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Figure 3-10.–Sample format of an afloat shopping guide (ASG).
Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List
(COSAL)
Afloat Shopping Guide (ASG)
Management List-Navy (ML-N)
Navy Consolidated Master Cross-Reference
List (C-MCRL)
Also, many catalogs are published to help you
translate your needs to stock numbers. (We will discuss
some of these catalogs later in this chapter.) In many
cases, the problems of identifying the stock number of
an item are much more difficult than those normally
encountered by civilian businesses. This complexity
has led to the publication of more and more catalogs. As
of this writing, a complete set of Navy and federal
supply catalogs would occupy some 76 feet of shelf
space. Maintaining all these catalogs aboard ship would
be difficult, if not impossible. The four basic
publications contain enough information to help you
identify most of the items you will require.
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Afloat Shopping Guide (ASG)
The ASG (NAVSUP P-4400), (explained in
Military Requirements for Petty Officer Third Class), is
designed to help fleet personnel in identifying the NSN
items that are most fiequently requested by ships. The
ASG is published every 4 years and updated annually;
however, you should still use the ML-N for verification
of current stock numbers, unit of issue, unit prices, and
the like. The format of the ASG is shown in figure 3-10
for review purposes.
General Services Administration
(GSA) Catalog
The GSA catalogs nonmilitary items in general use
by both military and civil agencies of the United States.
The GSA Catalog provides a handy reference in
identifying consumable-type material and is similar to
the ASG. The material in the GSA Catalog is listed in
the ML-N as cognizance symbol 9Q and is carried in
stock at stock points under Navy ownership for issue.
