Ketika kapal berada diatas Dry-dock atau Slipway, kapal itu harus ditempatkan di Block cukup tinggi dan aman dan dengan perlu Staging untuk dapat memeriksa elemen-elemen seperti Shell Plating, termasuk Bottom dan Bow Plating, Stern Frame dan Rudder, Sea Chest dan Valve, Propeller, Shaft Bracket dan pelengkapan buritan lainnya jika dipasang. Shell Plating harus diperiksa terhadap Excessive Corrosion atau kerusakan akibat gesekan atau kontak dengan tanah dan untuk setiap perubahan bentuk yang tidak semestinya atau Buckling. Perhatian khusus harus diutamakan terhadap Bilge Keel. untuk keels lambung kapal. Perubahan bentuk pelat penting atau kerusakan lainnya yang tidak memerlukan perbaikan segera harus di-Record. Sea Chest dan Grating, Overboard Discharge Valve, Cock dan dan pengikatan mereka ke Hull atau Sea Chest harus diperiksa. Valve dan Cock perlu dibuka dan diperiksa selama setiap Special Class Survey. Jika dipandang perlu oleh Surveyor, Valve dan Cock dapat dibuka dan diperiksa pada interval pendek. Bagian terlihat dari Rudder, Rudder Pintle, Rudder Shaft dan Coupling, dan Stern Frame harus diperiksa. When deemed necessary by the Surveyor, the rudder is to be lifted or the inspection plates be removed for the examination of pintles. The clearance in the rudder bearings is to be ascertained and recorded. The steering gear is to be subjected to an operational trial. Visible parts of propeller and stern bush are to be examined. The clearance in the stern bush and the efficiency of the oil gland, if fitted, are to be ascertained and recorded. For controllable pitch propellers, the Surveyor is to be satisfied with the fastenings and tightness of hub and blade sealing. Dismantling need not be carried out unless deemed necessary by the Surveyor. Visible parts of side thrusters are to be examined. At Docking Surveys carried out as a part of the Special Class Survey, the cross sectional area of the anchor chain cables is to be determined by measuring approximately 3 typical links per length (27.5 m) at the ends of the links in way of the maximum wear. Worn out chain lengths (over 12% from their nominal diameter) are to be renewed. Bower anchors, if considerably worn, are to be weighed. If their weight is found to be reduced by 20% or more from the original they are to be replaced. SPECIAL SURVEY HULL I: a. External examinations Semua item Annual Survey (1.1), ditambah dengan : Decks are to be examined and particular attention being given to the areas where stress concentration or increased corrosion are likely to be developed, such as hatch corners and other discontinuities of structure. Deck erections such as hatch coamings, deckhouses and superstructures are to be examined.
Worn out, worm-eaten or rotten parts of wooden decks are to be renewed to
the Surveyors satisfaction. The same applies to wood-sheathed steel decks, the sheathing of which may be removed in places to ascertain the condition of plating underneath. Masts and standing rigging are to be examined.