The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Transcriber's Note.
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The use of hyphens has been rationalised. Sub-paragraphs and lists have been indented. A line in blackletter font in the dedication has been bolded.
An advertisement for another book by the same author has been shifted to the back of the book.
Chapter XVIII describes the Rules of the Road as they apply to the High Seas and to U.S. Inland Waters. In the original work corresponding passages are set out on opposite pages. In this version the Rules applying to the High Seas are followed by those applying to Inland Waters. Inland Waters are defined in Chapter XIX.
Master, Mates and Crew Their Duties and Responsibilities
A MANUAL for The American Merchant Service
BY FELIX RIESENBERG, C.E. Master Mariner (Sail and Steam) Superintendent, New York State Nautical School, Commanding Schoolship Newport Author of Under Sail
NEW YORK D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 25 Park Place 1918
Copyright, 1918 by D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
DEDICATED TO Captain Reginald Fay OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE
In the days of sail, the duties of masters, mates, and crews, were well defined. Sea practice, in the various rigs, had become standard with the authority of an ancient calling.
The art of sailing, and of rigging ships, was a precise matter. Gear remained standard for a century. The main to'bowline of a Black Ball Liner, tearing to windward in a North Atlantic hummer, was rove and led in much the same fashion as the main to'bowline of the ships of Nelson and Van Tromp. And the old time seamen, in their usage and habits, followed the regularity of the ships upon which they sailed.
Felix Riesenberg
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THE MEN ON DECK
Preface
Table of Contents
Master's oath of citizenship. Upon making application for registry of a vessel.
Change of master.
Master must produce ship's register when entry is made.
Offenses against the registry law.
Provisions and water.
Weights and measures.
Medicines and anti-scorbutics.
Slop chest.
Warmth and clothing.
Log-book.
Clearance.
Master's oath.
Form of outward manifest.
Form of clearance.
State inspection laws.
Manifests in Alaskan and insular trades.
Bullion and coin.
Fees.
Deposit of papers.
War documents; passports; sea letters.
Illegal boarding of vessel.
Boarding and search of vessel.
Inward manifests.
Ports of entry.
Vessels bound to port of delivery.
Report and declaration of master.
Special inward manifest for Treasury Department.
Cargo in bulk.
Bond of cargo for re-export.
Inspection of merchandise laden for export.
Transfer of imported merchandise for export.
Delivery of cargo in various districts.
Vessels exempt from entry.
Sea-stores.
Coal.
Inspection of inward manifests by boarding officer.
Entry of merchandise for different port of destination.
Comparison of cargo and manifest.
Illegal unlading.
Special permit to unlade by night and preliminary entry.
Unlading by day.
Supervision of unlading.
Limit of time for unlading.
Post entry.
Returns of unlading of cargo.
Vessels in distress.
Obstruction by ice.
Salvage of merchandise.
Fraudulent importation of merchandise.
Bribery and solicitation of bribes.
Liens for freight or general average.
Liability of Owners, Masters and Shippers.
Act of February 13, 1893 (Harter Act).
General libel bond.
Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen.
School ships.
Navy ration.
Export of arms to American countries.
Mines, torpedoes, and harbor defenses.
Sale of arms and liquors to Pacific islanders.
Exemption of private property at sea.
Assistance and salvage at sea.
Protection against fire.
Inflammable or explosive cargo.
THE WORK OF THE CHIEF MATE
DUTIES IN PORT
LIFE BOATS
Additional life-saving equipment.
Precautionary measures.
Future construction.
Handling of the boats and rafts.
Strength and operation of the davits
2 Lifeboats swung out—1 on each side.
Equivalents for and weight of the persons.
Marking of lifeboats.
Lifeboats and life rafts kept clear for launching.
Boat-davit falls and receptacles therefor.
Care of lifeboats.
Embarkation of the passengers in the lifeboats and rafts.
Certificated lifeboat men—manning of the boats.
Manning of boats.
LIFE RAFTS
Life preservers.
Ring life buoys.
Line-carrying guns, rockets and equipment.
Rockets.
Requirements for firing tests.
Service lines and projectiles.
Drill required with line-carrying gun.
Placard containing instructions for use of gun and rocket apparatus.
Storm oil.
Steamer's name on equipments.
Muster roll and drills.
Muster list.
Musters and drills.
Stairways and deck room.
Accommodations.
Light and air.
Provisions.
Medical attendance.
Discipline and cleanliness.
Privacy of passengers.
Explosives; cattle.
Boarding vessel; passenger list.
Death of passenger.
Inspection.
Penalties.
Carriage of passengers.
Citizenship of officers.
Watch officers who are not citizens.
Duration of licenses.
Service during war.
Officer's license.
Master's license.
Mate's license.
Engineer's license.
Pilot's license.
Master or mate acting as pilot.
Oath of officer.
Removal of master.
Original Licenses.
Renewal of licenses.
Amendments of general rules and regulations, ocean and coastwise.
Substituting service in next lower grade for raise of grade.
Master of ocean steam vessels.
Examination for master of ocean steam vessels.
Masters of coastwise steam vessels.
Examination for master of coastwise steam vessels.
Masters of sail vessels.
Examination for license as master of sail vessels.
Chief mate of ocean steam vessels.
Second mate of ocean steam vessels.
Examination for license as chief mate and second mate of ocean steam vessels.
Third mate of ocean steam vessels.
Examination for license as third mate of ocean steam vessels.
Chief mate of coastwise steam vessels.
Second mate of coastwise steam vessels.
Third mate of coastwise steam vessels.
Examination for license as chief mate and second mate of coastwise steam vessels.
Examination for license as third mate of coastwise steam vessels.
Indorsement of Inland Licenses for Ocean Service.
Experience Qualifications of Officers Eliminated.
FROM NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
THE STANDING ORDERS
THE NIGHT ORDERS
THE WATCH OFFICER—IN PORT
INTERNATIONAL RULES: I. ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY:
INTERNATIONAL RULES: II. LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH:
INTERNATIONAL RULES: III. SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND SO FORTH
INTERNATIONAL RULES: IV. STEERING AND SAILING RULES
INLAND RULES: I. ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY
INLAND RULES: II. LIGHTS AND SO FORTH
INLAND RULES: III. SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND SO FORTH
INLAND RULES: IV. STEERING AND SAILING RULES
Cutler (Little River) Harbor, Me.
Little Machias Bay, Machias Bay, Englishman Bay, Chandler Bay, Moosabec Reach, Pleasant Bay, Narraguagus Bay, and Pigeon Hill Bay, Me.
All harbors on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts between Petit Manan Lighthouse, Me., and Cape Ann Lighthouses, Mass.
Boston Harbor.
All Harbors in Cape Cod Bay, Mass.
Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and Easterly entrance to Long Island Sound.
New York Harbor.
Philadelphia Harbor and Delaware Bay.
Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay.
Charleston Harbor.
Savannah Harbor and Calibogue Sound.
St. Simon Sound (Brunswick Harbor) and St. Andrew Sound.
St. Johns River, Fla.
Florida Reefs and Keys.
Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda, Fla.
Tampa Bay and Tributaries, Fla.
St George Sound, Apalachicola Bay, Carrabelle and Apalachicola Rivers, and St. Vincent Sound, Fla.
Pensacola Harbor.
Mobile Harbor and Bay.
Sounds, Lakes, and Harbors on the Coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, between Mobile Bay entrance and the Delta of the Mississippi River.
New Orleans Harbor and the Delta of the Mississippi River.
Sabine Pass, Tex.
Galveston Harbor.
Brazos River, Tex.
San Diego Harbor.
San Francisco Harbor.
Columbia River entrance.
Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington and Puget Sounds.
General rule.
Definitions.
Exemption for militia duty.
Form of articles of agreement.
Scale of provisions to be allowed and served out to crew during the voyage.
Substitutes.
Account of apprentices on board.
Certificate of discharge.
Naturalization and citizenship of seamen.
Shipping officers.
Illegal shipments.
Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases.
Apprentices.
Agreement to ship in foreign trade.
Period of engagement.
Penalty for shipment without agreement.
Shipment in foreign ports before consuls.
Crew list.
Failure to produce crew.
Papers relating to crew.
Shipment of seamen in the coasting or near-by foreign trade.
Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner.
Discharge in foreign trade.
Discharge in foreign ports.
Wages.
Advances and allotments of wages.
Wages and clothing exempt from attachment.
Desertion of seamen abroad.
Desertion of foreign seamen in the United States.
Repeal of treaties and conventions.
Arbitration before shipping commissioner.
Soliciting lodgers.
Return of seamen from foreign ports, Alaska, and insular ports.
Effects of deceased seamen.
Sick and disabled seamen.
Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign ports and foreign seamen in American ports.
Seamen's witness fees.
Manning of merchant vessels.
Undermanning.
Fellow-servant clause.
Unseaworthy vessels.
War risk insurance.
Offenses and punishments.
Sheath knives not allowed.
Corporal punishment prohibited.
Procedure.
CRIMES
PIRACY
MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE—Portland
VERMONT—St. Albans
MASSACHUSETTS—Boston
RHODE ISLAND—Providence
CONNECTICUT—Bridgeport
ST. LAWRENCE—Ogdensburg
ROCHESTER—Rochester
BUFFALO—Buffalo
NEW YORK—New York
PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia
PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh
MARYLAND—Baltimore
VIRGINIA—Norfolk
NORTH CAROLINA—Wilmington
SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston
GEORGIA—Savannah
FLORIDA—Tampa
MOBILE—Mobile
NEW ORLEANS—New Orleans
SABINE—Port Arthur
GALVESTON—Galveston
LAREDO—Laredo
EL PASO—El Paso
EAGLE PASS—Eagle Pass
ARIZONA—Nogales
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco
OREGON—Portland
WASHINGTON—Seattle
ALASKA—Juneau
HAWAII—Honolulu
MONTANA AND IDAHO—Great Falls
DAKOTA—Pembina
MINNESOTA—St. Paul, Minneapolis
DULUTH AND SUPERIOR—Duluth and Superior
WISCONSIN—Milwaukee
MICHIGAN—Detroit
CHICAGO—Chicago
INDIANA—Indianapolis
OHIO—Cleveland
KENTUCKY—Louisville
TENNESSEE—Memphis
IOWA—Des Moines
ST. LOUIS—St. Louis
OMAHA—Omaha
COLORADO—Denver
UTAH AND NEVADA—Salt Lake City
PORTO RICO—San Juan
Ports at which merchandise may be entered for transportation to other ports without appraisement under the act of June 10, 1880
Ports to which merchandise may be transported without appraisement under the act of June 10, 1880
List of ports at which bonded warehouses are established
List of ports where the custom-house premises are used for the storage of imported goods in bond
Bowditch's American Practical Navigator.
Lecky's Wrinkles in Practical Navigation.
Bradford's Whys and Wherefores of Navigation.
Jacoby's Navigation.
Knight's Seamanship.
Todd and Whall's Seamanship.
Walton's Know Your Own Ship.
White's Oil Tank Steamers.
Allingham's Weather Signs and How to Read Them.
Index
UNDER SAIL
Modern Seamanship
