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
The line shall be coiled, faked, or reeled in its own faking box or
reel, and the gun, carriage, line box or reel, and projectiles shall all
bear the same number and shall be initialed by the inspector, whose
report of the test, giving number, date, and result, shall be filed in
the office of the supervising inspector of the district in which the
test is made.
Service lines and projectiles.
Service projectile lines hereafter approved shall be similar in size to
that used by the United States Coast Guard, of not less than 1,700 feet
in length, and capable of withstanding a breaking strain of 500 pounds,
and the projectile end shall be so protected that line will not burn
when fired from the gun.
The projectiles required to be furnished with each gun shall weigh not
less than 18 pounds, smoothly turned and finished, with a windage of not
more than one sixty-fourth of an inch.
Drill required with line-carrying gun.
The master of every vessel equipped with a line-carrying gun shall drill
his crew in the use thereof and fire said gun at least once in every
three months, using one-half the usual charge of powder and any ordinary
line of proper length.
It shall be the duty of the inspectors, at the annual inspection, to see
that these drills are entered on the log of the vessels.
Placard containing instructions for use of gun and rocket apparatus.
A placard containing instructions for using the gun and rocket apparatus
required by the foregoing section and as practiced by the United States
Coast Guard shall be posted in the pilot house, engine room, and in the
seamen's, firemen's, and steward's department of every steam vessel
required by law to carry such gun or rocket apparatus. (R. S., 4405.)
Storm oil.
On and after January 1, 1915, ocean vessels of more than 200 gross tons
propelled by machinery and navigating the oceans or gulfs shall carry a
supply of oil for the purpose of smoothing the sea or quelling the force
of the waves in case of emergency or necessity in the following
quantities:
Vessels of over 200 and not over 1,000 gross tons, 30 gallons.
Vessels of over 1,000 and not over 3,000 gross tons, 40 gallons.
Vessels of over 3,000 and not over 5,000 gross tons, 50 gallons.
Vessels of over 5,000 gross tons shall carry at least 100 gallons.
This oil shall be accessible and available at all times, and the
location of the supply and the means and methods of its distribution
shall be determined by the master of the vessel.
Steamer's name on equipments.
All the equipments of a steamer, such as buckets, hose, axes, boats,
oars, rafts, life preservers, floats, barrels, and tanks, shall be
painted or branded with the name of the steamer upon which they are
used. (R. S., 4405.)
Muster roll and drills.
Special duties for the event of an emergency shall be allotted to each
member of the crew.
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