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
Lights, etc., of fishing vessels.
ART. 9. (_a_) Fishing vessels of less than ten gross tons, when under
way and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the
water, shall not be obliged to carry the colored side lights; but every
such vessel shall, in lieu thereof, have ready at hand a lantern with a
green glass on one side and a red glass on the other side, and on
approaching to or being approached by another vessel such lantern shall
be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green
light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the
starboard side.
(_b_) All fishing vessels and fishing boats of ten gross tons or upward,
when under way and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines
in the water, shall carry and show the same lights as other vessels
under way.
(_c_) All vessels, when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of
drag nets or lines, shall exhibit, from some part of the vessel where
they can be best seen, two lights. One of these lights shall be red and
the other shall be white. The red light shall be above the white light,
and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less than six feet
and not more than twelve feet; and the horizontal distance between them,
if any, shall not be more than ten feet. These two lights shall be of
such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be
visible all round the horizon, the white light a distance of not less
than three miles and the red light of not less than two miles.
Lights for rafts or other craft not provided for.
(_d_) Rafts, or other water craft not herein provided for, navigating by
hand power, horse power, or by the current of the river, shall carry one
or more good white lights, which shall be placed in such manner as shall
be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.
Lights for an overtaken vessel.
ART. 10. A vessel which is being overtaken by another, except a steam
vessel with an after range light showing all around the horizon, shall
show from her stern to such last-mentioned vessel a white light or a
flare-up light.
Anchor lights.
ART. 11. A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at
anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height
not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so
constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all
around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length when at
anchor shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not
less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such
light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that
it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light,
another such light.
The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her
certificate of registry.
Special Signals.
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