SPECIMEN EXAMINATION FOR THIRD MATE 



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One of the lifeboats on each side of 

 a passenger vessel shall be of suitable 

 size and design for doing emergency 

 work at sea. Describe how these boats 

 are to be fitted and carried while at sea. 



What defects make cork life preserv- 

 ers unfit for service? 



Describe the daytime distress smoke 

 signals required on lifeboats and life 

 rafts, and state how they are operated. 



Describe the distribution and stow- 

 age of life preservers aboard ocean 

 passenger vessels. 



Would it be necessary to turn a life 

 raft over if it capsized? 



How do you know how many persons 

 a lifeboat is allowed to carry? 



Describe the construction of a life 

 preserver. 



Describe #ie auxiliary line required 

 to be carried aboard ocean passenger 

 vessels as equipment for the impulse- 

 projected rocket type line throwing ap- 

 pliance or the Lyle gun. 



How many service lines are required, 

 and how shall they be stowed? 



Can a painter of a lifeboat be of any 

 size besides 2% inch rope? 



Describe a lifeboat compass, and state 

 the requirements for compass and 

 mountings in new installations or re- 

 placements. 



Name the items carried in lifeboats 

 for signalling or attracting attention. 



What care should be given ring 

 buoys? 



How are all ring life buoys to be dis- 

 tributed and secured aboard ocean 

 passenger vessels? 



How many means of escape must be 

 provided on steamers from all en- 

 closures where passengers or crew may 

 be quartered, or where anyone may be 

 employed? How are such avenues of 

 escape required to be located? 



Describe in detail the markings re- 

 quired to be shown on each lifeboat of 

 a vessel. 



How would you test the air tanks of 

 a lifeboat for tightness? 



How are lifeboats required to be 

 numbered and marked? 



Describe the electric water light, and 

 state how it is ignited. 



What is the service use of the follow- 

 ing items of lifeboats equipment: 



(a) Batteries in flashlights; 



(b) Red hand flare distress sig- 

 nals; 



(c) Floating orange smoke distress 

 signals? 



What equipment is required for each 

 lifeboat of less than 60 persons capacity 

 carried aboard ocean passenger vessels? 



What color are the sails carried in 



lifeboats aboard ocean and coastwise 

 passenger vessels? 



Are all lifeboats installed on a par- 

 ticular passenger vessel required to be 

 fitted with the same type of releasing 

 gear? 



What markings do the Regulations 

 require for watertight doors and associ- 

 ated equipment? 



How long may the spare flashlight 

 batteries be used as equipment in life- 

 boats aboard ocean passenger vessels? 



How many spare bulbs must be pro- 

 vided for each lifeboat flashlight? 



How many years after the date of 

 manufacture may red flare distress sig- 

 nals be used as lifeboat equipment? 



Describe the following items which 

 are required to be carried in lifeboats 

 aboard ocean passenger vessels. 



(a) Heaving line. 



(b) Jacknife. 



(c) Ditty bag. 



(d) Bucket. 



How many of each of the following 

 distress signals must be carried as life- 

 boat equipment aboard ocean and coast- 

 wise passenger vessels, and what is the 

 limit of their service use? 



(a) Floating orange smoke sig- 

 nals. 



(b) Red hand flare signals. 



(c) Red parachute flare signals. 

 How many of each of the following 



distress signals must be carried in life- 

 boats aboard ocean cargo vessels? 



(a) Floating orange smoke sig- 

 nals; 



(b) Red hand flare signals; 



(c) Red parachute flare signals? 

 How must a water light be attached 



to a life float or buoyant apparatus? 



What care should be given kapok 

 life preservers? 



Describe the calcium carbide water 

 light, and state how it is ignited. 



How are all lifeboats and liferafts 

 required to be carried or stowed? 



What equipment for the stowage and 

 protection of falls must be provided for 

 properly lowering the lifeboats aboard 

 ocean passenger vessels of over 1000 

 gross tons, where lifeboat winches are 

 not used? 



State the number of lifeboatmen re- 

 quired for : 



(a) A lifeboat carrying less than 

 41 persons. 



(b) A lifeboat carrying from 41 to 

 60 persons. 



(c) A lifeboat carrying from 61 to 

 85 persons. 



(d) A lifeboat carrying from 86 to 

 110 persons. 



(e) A lifeboat carrying over 110 

 persons. 



