APPLICATIONS 



Form CG-866 (License Applications) may be obtained either by written re- 

 quest or personal application to any Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, U.S. 

 Coast Guard. It must be completed in all respects. All statements of sea service 

 made therein must be supported by documentary evidence, issued by responsible 

 persons, officers, or organizations. When the application has been completed, it 

 must be presented personally by the applicant at a Marine Inspection Office. Each 

 applicant for an original license is required to have a written endorsement from 

 a Master and two other licensed officers of a vessel on which he has served. 



PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 



Upon acceptance and approval of his application, the candidate vdll be sent to 

 one of the offices of the U.S. Public Health Service for a physical examination. 



For an original license as master, mate, or pilot, the applicant must have either 

 with or without glasses, at least 20/20 vision in one eye and at least 20/40 in the 

 other. The applicant who wears glasses, however, must also be able to pass a test 

 without glasses of at least 20/40 in one eye and at least 20/70 in the other. The 

 color sense will be tested by means of a pseudo-isochromatic plate test, but any appli- 

 cant who fails this test will be eligible if he can pass the "Williams" lantern test 

 or equivalent. 



REEXAMINATION AND REFUSAL OF LICENSES 



Any applicant for license or endorsement who has been duly examined and re- 

 fused may come before the same Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, for reexam- 

 ination at any time thereafter that may be fixed by such Officer in Charge, Marine 

 Inspection, but such time shall not be less than 1 month from the date of his last 

 failure. In the case of another failure, he will not be reexamined until after a lapse 

 of at least 6 months from date of last failure. 



A candidate who has been duly examined and refused a license by an Officer in 

 Charge, Marine Inspection, shall not be examined by any other Officer in Charge, 

 Marine Inspection, until 1 year has elapsed from the date of the last refusal 

 without the sanction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, that refused the 

 applicant. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE 



Every Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, shall, before renewing an existing 

 license to a master, mate, or pilot who has served under the authority of his 

 license within the 3 years next preceding the date of application for renewal, 

 or who has been employed in a ixisition closely related to the operation of vessels 

 during the same 3 year period, require that such licensed officer present an affidavit 

 that he has read within the 3 months next preceding the date of application the 

 Rules of the Road applicable to the waters for which he is licensed and demon- 

 strate his knowledge of the application of the Rules of the Road. 



Every Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, shall, before renewing an existing 

 license to a master, mate, or pilot who has not served under the authority of his 

 license within the 3 years next preceding the date of application for renewal, 

 or who has not been eanployed in a position closely related to the operation of 

 vessels during the same 3 year period, satisfy himself that such licensed officer is 

 thoroughly familiar with the Rules of the Road applicable to the waters for which 

 he is licensed. A written examination may be required for this purpose, or the 

 applicant may be examined orally and a summary of the oral examination placed 

 in the officer's license file. 



