Special Features:

Items are being coded as critical to insure source inspection will be performed at the point of manufacture, prior to material receipt by the us navy or other dod components. These items are piece parts or end items in support of vital military hardware necessary to sustain the successful mission of the ships, submarines, and shore stations of the us navy. Critical features including, but not limited to, dimensions, tolerances/clearances, electronic characteristics, and metallurgical properties will bespecified for government q ar (quality assurance representatives) to insure the highest possible degree of quality and reliability of these parts being delivered under navicp contracts

Properties:

A navigational instrument used for the determination of the azimuths of celestial objects and the bearings of terrestrial objects by means of sighting vanes, prisms, and mirrors mounted on a ring formed to fit and rotate about the bezel of a marine compass, permitting simultaneous viewing of a target and the compass card reading. Excludes bearing circle.