[INCH-POUND]
A-A-50607
27 January 1994
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
RESCUE SWIMMER DRY SUIT
1.0 ABSTRACT.
This commercial item description covers a dry suit to be used by US Navy surface rescue swimmers in all expected ranges of water temperature.
2.0 SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS.
2.1 Design and construction. The rescue swimmer dry suit shall be a front entry (bib style or diagonal zipper) dry suit, black in color and made of a tri-laminate material (65 gr/m2 inner and outer nylon with an inner layer of 100 gr/m2 butyl rubber). The neck and wrist seals shall provide a watertight seal using heavy duty latex (a minimum thickness of 0.635 mm (0.025 in)) and shall be capable of being changed quickly. The neck dam shall be able to replaced in five (5) minutes or less and the wrist cuffs shall be replaced in three (5) minutes or less. The quick-change neck and wrist seals shall interface directly with the suit material without any latex being between the attachment mechanism and the suit. The neck seal shall consist of a semi-rigid composite natural and synthetic rubber neck ring grommet bonded to suit, with a 6.35 mm (1/4 inch) neoprene chaffing pad bonded to bottom side of neck ring. The neck seal shall fit over the neck ring and be secured with a stainless steel clamping band. The wrist seal shall consist of a semi-rigid composite natural and synthetic rubber wrist rings and be secured with cuff retaining rings. The neck and wrist seals shall have lines around them to guide in trimming. The knee and buttock areas of each dry suit shall be made of reinforced material. Molded boots shall be used. The dry suit shall also consist of the following components:
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Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: Commander, ATTN: SEA 03R42, Naval Sea Systems Command, 2531 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22242-5160 by using the Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or by letter. |
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