storeroom allowance of repair parts for installed
equipment. It covers all electronic, ordnance,
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electrical, and mechanical equipment on board your
ship. You must learn to use the COSAL since it is one
Chapter
of the most important publications used in
identification of material and inventory management.
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It is a technical and supply management document
designed to enable ships to achieve maximum
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operating capability for extended periods of time,
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independent of external logistics support.
Before we go any further, let's examine that
Figure 1-16.--Paragraph scheme for NAVSUP P-485.
opening paragraph and see just what it means to you.
The COSAL is a technical document because it
provides the
Food Service Management (NAVSUP P-486)
nomenclature,
This publication establishes policies for the
operating characteristics,
operation and management of Navy enlisted dining
facilities afloat and ashore. It is designed to assist
technical manuals,
foodservice personnel in understanding and
specifications,
performing the individual tasks associated with
enlisted dining facility operations.
parts lists,
Ship's Store Afloat (NAVSUP P-487)
technical data for installed equipment and
machinery, and
This publication establishes policies for the
equipage and tools required to operate and
operation and management of ship's store afloat.
These include procurement, material receipt, custody,
maintain the ship and its equipment.
and stowage; material expenditure; stock records and
The COSAL is a supply management document
inventory control.
because it tells the supply officer how much and what
type of material to stock. It also tells the quantity of
Naval Logistics Library (NLL),
each item of equipage that must be carried aboard ship.
(NAVSUP P-600)
Computers have analyzed the failure frequency of
parts used aboard ships, and based on the equipment
This publication is issued on CD-ROM, is
aboard your ship, have developed an allowance of
specifically designed by FMSO to make logistics
repair parts that you should stock.
information more accessible to a broad range of
personal computer users. The two types of data found
The key word in COSAL is COORDINATED.
in the NLL are full text data (documents such as
Computers assemble a list of the allowed parts from the
publications, manuals, and instructions) and structured
hundreds of APL/AELs into lists of repair parts to be
data (fixed format records). The NLL is published
stocked by the ship. These lists are prepared by the
biannually in September and March. All changes and
activities and cover the equipment supported by them.
rewrites will be included in each release to ensure
The preparation of these lists takes into account the
availability of the most current information. The data
installed equipment on board
included in the NLL are NAVSUP publications,
NAVSUP P-4400, Afloat Shopping Guide, NAVSUP
quantity of each item of that equipment
P-2003, Navy Forms and Publications, and NAVSUP
failure rate of parts, and the
instructions.
relative importance of these parts to the
COORDINATED SHIPBOARD
operation of the equipment.
ALLOWANCE LIST (COSAL)
Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL)
Thus, the COSAL, aided by experience and advice
establishes equipage allowances for the ship and the
from technical ratings, enables the supply officer to
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