EMBLEMATIC ITEMS

The use of OPTAR funds to procure emblematic items is limited by SECNAVINST 3509.4 and fleet and type commander instructions. Authorized items of emblematic stock shown in NAVSUP P-487, par. 3005, are not issued to ship's use for any reason except as discussed below.

Emblematic T-shirts

T-shirts with the ship's identification may be issued to foodservice personnel as organizational clothing. The DD Form 1149 covering such issues must include the statement "Organizational clothing item issued for ship's use general mess."

Plaques

Ship's plaques are not listed in the NAVSUP P-487 as authorized stock and are procured for stock only after approval of the Navy Resale and Services Support Office (NAVRESSO). If authorized by NAVRESSO and stocked, plaques may be issued for ship's use as outlined in

SECNAVINST 3509.4 and fleet and type commander instructions. In general, these instructions prohibit plaques being presented to any person as a gift, memento, or to any person on reenlistment, retirement, or transfer.

CLOTHING

Items of clothing for use by naval military personnel may be issued to naval personnel charging OPTAR funds on the determination of the commanding officer that the assigned duties of such personnel warrant such issues. The authorization for such issues may be included in the ship's organizational manual, and issues are normally restricted to personnel whose work is of a unusually destructive nature to clothing, such as cleaning fuel oil tanks, replacing and sealing soft patches on submarines, handling explosives, or work of a comparable nature. Clothing issued for ship's use, OPTAR, will remain the property of the Navy and is marked to indicate naval ownership.

INSIGNIA

Issues of all items of insignia are made according to fleet and type commander instructions with the exception of issues of shoulder sleeve unit identification marks (UIMs). The UIMs are issued to ship's use according to NAVRESSO Instruction 10120.10, and this instruction must be checked before making such issues.

ACCOUNTING FOR ISSUES TO SHIP'S USE

All issues to ship's use are processed on a Requisition and Invoice/Shipping Document, DD Form 1149 (fig. 5-2). These issues to ship's use are prepared in the same manner as issues to the general mess except for the data blocks mentioned below:

Figure 5-2.-Issues to ship's use.

Also, the following statement must be included on ALL DD Forms 1149 covering issues to ship's use:

"This issue meets the criteria of SECNAVINST 3590.4 and is to be used specifically for (fill in as appropriate)."

The ship's store officer will approve the issue, assign a ship's store expenditure number, and receiving persons will sign and date the DD Form 1149 when they receive the items issued.

DISTRIBUTING ISSUES TO SHIP'S USE

The DD Form 1149 is distributed as follows: l Original and one copy to the Expenditures to

Use File, SSA-6, and later submitted with the returns

. One copy to the Accountability ^File, SSA-21, and later to the retained returns

. One copy to the Expenditure Invoice File, SSA-14 l One copy to the supply officer for posting to the ship's requisition/OPTAR log or other appropriate record

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