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES. Aggressive supervision is critical to ammunition and

2-3.3. PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES. Each person involved in an ordnance operation is

2-3.3.1. Explosive Handling Qualification and Certification (QUAL/CERT) Program. All

2-3.3.2. Medical Examination. Successfully passing a periodic medical examination is a required

2-3.4. PRE-ARRIVAL OR ARRIVAL CONFERENCE. Prior to or upon arrival of a Navy ship/

2-3.5. VISITING AFLOAT COMMAND AND NAVAL SHORE ACTIVITY COMMAND

2-3.7. SHIPBOARD EXPLOSIVES SAFETY INSPECTION (SESI). NOSSAINST 8023.12

2-4. HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE (HERO). Activities

2-5. DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE HANDLING LOCATIONS. Ammunition and explosives

2-6. EXPLOSIVES SAFETY QUANTITY-DISTANCE (ESQD) REQUIREMENTS. ESQD

2-6.1. COMBATANT AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES ESQD REQUIREMENTS.

2-6.1.2. Not Secure.