The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesRiesenberg, Felix
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Riesenberg, Felix
Merchant marine -- United States; Navigation; Sailors
ART. 14. A steam vessel proceeding under sail only, but having her
funnel up, shall carry in daytime, forward, where it can best be seen,
one black ball or shape two feet in diameter.
INTERNATIONAL RULES: III. SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND SO FORTH
Preliminary.
ART. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for vessels under
way shall be given:
_First._ By "steam vessels" on the whistle or siren.
_Second._ By "sailing vessels" and "vessels towed" on the fog horn.
The words "prolonged blast" used in this article shall mean a blast of
from four to six seconds duration.
A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren,
sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the
sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient
fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient
bell. In all cases where the rules require a bell to be used a drum may
be substituted on board Turkish vessels, or a gong where such articles
are used on board small seagoing vessels. A sailing vessel of twenty
tons gross tonnage or upward shall be provided with a similar fog horn
and bell.
In a fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms, whether by day or
night, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows,
namely:
Steam vessel under way.
(_a_) A steam vessel having way upon her shall sound, at intervals of
not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast.
(_b_) A steam vessel under way, but stopped, and having no way upon her,
shall sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, two prolonged
blasts, with an interval of about one second between.
Sail vessel under way.
(_c_) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more
than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast; when on the port
tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam,
three blasts in succession.
Vessels at anchor or not under way.
(_d_) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not more than one
minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds.
Vessels towing or towed.
(_e_) A vessel when towing, a vessel employed in laying or in picking up
a telegraph cable, and a vessel under way, which is unable to get out of
the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command, or
unable to maneuver as required by the rules, shall, instead of the
signals prescribed in subdivisions (_a_) and (_c_) of this article, at
intervals of not more than two minutes, sound three blasts in
succession, namely: One prolonged blast followed by two short blasts. A
vessel towed may give this signal and she shall not give any other.
Small sailing vessels and boats.
Sailing vessels and boats of less than twenty tons gross tonnage shall
not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals, but, if they do not,
they shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of not
more than one minute.
Speed in fog.
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