Card Games and Gambling

No person will gamble for money with playing cards, dice, or other apparatus on board naval units or engage in any card games or other games during prescribed working hours, during the night hours between taps and reveille, or during divine services.

Civilian Clothing

Unless the SECNAV directs that uniforms be worn at all times and except as noted in U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, civilian clothing may be worn by officers and enlisted personnel according to the regulations outlined later in this chapter.

Concessions

Particular attention is directed to those sections of the U.S. Navy Regulations and the NAVSUP P-487 concerning concessions or dealings with tradesmen. No concessions will be granted nor any arrangement made with dealers or tradesmen by which they are allowed to make sales by agreements to pay a portion of their profit to the ship's store. This applies equally to "internal" concessions, and all items sold aboard naval units for profit (for example, popcorn and canned beverages) must be handled through the ship's store.

Contagious and Communicable Diseases

Any person contracting a communicable disease must be isolated immediately upon detection. Drafts of incoming members will be examined and appropriate action taken to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. To minimize the spread of contagious diseases, all mess gear and food containers must be sterilized and proper sanitary precautions must be effected in washrooms, laundries, and barbershops.

Quarantine diseases must be reported to higher authority according to current directives.

The medical officer must submit a medical quarantine list upon entering port and before to granting liberty. A new list must be submitted whenever changes occur. The medical quarantine list must be forwarded to the CO via the XO with copies to all department heads and the CDO/OOD.

Division officers must check the medical quarantine list and deny liberty and leave to all personnel on the medical quarantine list.

Crew's Heads and Washrooms

Crew's heads and washrooms will be open at all times except when closed for cleaning according to the prescribed daily cleaning schedule.

No person will loiter or dry clothing in any crew's head or washroom or throw rubbish or other solid matter into bowls or urinals.

Customs

Upon arrival of a naval unit in United States territory after visiting a foreign port, the unit is subject to customs and other inspections by federal authorities. On such occasions, customs declarations will be distributed to all hands in sufficient time to be filled out and returned before arrival in port.

It shall be the duty of all personnel to accurately complete customs declarations prior to the arrival of the ship in port.

No person without permission from the commanding officer shall bring on board any article, animal, or any other thing, the introduction of which into U.S. territory is forbidden or restricted under current regulations.

Divine Services

All persons who do not desire to attend divine services should keep clear of the area in which services are being conducted and should refrain from words, sounds, or actions that would interfere with the service.

No person will conduct himself or herself in a manner that would interfere with divine services.

Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The use of privately owned electrical equipment on board naval ships creates a fire hazard as well as a hazard to the personal safety of individuals using such equipment. In addition, radios, phonographs, and other electronic equipment have emissive properties that may compromise the radio security of the ship.

Therefore, no privately owned electrical equipment will be used on board naval ships except that specifically authorized by the XO after it has been inspected and approved for use by the engineer officer or a designated representative. The electronic material officer will make a similar inspection of electronic equipment.

No persons other than those specifically authorized will operate electrically powered machinery.

No persons will operate an electrically powered hand tool unless it has been properly grounded and then only when specifically authorized to use such equipment.

No person will possess on board naval ships any electrical appliance other than an electric shaver and/or an electric toothbrush except as may be authorized by the XO; or when authorized, use such electrical equipment in any space or in any manner other than that for which it was authorized.

Emergency Equipment

No person should use emergency equipment for any purpose other than that for which it is intended. Emergency equipment includes such items as battle lanterns, emergency first aid boxes, shores, wrenches, life rings, equipment in life rafts and boats, handybillys, fire hoses, and fuel for emergency machinery.

False Statements

No person will, in any official capacity, knowingly and willfully make any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations or make use of any false writing or documents knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry.

Freshwater

The demands placed on ship's evaporators for makeup feed water and water for washing, cooking, and drinking make it mandatory that every person on board ship practice the utmost prudence and economy in the use of fresh water. The galleys, sick bay, and laundry are authorized to use only that amount of freshwater that is consistent with cleanliness and sanitation, Freshwater may be used for general cleaning purposes at such times as may be directed by the CO.

Salt water will not be used for cleaning purposes in any food preparation spaces, nor will saltwater connections be permitted in these spaces.

Cross connections between freshwater and saltwater systems or other systems that may contaminate the potable water are not to be permitted.

No person will willfully waste, or lose, or cause the loss of any freshwater on board ships.

Government Property

No person should do the following: 

. Conceal or fail to report to proper authority the loss, removal, destruction, or damage of government property entrusted to his or her care or custody. 

. Remove without proper authority from its regular place of stowage or location, for any purpose whatever, any particle of government property, including stores, foodstuffs, hull and damage control fittings, first aid equipment, and lifesaving and emergency equipment. 

c Possess any article of government property except as may be necessary for the performance of duty or as may be authorized by authority.