DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 4441.13C
N4
21 Sep 2019
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 4441.13C
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: APPROVAL AND FUNDING FOR SHORE-BASED RETAIL ALLOWANCES
Ref: (a) OPNAVINST 4000.57H
(b) OPNAVINST 4441.12D
1. Purpose. To issue policy guidance on the various shore-based retail allowances and the spare
parts and funding requirements associated with each. Major revisions to this draft focus on
policy for special projects, and updated responsibility for configuration data management. This
instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 4441.13B.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies to all Navy shore activities and Marine Corps air
stations with the exception of Trident activities governed by reference (a); Navy working capital
fund (NWCF)-depot maintenance activities; and activities funded by military construction
supervision, inspection, and overhead.
4. Background
a. Shore-based allowances provide retail level inventory in support of a wide range of Navy
operational, industrial, and training activities. These allowances provide fixed or variable
protection levels and are published by Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUPSYSCOM)
Weapon Systems Support (WSS) (NAVSUP WSS).
b. In the past, some shore activities developed their own allowance lists based on subjective
criteria and requisitioned the associated spare parts with user operating funds. In many cases, the
supply support provided by the unofficial allowances resulted in the unplanned and un-
programmed drawdown of supply system inventory which was procured for other purposes, such
as the re-supply of deployed fleet units. This instruction is issued to prevent this type of
situation, as well as provide a comprehensive framework for the establishment and maintenance
of shore-based allowances.
