| trails oars,| and salutes | with hand. | | and salutes | with hand. | | | with hand. | | | Midshipman or |Stops engine,|Stops engine, |Salutes with|Junior warrant | tosses or | lays on oars, | hand. |salutes officer. | trails oars,| and salutes | |with | and salutes | with hand. | |hand. | with hand. | | | Officer and |Salutes with |Salutes with |Junior |Junior coxswain in | hand. | hand. | salutes |salutes loaded or | | | with hand. |with towing boat | | | |hand. or boat under | | | | sail. | | | | Coxswain. |Stops engine,|Stops engine, |Stands and |Salutes | tosses or | lays on oars, | salutes |with | trails oars,| stands, and | with hand. |hand. | stands, and | salutes with | | | salutes with| hand. | | | hand. | | | ---------------+-------------+---------------+------------+-------- The starboard gangway ladder is used habitually by officers and their visitors when going on board of a man-of-war or departing therefrom, and the port gangway is used by all other persons. In other words the starboard gangway may be considered the “front door” of a ship. Yet whenever circumstances render it advisable or necessary an exception may be made to this rule by the commanding officer’s order. Upon reaching the quarterdeck from a boat, from a gangway or from the shore, or from any other part of the ship, officers and men face the colors, stand at attention and salute the colors; and the same procedure is followed upon leaving the quarterdeck. After saluting the colors upon arriving on the quarterdeck and just before saluting the colors upon leaving the quarterdeck, officers and enlisted men salute the officer of the deck, and the officer of the deck returns both the salute to the colors and the salute to him. Officers coming on board usually, after saluting the officer of the deck, say, “I request permission to come aboard, sir,” and briefly state their business; and after saluting the officer of the deck upon leaving the ship they say, “I request permission to leave the ship, sir.” The same procedure should be followed by civilians visiting a ship except that no salutes to the officer of the deck are required.