MIL-T-15301D(SHIPS)
5.1 Domestic shipment and early equipment installation and for storage of onboard repair parts.
5.1.1.1 Preservation and packaging. Preservation and packaging which may be the suppliers commercial
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practices shall be sufficient to afford adequate protection against corrosion, deterioration and physical
damage during shipment from the supply source to the using activity and until early installation.
5.1.1.2 Packing. Packing shall be accomplished in a manner which will insure acceptance by common
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carrier at the lowest rate and will afford protection against physical or mechanical damage during direct
shipment from the supply source to the using activity for early installation. The shipping containers or
method of packing shall conform to the Uniform Freight Classification Rules or other carrier regulations as
applicable to the mode of transportation and may conform to the suppliers commercial practice.
5.1.1.3 Marking. Shipment marking information shall be provided on interior packages and exterior
shipping containers in accordance with the contractors commercial practice. The information shall include
nomenclature, Federal stock number or manufacturers part number, contract or order number, contractors
name and destination.
5.1.2 Onboard repair parts.
5.1.2.1 Packaging. The gaskets shall be packaged in accordance with method IC of MIL-P-116. The
handhole cover shall be packaged in accordance with method III of MIL-P-116.
5.1.2.2 Packing. The repair parts shall be packed in fiberboard boxes conforming to either type CF
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or SF, domestic class, of PPP-B-636.
5.2 Domestic shipment and storage or overseas shipment. The requirements and levels of preservation,
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packaging, packing and marking for shipment shall be specified by the procuring activity (see 6.1).
6. NOTES
6.1 Ordering data. Procurement documents should specify the following:
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(a)
Title, number and date of this specification.
(b)
Class required (see 1.2),
(c)
The nominal outside diameter and volume of tank required (see 3,2.1).
(d)
Type of mounting required (see 3,2.2).
(e)
Working pressure required (see 3.2.3).
(f)
Sizes, locations and details of tank and piping connections (see 3.2.5 and 3.3.6).
(g)
Whether handholes are required (see 3.3.7).
(h)
Preservation, packaging, packing and marking requirements other than those specified
in 5.1 (see 5.2).
6.2 CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE. THE OUTSIDE MARGINS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN MARKED "#" TO
INDICATE WHERE CHANGES (DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, ETC.) FROM THE PREVIOUS ISSUE HAVE BEEN MADE, THIS HAS
BEEN DONE AS A CONVENIENCE 0NLY AND THE GOVERNMENT ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INACCURACIES
IN THESE NOTATIONS. BIDDERS AND CONTRACTORS ARE CAUTIONED TO EVALUATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
BASED ON THE ENTIRE CONTENT AS WRITTEN IRRESPECTIVE OF THE MARGINAL NOTATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE
LAST PREVIOUS ISSUE.
Preparing activity:
Navy - SH
(Project 4310-N018)