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In a message to type
commanders, COMNAVSEASYSCOM 110516Z JUN
(NOTAL)
announces the Stearns inherently buoyant life preserver (similar to the
one pictured) as the replacement for the "kapok" life preserver
(NSN: 4220-00-200-0538). The new  life preserver is U.S. Coast Guard
approved and costs about one-fourth the existing kapok life preserver. The
existing kapok life preserver is still adequate and users are not required
to replace it. New requisitions should specify the new Stearns inherently
buoyant life preserver. You can get the life preserver with or without
accessories.
NSN: 4220-01-485-1135 (Stearns
model I600 ORG-NAV) provides only the inherently buoyant life preserver
and costs about $50.
NSN: 4220-01-485-1138 (Stearns
model I600 ORG-NLT) provides the inherently buoyant life preserver
with a flat whistle and distress marker light (ACR electronics, Firefly 2)
and costs about $100.
You can obtain the life preserver
via either requisition or ordering directly from the following suppliers:
Amron International Diving Supply, Escondido, CA 92025, (760) 746-3834
(e-mail: Sales@amronintl.com); or,
Mar-Vel
Underwater Equipment Company, Pennsauken, NJ 08109, (800) 325-5711. These suppliers are part of the Defense Supply
Center Philadelphia Prime Vendor Program. The DSC Philadelphia point of
contact is Ralph Lund, (215) 737-4154.
COMNAVSEASYSCOM will update NSTM
077, AELs, and maintenance requirement cards and will provide information
on abandon ship and Mk 1 life preserver later.
The NAVSEA POC is Mark Campbell
(SEA-05l4) at (202) 781-3619 or e-mail: campbellmr@navsea.navy.mil |
