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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 



What are the requirements of the 

 Rules with respect to anchor lights for 

 a vessel 150 feet or upward in length? 



What lights and signals are required 

 for vessels fishing with lines or nets 

 extending horizontally into the seaway 

 more than 500 feet? 



May signals other than fog signals 

 be given when vessels are unable to see 

 each other because of fog, mist, snow 

 or rain? If so, state them. 



What action shall a power-driven ves- 

 sel take on hearing apparently forward 

 of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel 

 whose position is not ascertained? 



Describe the lights and shapes re- 

 quired to be exhibited by a vessel en- 

 gaged in laying or picking up a sub- 

 marine cable by night and by day. 



Describe the arcs of visibility of the 

 masthead light and stern light of an 

 ocean steamer. 



When a small vessel is being over- 

 taken by another, what lights is she 

 required to show if unable to carry 

 the fixed stern light because of bad 

 weather? 



What power-driA-en sea going vessels 

 over 40 tons are not required to carry 

 a range light? 



What are the requirements of the 

 Rules with respect to the lights for a 

 power-driven vessel towing or pushing 

 another vessel? 



What vessels display a tricolored 

 lantern in the same position as the 

 masthead light? 



You are proceeding toward a wide 

 channel and sight a vessel showing an 

 all-around white light on the bow and 

 on the stern, together with two red all- 

 around lights in a vertical line amid- 

 ships. What do her lights indicate? 



What is the rule regarding two 

 power-driven vessels meeting end on or 

 nearly end on so as to involve risk of 

 collision? 



How are orders to wheelsmen to be 

 given ? 



When should whistle signals be 

 sounded for course alteration? 



Name the distress signals. 



Do vessels not under command and 

 vessels laying or picking up telegraph 

 cable carry side lights on the high seas? 



When are the signals for course 

 alterations sounded? 



Quote Rule 27, the General Prudential 

 Rule. 



What is the meaning of two short 

 blasts when sounded by one of two 

 power-driven vessels which are meeting 

 so as to involve risk of collision? 



What do three short blasts denote 

 when sounded by one of two power- 



driven vessels which are meeting or 

 crossing so as to involve risk of col- 

 lision? 



State the duties of the "privileged" 

 vessel as outlined in the Rules. In other 

 words, where by these Rules, one of 

 two vessels is to keep out of the way, 

 what shall the other vessel do? Answer 

 in full. 



Are naval vessels required to carry 

 lights as prescribed in Rules of the 

 Road in peacetime? 



Are squadrons and convoys prevented 

 from carrying special lights? 



May vessels exhibit any lights in 

 order to attract attention? 



May a power-driven vessel use the 

 five or more short blast signal in fog 

 when she is not visible to other vessels? 



What vessels may use the ship's bell 

 to sound fog signals while underway? 



Has a vessel towing another vessel 

 any right of way not usually allowed to 

 other vessels? 



Which has the right of way, a sailing 

 vessel or a vessel fishing? State your 

 reasons. 



What is the meaning of one short 

 blast when sounded by one of two 

 power-driven vessels which are meeting 

 so as to involve risk of collision? 



What is the rule governing two 

 power-driven vessels crossing so as to 

 involve risk of collision? 



What is the rule for a power-driven 

 vessel and a sailing vessel proceeding 

 so as to involve risk of collision? 



A towing vessel is required to make 

 a fog signal. State that signal and the 

 intervals at which it is made. 



A vessel being towed is required to 

 make a signal. State the signal for a 

 vessel being towed, the interval at which 

 it is sounded, and how it is to be 

 sounded with respect to the signal of 

 the towing vessel. 



You are watch oflicer at anchor on an 

 8000 ton vessel, 400 feet long. The 

 weather becomes foggy. State in detail 

 the precautions you would take. 



Under what conditions other than 

 fog are fog signals used? 



In foggy weather what signals may 

 be used when vessels can see one an- 

 other? 



Of what duration are the following 

 when used as fog signals : 



(a) Prolonged blast J 



(b) Short blast; 



(c) Ship's bell? 



Would a vessel be required to sound 

 signals during the fog if she was 

 moored at the end of a pier in such a 

 manner that she projected beyond the 

 pier into the channel? Explain. 



