Appendix B 



GUIDELINES FOR INSPECTION OF STRUCTURES RECOVERED FROM THE SEA 

 (Revised April 1975) 



I. Prerecovery Planning 



The recovery of structures from the sea and the inspection of the 

 structures for documentation of their response to the marine environment 

 usually involves the cooperative effort of several groups. For maximum 

 information from inspection of the object each group must be aware of 

 the procedures to be followed in the retrieval and inspection of the 

 object. The inspection plan should be incorporated into the overall 

 cruise plan; however, the inspection plan can be integrated into the 

 cruise plan as an appendix or addition. 



The inspection plan must be mutually agreeable to all participants 

 in the recovery including the sponsor of the inspection, the inspection 

 team, the sponsor for the recovery, all groups participating in the 

 recovery, and the owner or group responsible for the structure. The 

 following outline is intended to be a general guideline for the preparation 

 of a precrulse plan. Portions of the plan outlined below may not be 

 applicable to every inspection, and in some cases additional information 

 will be required. 



The outline for the inspection plan should be discussed with the 

 groups participating in the recovery and inspection. An ideal forum for 

 such a discussion is a precruise meeting, which is often held in conjunction 

 with the preparation of a cruise plan. Integration of the inspection 

 plan into the overall cruise plan at this stage usually will result in 

 an optimum inspection. As an absolute minimum an inspection plan should 

 be formulated prior to the recovery and approved by the group responsible 

 for the recovery prior to the recovery. 



OUTLINE FOR INSPECTION PLAN 



Background 

 1 . Structure to be inspected 



a . Name 



b. Size and shape (drawings or photos, if available) 



c. Location (geographical and depth) 



d. Portions to be retrieved 



e. Security classification 



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