ASTM F1244-89(2004)

Standard Specification for Berths, Marine

ABSTRACT
This specification covers the construction of marine berths for officers, crew, and passengers. Berths shall be classified according to types: Type I; Type IA; Type II; Type IIA; Type III; and Type IIIA. Metal components shall be joined by welding. Spotweld depressions, on exposed surfaces, shall be spot filled and sanded. Side and end panels shall be suitably stiffened to prevent buckling or oil-canning. Sound deadening shall be vermin proof and applied to unstiffened areas where needed, and in thickness required, to sound deaden berth. The completed berth assembly with drawers installed, but without a mattress or box spring, shall satisfy the corresponding performance requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the construction of marine berths for officers, crew, and passengers.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2004
• ICS: 93.140 - Construction of waterways, ports and dykes
• Technical Committee: F25 - Ships and Marine Technology
• Drafting Committee: F25.03 - Outfitting and Deck Machinery

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1244-89(1999) - Standard Specification for Berths, Marine
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM F1244-08 - Standard Specification for Berths, Marine
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F3277-19 - Standard Specification for Cantilevered Steel Bunks Used in Detention and Correctional Facilities
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: F 1244 – 89 (Reapproved 2004)
Standard Specification for
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Berths, Marine
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1244; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.4 box spring— the resilient box-type support for the
mattress covered by fabric.
1.1 This specification covers the construction of marine
3.1.5 drawer section—the section of the berth below the
berths for officers, crew, and passengers.
pan section normally designed to contain drawers for stowage
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
of life preservers and other items.
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
3.1.6 hand—the berth may be right hand, left hand, or
information only.
finished both sides for use in the middle of the room. Right
2. Referenced Documents hand is defined as follows: the berth is right hand if the head of
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the berth is on the right hand end when the berth is viewed
2.1 ASTM Standards:
from the front. Left hand is opposite. See Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and
A 366/A 366M Specification for Commercial Steel (CS)
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Table 1 and Table 2 for elevations of left-handed berths. A
Sheet, Carbon, (0.15 Maximum Percent) Cold-Rolled
berth finished on both sides is not shown, but it is one that is
A 512 Specification for Cold-Drawn Buttweld Carbon Steel
accessible from either side, has the head of the berth against a
Mechanical Tubing
bulkhead, and is not handed.
F 825 Specification for Drawers, Furniture, Marine, Steel
3.1.7 lee rail—aguardtoinhibitapersonfromrollingoutof
F 1085 Specification for Mattress and Box Springs for Use
bed because of ship motion. In this specification, the lee rail is
in Berths in Marine Vessels
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a raised pine railing.
2.2 American Institute of Steel Construction Manual:
3.1.8 mattress—a fabric-covered, box-type unit containing
AISC Wire and Sheet Metal Gages-Equivalent Thicknesses
springs and cushioning material that supports the sleeping
in Decimals of an Inch, U.S. Standard Gage for Uncoated,
surface.
Hot and Cold Rolled Sheets
3.1.9 pan section—the section of the berth designed to
3. Terminology
support the mattress and box spring.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
4. Classification
3.1.1 base—the structure on which the drawer and pan
4.1 Type I—Asingle berth with pipe, side lee rail with a box
sections are supported and which serves to tie the berth to the
spring and mattress pan having inside measurements of 54 in.
deck.
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(1372 mm) wide by 80 ⁄2 in. (2045 mm) long. (See Fig. 1,
3.1.2 berth—an item of fixed or built-in furniture for
Table 1, and Note 8 and Note 11 of Fig. 1.)
sleeping, with a base and drawer section below the mattress
4.1.1 Type IA—Berths conforming generally to the Type I
and box spring pan.
specifications but having special requirements as indicated in
3.1.3 berth side rail—the berth side that runs from head to
the ordering information.
foot of berth.
4.2 Type II—A single berth with pipe, side lee rail with a
box spring and mattress pan having inside measurements of 39
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F25 on Ships
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in. (991 mm) wide by 80 ⁄2 in. (2045 mm) long. (See Fig. 1,
and Marine Technology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F25.03 on
Table 1, and Note 8 and Note 11 of Fig. 1.)
Outfitting and Deck Machinery.
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2004. Published November 2004. Originally
4.2.1 Type IIA—Berths conforming generally to the Type II
approved 1989. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as F 1244 – 89 (1999).
specifications but having special requirements as indicated in
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
the ordering information.
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on 4.3 Type III—A two-high berth with pipe, side lee rail, the
the ASTM website.
same as Type II, but fitted with an additional pan and uprights
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Withdrawn.
to form an upper berth. (See Fig. 2, Table 2, and Note 8, Note
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Available from American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), One E.
10, and Note 11 of Fig. 1.)
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