NATO ATP-16.1 PDF

PREFACE

Using the RAS Publications

ATP-16 is intended to provide all of the descriptive and procedural information required for ships and helicopters of different nations to conduct a safe and effi cient replenishment at sea. It includes the standard requirements and procedures that have been agreed to by NATO nations.

ATP-16.1 provides national information on requirements and procedures, including descriptions of rigs and procedures that are unique to that nation. Nations should describe their rig or procedure in detail within their national section. Where necessary, nations should provide a statement that amplifi es information provided in ATP-16 or documents a difference from information stated in ATP-16.

Information in ATP-16.1 is organized by national section in alphabetical order. Within each national section, information is arranged in chapters corresponding to the sequence of chapters in ATP-16. Accordingly, paragraphs are prefi xed by a three-letter country designator followed by the normal fourdigit paragraph number, and fi gures and tables are prefi xed by the three-letter designator followed by the normal fi gure or table number. To keep cross-referencing simple from a user’s view, paragraphs that comment on material in ATP-16 should use the same paragraph number as in ATP-16, distinguished from it by the prefi xed three-letter country designator. Annotation is given when nation-specifi c information does not parallel paragraphs in ATP-16.

Users of the RAS publications are obliged to study both ATP-16 and ATP-16.1: ATP-16 for a general understanding of how a replenishment at sea is conducted, and ATP-16.1 for further information on the replenishment capabilities of individual nations. In practical use when planning a replenishment at sea, the user will rely as much on the tables of rigs and the replenishment ship diagrams in ATP-16.1 as on the standard requirements and procedures in ATP-16.