TM 5-4220-231-14&P
1-5 List of Abbreviations/Acronyms.
The following is a listing of abbreviations/acronyms
used in this manual.
A
After
MAC
Maintenance
Allocation
Chart
Attn
Attention
MOPP
Mission
Oriented
Protective
Posture
B
Before
NAVCOASTSYSCEN
Naval
Coastal
Systems
Center
CCW
counterclockwise
PMCS
Preventive
Maintenance
Checks
&
cfm
cubic
feet
per
minute
Services
CGA
Compressed
Gas
Association
pneumo
pneumo-fathometer
CRS
Chamber
Reducing
Station
psi
pounds
per square
inch
CW
clockwise
psig
pounds
per
square
inch gage
D
During
RC
Recompression
Chamber
DA
Department
of the
Army
RMV
Respiratory
Minute
Volume
DACC
Diver Air Control
Console
scf
standard
cubic
feet
DASS
Diver Air Storage
System
scfm
standard
cubic
feet
per
minute
EIR
Equipment
Improvement
SDASS
Special
Diver Air Support
System
Recommendation
SF
Standard
Form
FM
Field Manual
SOP
Standard
Operating
Procedures
fsw
feet of seawater
TAMMS
The
Army
Maintenance
Management
HP
High Pressure
System
IAW
In Accordance
With
TM
Technical
Manual
LO
Lubrication
Order
TROSCOM
Troop
Support
Command
LP
Low Pressure
VTA
Volume
Tank Assembly
Ipm
liters per minute
W
Weekly
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Purpose
of SDASS.
The
Special
Diver
Air Support
System
(SDASS)
furnishes
breathing
air for up to three
working
divers
at a
maximum
depth
of 250
fsw
with
constant
depth
monitoring.
The
system
also
supports
recompression
chamber
operations.
The
SDASS
can
be
employed
in division,
corps,
and theater
Army
areas
to
support
divers
during
construction,
salvage,
recovery,
repair,
and
emergency
diving
missions.
Section
II.
EQUIPMENT
DESCRIPTION
Page
1-7
Equipment
Characteristics,
Capabilities,
and
Features
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Location
and Description
of Major Components
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Equipment
Data
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Equipment
Characteristics,
Capabilities
and Features.
a.
System
Description.
The SDASS
supports
a one day, extended
lightweight
diving operation,
or the secondary
life support
air source
requirements
for recompression
chambers,
as prescribed
in Army diving doctrine
FM 20-11 -1.
The SDASS
provides
breathing
air to diver personnel
by accepting
air from any of three
separate
air sources
and
properly
distributing
the
air to one,
two, or three
divers
at a maximum
of 250 fsw.
The
system
provides
constant
depth
monitoring
of the
divers
by topside
support
personnel.
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