AMMUNITION TURN-IN PROCEDURES

Procedures for turn in of ammunition, ammunition details, and the procedures for temporary storage and custody ashore are discussed in this section. It is impractical to cover every procedure for every conceivable ammunition item. Therefore, the discussion is limited to the more routine procedures. Regardless of the particular type of ammunition or ammunition details you are turning in, NAVSEA OP 4 and NAVSEA OP 5, volume 1, requires that all inert components, details, and cartridge cases be inspected and certified that the containers are inert. It is extremely important that you strictly adhere to these regulations. It is imperative that all applicable personnel be thoroughly familiar with the procedures required for inspection, certification, and marking of empty or inert items.

Turn-in of Air-Launch Missile Material

Ships must turn in air-launch missiles (ALMs) and ALM material (including wings and fins) before a regular overhaul. Upon return from deployment, CVs are normally directed to turn in or transfer all ALMs and ALM material to another ship or activity ashore. This does not include inert rounds used for training missile handling crews.

Present ALM maintenance policy permits ships to retain all serviceable deep-stowed ALMs, including ALMs on cargo load ships, until the maintenance due date (MDD) of the missile has been reached. Deep-stowed ALMs are missiles that have not been removed from their sealed shipping container. When a CV turns in missiles that have remained in deep-stowage and the MDD has not expired, the accompanying paperwork is normally marked ready for issue (RFI). When the shipping seals on the missile container are broken, or the missile is removed from the shipping container for any reason or the MDD has expired, the accompanying paperwork should be marked not ready for issue (non-RFI).

Serviceable assets from deep stowage that are turned in must be repackaged and tagged according to captive-flown missiles, missiles in ready-service stowage, and Seasparrow missiles carried on launchers must be segregated, packaged, and tagged according to current directives, and then routed to WPNSTA Yorktown, Virginia. Documentation is prepared on a DD Form 1348-1 according to the procedures discussed in the following paragraph.

Turn-in of Ammunition

When it is necessary to turn in ammunition two preliminary steps must be taken. First, when complete download is necessary, notify CINCLANTFLT, TYCOM, and weapons station or receiving ship by message of all the items to be off-loaded. In the message, identify all items by NALC, quantity, and the date of proposed download. Second, prepare a DOD Single-Line Item Release/Receipt Document, DD Form

1348-1, for each type of ammunition to be off-loaded

Preparation of DD Form 1348-1

When you prepare the DD Form 1348-1, there are certain data blocks that must be filled in. Other data blocks can be used when required for a particular _situation. The following procedures describe the required information entered in these data blocks. See current directives. Unserviceable assets, including ^{figure 17-13.}

Figure 17-13.-DD Form 1348-1. 17-22

manual. This person is normally the ordnance handling officer.