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<p>After three collisions and one grounding of U.S. Navy warships in the Seventh Fleet in 2017, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) directed a Comprehensive Review (CR) of all significant surface force mishaps between 2007 and 2017 with recommendations to improve the Surface Fleet. The CR findings identified areas for improvement with themes such as teamwork, operational safety, assessment and culture. One recommendation, 8.3.2.3, serialized as CR53, directed the comparison of two Flight I Arleigh Burke class destroyers (DDG) with different manning levels during the Basic Phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). The goal was to determine if ship manning levels are associated with individual Sailor workload. That directive serves as the foundation for this thesis. Findings from the CR53 study showed that overall, Sailors reported 50.8 hours of activities compared to the 54 hours proposed inport Naval Availability Factor (NAF). Combined total productive and non-productive work hours inport was 48.0 compared to the NAF estimate of 46.6 hours. In contrast, reported hours of leave/special liberty during the CR53 study was 0.0 hours compared to the 7.4 hours designated in the inport NAF. During the single data collection event when manning was different between the two ships, crew members on the ship with increased manning reported working 0.8 hours less per day.
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<br>Subjects: NSWW; Navy Standard Workweek; Naval Availability Factor; NAF; Comprehensive Review; CR; CR53; Manning; FLT I DDG; DDG; Basic Phase; OFRP</div>
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Garbacz, Benjamin D.</div>
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