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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 



A crew has demanded their discharge 

 from a vessel, claiming that the Master 

 has refused them a draw of one half 

 their wages at a port, when the vessel 

 loaded bunkers only. Admitting that a 

 refusal of a draw in port when and 

 where due is basis for the crew to de- 

 mand their discharge from the vessel, 

 in this case should the master accede to 

 the demand or not? State your reason. 



Where do you go to enter a ship upon 

 arrival in the United States from a 

 foreign port and what papers are you 

 required to deposit? 



What business would you transact at 

 the United States Consulate in a 

 foreign port? 



You arrive in a foreign port and have 

 reason to believe that your cargo has 

 been damaged. What action would you 

 take? 



In regard to merchant vessels and all 

 other private vessels of the United 

 States under what jurisdiction are 

 crimes committed aboard while on the 

 territorial coastal waters of a state? 



You have bound yourself in the 

 Charter contract to take the shortest 

 route to your port of discharge; may 

 you deviate from your course? 



Explain briefly the distinction be- 

 tween jurisdiction In Rem and jurisdic- 

 tion in Personam. 



State what rights, if any, an Arneri- 

 can seaman employed on an American 

 ship will have against the owner if, 

 while on the high seas, he contracts 

 pneumonia. 



What is a ship's register? 



What is general average? 



What is a ship's enrollment? 



