COMDTINST 4700.1 governs the Cutter Capital Asset Management Plan, including objectives, policies, procedures, and roles for cutter asset management.
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It establishes a recurring, multidisciplinary process for cutter acquisition, sustainment, resource proposals, and decommissioning. It also covers shipbuilding plans, service-life definitions, stakeholder duties, environmental considerations, and required inputs and outputs.
Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this Instruction.
In accordance with Reference (b), SSMEBs shall be conducted when the lead ship of each class has been in service for ten years, and then every five years thereafter. (paragraph 8)
SSMEBs shall be conducted on time for each class of cutter, and the results provided to CG-751. (paragraph 8)
CG-751 shall ensure inputs into CCAMP are consistent with DHS approved documents. (paragraph 8)
An updated version of the shipbuilding plan will be provided to the Cutter Resource Council each year prior to the submission of the Capital Investment Plan, and again each year prior to the DHS Resource Allocation Decision (RAD) Passback. (paragraph 9)
A planned series of major maintenance projects conducted on a vessel, during a single maintenance availability or a series of closely spaced availabilities, conducted as a vessel approaches 50% of its Design Service Life.