U.S. Navy Underwater Cutting and Welding Manual

S0300-BB-MAN-010
1 April 1989
Change B, 1 June 2002

Ship Salvage, Harbor Clearance and Wreck Removal oftentimes require extensive underwater cutting and welding. The lack of recent fleet experience in these areas dictates the need for a manual that incorporates state of the art equipment and tried and proven underwater cutting and welding techniques. The knowledge contained in this manual is a collection of fleet and commercial experience. It has been reviewed by technical experts with extensive salvage and underwater cutting and welding experience.

Welding: Design, Procedures and Inspection

TM 5-805-7
20 May 1985

This manual contains criteria and basic data for welded construction design, construction methods, and inspection procedures for Army construction. This manual covers only the following welding processes and materials commonly used for field construction projects: shielded metal-arc, gas metal-arc, gas tungsten-arc, flux-cored arc, submerged arc, exothermic, and arc stud welding processes. Discussions of physics, chemistry, and metallurgy are limited to areas helpful in selecting welding processes, materials, and inspection procedures for the applications listed in paragraph 1-3. For supplemental information, see the American Welding Society (AWS) Welding Handbook (available in five sections) and TM 9-237. Appendix A lists other works, codes, and specifications which are referenced in this manual; designers should note that there are differences among the documents’ requirements. Therefore, when this material is used, the editions which apply to a given design must be specified.

Welding Materials Handbook

NAVFAC P-433
July 1991

An extensive listing of materials used in all aspects of welding, with detailed material properties and other useful information.