SF17
Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships
Standard Form 17 (SF 17), Facilities Available for the Construction or Repair of Ships, collects information about a shipyard's facilities. Its header names the Department of the Navy (NAVSEASYSCOM) and the Maritime Administration, Coordinator for Ship Repair and Conversion (DOD-DOC). It carries OMB No. 0703-0006, Expires May 31, 2028, Rev. 4/2022, and GSA hosts a copy in its forms library. GSA's page lists the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as its authority.
The instructions say Government personnel search in-house sources and enter the data first, then present the form to facilities, which may be asked to verify the Government data and provide any missing or more current data. The form says participation by facilities is voluntary, and each page is marked CUI (when filled in).
SF 17 runs 18 pages: blocks 1 to 20 identify the yard and its capabilities, and blocks 21 to 50 cover building ways, docks, berths, contracts, shops, cranes, investments, land, employment, transport, navigation and production experience. The burden statement estimates an average of 4 hours per response. You can fill it out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.
Date, departmental address, shipyard name and address, year, coast, parent company, preparer's signature, name changes, senior executive and dockmaster contacts, type of work, Navy and civilian certifications, repair materials, enclosures, return address, hours used and remarks.
Building ways and land levels with ship size, capacity, condition and serving cranes, then covered modular build facilities and a general description of the construction process flow.
Ship's berths with water depth and repair services, drydocks including marine railways and synchrolifts, a graving dock characteristics summary, a floating dry dock summary and remarks.
Separate lists of U.S. commercial, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard contracts with hull number, ship type, gross tonnage, award date, start of construction, delivery date, and repair or new construction.
Principal shops and buildings, shop or yard cranes of 100 tons or over, major machine tools and equipment, current and planned capital investments, storage space, raw steel storage, and welding and assembly area.
Acreage legally controlled, local ordinances and zoning limits, current and mobilization employment, production personnel, distance to rail and airport, largest overland conveyance, navigational restrictions, subcontracted work and production experience.
The 50 numbered blocks fall into these groups.
The form arrives with data entered by Government personnel. The instructions say Government representatives tailor the form by extracting the data elements needed in the solicitation, and the facility may be asked to verify and update them.
Block 3 includes any post office box and the physical street address. The form says nine-digit zip codes are preferred for U.S. entities and 10-character zip codes for Canadian entities. Blocks 11 and 12 ask for title, phone, fax and email.
The instructions say dimensions are in feet, depths in feet at Mean Low Water (MLW), ship capacity weights in long tons (2,240 lbs.) and crane lift capacities in standard tons (2,000 lbs.).
The form asks for the latest U.S. Navy issued Drydock Safety Certificate, a current brochure or annual report, a current yard plan layout and a construction process flow diagram with the SF-17 return.
Block 36 amounts are listed in millions or tenths of millions in decimal format. Block 50 lists at least three of the largest and most complex ships or boats built, or comparable conversion or manufacturing work if there is none.
Facility personnel sign block 7 and record the man-hours used in block 19. The form goes to the address the Government agency enters in block 18.
You get the real form, filled in a browser tab, with nothing standing between you and the finished PDF.
The form says to return the completed form to the appropriate Department of Defense office or Maritime Administration, and to forward the original copy to the appropriate Department of Defense Office or Maritime Administration, Washington, D.C.
The form says participation by facilities is voluntary, the signatures do not bind the named firm to the Government in any legal contractual relationship, and the Government is not obligated to contract with the named firm.
The form says access is limited to duly accredited officials of the Department of Defense who are subject to penalties for unlawful disclosure, and that the espionage act and other statutes confine access within the Government.
Pages are marked CUI (when filled in), Controlled by: NAVSEA 05C, CUI Category: PROPIN, LDC: FED ONLY, with a point of contact of NAVSHIPSO (757) 967-3484.
The public reporting burden is estimated to average 4 hours per response. The form carries OMB No. 0703-0006, Expires May 31, 2028.
The Note to All Users on the instructions pages describes how the form moves between the Government and the facility.
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The header names the Department of the Navy (NAVSEASYSCOM) and the Maritime Administration, Coordinator for Ship Repair and Conversion (DOD-DOC). The form carries OMB No. 0703-0006, and GSA hosts a copy in its forms library.
The form says participation by facilities is voluntary and that the signatures in no way bind the named firm to the Government in any legal contractual relationship.
The instructions say Government personnel search in-house sources and enter the data before presenting the form to facilities, which may then verify it and add missing or more current data.
Dimensions are in feet, depths in feet at Mean Low Water (MLW), ship capacity weights in long tons (2,240 lbs.) and crane lift capacities in standard tons (2,000 lbs.).
The block 43 instructions define it as the transformation of industry, including material, labor, capital and production facilities, from peacetime activity to the industrial programs needed to support national military objectives.
The form says access is limited to duly accredited officials of the Department of Defense who are subject to penalties for unlawful disclosure. Each page is marked CUI (when filled in).
The burden statement estimates an average of 4 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions and gathering the data.
