United States Coast Guard
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COMDTINST 16000.4A
22 SEP 2020
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 16000.4A
Ref:
CUTTER BOAT INTERFACE TEST AND EVALUATION (IT&E) INSTRUCTION
(a)
Shipboard Launch and Recovery Procedures Manual, COMDTINST M3120.6 (series)
(b)
Safety and Environmental Health Manual, COMDTINST M5100.47 (series)
(c)
Risk Management (RM), COMDTINST 3500.3 (series)
(d)
Coast Guard Human Research Protection Program, COMDTINST M6500.1 (series)
(e)
Deputy Commandant For Mission Support (DCMS) Engineering Technical Authority
(ETA) Policy, COMDTINST 5402.4 (series)
(f)
Naval Engineering Manual, COMDTINST M9000.6 (series)
(g)
Shipboard Side Launch and Recovery, CGTTP 3-91.25 (series)
(h)
U.S. Coast Guard Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Manual, Volume 1,
COMDTINST M16114.32 (series).
1.
PURPOSE. Interface Testing and Evaluation (IT&E) is an evaluation of the safety,
compatibility and suitability of cutter boat resources embarked on ships in accordance with
References (a) through (g). The IT&E is carried out by subject matter experts in order to
evaluate the interface between a ship, and launch/recovery system on board the ship, and a
cutter boat, in inport and underway conditions. Interface compatibility is a technical measure
of the interface between a cutter boat and a ship. Interface suitability is a technical measure
of maintainability, reliability, and performance of the cutter boat and the ship working as a
system, and includes a shipboard employment evaluation. This evaluation covers training,
logistical, and procedural requirements. The IT&E process is designed to identify risks and
mitigating factors that will improve the safety and effectiveness of interface between the
cutter boat and the ship. The IT&E process formally communicates observations and
recommendations to individual program offices, and serves as a cross-directorate validation
of the interface. An IT&E is required each time there is a major change to an existing
interface between a cutter boat and a ship, or the introduction of a new interface involving a
cutter boat and a ship.
2.
ACTION. All Coast Guard (CG) unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge,
deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must comply with
the provisions of this Instruction. Internet release is authorized.
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