Introduction The year 2016 edition of the Guide for Building and Classing International Naval Ships consists of the Parts shown in Table 1. Content has been added as necessary to extend its applicability to military vessels and other Government owned vessels in non-commercial service. The following is provided for information regarding each Part: a) Part 1: The purpose of the generic title ABS Rules for Conditions of Classification (Part 1) is to reflect the expanded contents of PART 1@ as a result of including consolidated requirements for ??Classification?? applicable to all types of and sizes of vessels@ barges and specific shipboard arrangements/systems@ etc.@ except for those in offshore service@ as specified in the Foreword to Part 1. b) Part 2: The purpose of the generic title ABS Rules for Materials and Welding (Part 2) is to reflect the common applicability of the requirements to all ABS-classed vessels@ other marine structures and their associated machinery@ and thereby make PART 2 more readily a common ??PART?? of various ABS Rules and Guides@ as appropriate. c) Part 3: The ABS Guide for Building and Classing International Naval Ships (Part 3) is based upon other existing ABS Rules and Guides to inherently incorporate baseline standards for hull design@ construction@ safety and environmental protection expected of all commercial vessels worldwide. d) Part 4: The ABS Guide for Building and Classing International Naval Ships (Part 4) is based upon other existing ABS Rules and Guides to inherently incorporate baseline standards for machinery design@ construction@ safety and environmental protection expected of all commercial vessels worldwide. e) Part 5: The ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels (Part 5A@ 5B@ 5C) contains structural requirements for specific vessel types (tankers@ bulk carriers@ container carriers@ liquefied gas carriers@ passenger carriers@ chemical carriers@ and vessels intended to carry vehicles) that are normally classed in accordance with ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels. The inclusion of this existing Part 5 in the ABS Guide for Building and Classing International Naval Ships is mainly for its potential application to certain naval ships (e.g.@ Oilers) and will require special consideration when applying its requirements since they were intended for application to commercial vessels and are therefore based heavily upon SOLAS and other IMO Convention standards; no modifications have been made to it at this time to tailor its applicability to military vessels or other Government-owned vessels in non-commercial service. f) Part 6: The ABS Guide for Building and Classing International Naval Ships (Part 6) provides requirements regarding those optional notations offered by ABS that are most frequently requested and/or considered to be most applicable or unique to military vessels and other Government owned vessels in non-commercial service. A complete listing of available optional notations is on the ABS website (www.eagle.org). The requirements in Part 6 apply in addition to the basic requirements for Classification@ but only apply for those optional notations that are requested. g) Part 7: The purpose of the generic title ABS Rules for Survey After Construction (Part 7) is to reflect the common applicability of survey requirements to all ABS-classed vessels@ other marine structures and their associated machinery.
ABS 211-2016 history
2017ABS 211-2017 GUIDE FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING INTERNATIONAL NAVAL SHIPS 2017
2016ABS 211-2016 GUIDE FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING INTERNATIONAL NAVAL SHIPS
2014ABS 211-2014 GUIDE FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING INTERNATIONAL NAVAL SHIPS