DNC 5(B) - US Naval Communications Instructions
October 1958

COVER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, ETC. - download 0.6 MB pdf

  1. MISSION, POLICY AND DOCTRINE - download 0.6 MB pdf
    1. Naval Communications
    2. Relationship to Command
    3. Policy
    4. Basic Organizations of Naval Communications
  2. ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNICATIONS - download 3.3 MB pdf
    1. Director, Naval Communications
    2. The Naval Communication System
    3. Communications Ashore
    4. Communications Afloat
  3. COMMUNICATION RECORDS - download 1.0 MB pdf
    1. Communication Files
    2. Communication Logs
    3. Records Disposal
  4. COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL - download 4.5 MB pdf
    1. Communication Officers
    2. District Communication Officers and Commanding Officers of Naval Communication Stations and Facilities
    3. Staff Communication Officers
    4. Ship's Communications Officers
    5. Radio and Signal Officers
    6. Assistant Communication Officers
    7. Operating Personnel
    8. Radiomen
    9. Signalmen
    10. Marine Corps Communication Personnel
  5. COMMUNICATION SECURITY - download 3.3 MB pdf
    1. Protection of Communications
    2. Classification of Matter
    3. Dissemination of Classified Matter
    4. Physical Security
    5. Publication Security and Accountability
    6. Destruction of Classified Matter
    7. Cryptosecurity
    8. Transmission Security
    9. Defensive Measures
    10. Protection of Means of Transmission
    11. Authentications
    12. Censorship
  6. MEANS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATION - download 4.8 MB pdf
    1. Types of Naval Communication
    2. Physical Delivery
    3. Telecommunications
    4. Sound
    5. Visual
    6. Electrical
    7. Radio
    8. Radio Nets
    9. Ship-to-Shore Circuits
    10. Point-to-Point Circuits
    11. Amateur Radio
    12. Calibration of Equipment
    13. Wire
    14. Methods of Radio Transmission
    15. Fleet Broadcasts
    16. General Broadcasts
    17. Emergency, Distress, and Safety Traffic
    18. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Stations
  7. PREPARATION OF MESSAGES - download 4.0 MB pdf
    1. Naval Messages
    2. Classes of Messages
    3. General Messages
    4. Special Categories of Messages
    5. The US Navy BASEGRAM System
    6. Originators of Messages
    7. Address of Messages
    8. Text of Messages
    9. Internal Routing of Messages
  8. STATION AND ADDRESS DESIGNATORS - download 3.5 MB pdf
    1. General
    2. Composition and Assignment
    3. Employment of  Station and Address Designators
    4. Plain Language Address Designators
    5. Use of Station and Address Designators on Local Harbor Nets
    6. Embarked Flag
    7. Address Indicating Groups (AIGs)
    8. Security of Address
  9. GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES - download 6.4 MB pdf
    1. Forms of Messages
    2. Supervisory Wires, Procedure Messages, and Service Messages
    3. Components of Messages
    4. Procedure and Preamble Components of Messages
    5. Prefix, Text, and Ending
    6. Long Messages
    7. Duplicate Messages
    8. Common Procedures
    9. Operating Signals and Prosigns
    10. Description and Use of Prosigns
    11. Message Address
    12. Acknowledgments
    13. Cancellations, Corrections, and Retransmissions
    14. Message Refile
    15. Operating Techniques
    16. Executive Method
  10. RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURE - download 0.7 MB pdf
    1. General
    2. Broadcast and Intercept Methods
    3. Air-Ground Communications
    4. Specialized Functional Procedure
  11. RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURE - download 3.5 MB pdf
    1. General
    2. >Voice Procedure
    3. Operating Rules
    4. Executive Method
  12. VISUAL PROCEDURE - download 2.9 MB pdf
    1. Flashing Light
    2. Semaphore
    3. Flaghoist
    4. Infra-Red
  13. TELETYPEWRITER AND TAPE RELAY PROCEDURE - download 8.2 MB pdf
    1. Teletypewriter Procedure
    2. Transmission of Messages
    3. Broadcast Method
    4. Manual Switching Systems
    5. Teletypewriter Conferences
    6. Tape Relay Procedure
    7. Routing of Message Tapes
    8. Routing Doctrine
    9. Messages
    10. Discrepancies in Transmissions
    11. Correction of Errors
    12. Unattended and Secured Service
  14. FACSIMILE PROCEDURE - download 0.6 MB pdf
    1. Standard Procedure
  15. APPENDIXES - download 2.3 MB pdf
    1. Annex Alfa . NAVY TWX DIRECTORY
    2. Annex Bravo. COMMERCIAL MESSAGE FORMS
    3. Annex Charlie . USE OF ABBREVIATIONS
    4. Annex Delta . PRINCIPLES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATIONS
  16. INDEX - download 3.0 MB pdf
CHANGE 1, OCTOBER 1959 - download 16.9 MB pdf 

CHANGE 2, JUNE 1961 - download 26.8 MB pdf