Daily Routine at Sea

A.M.
2:00Relieve wheel and lookouts.
3:50Call the watch section.
4:00Relieve the watch. Muster the watch section and life boat’s crew. Light smoking lamp. Call ship’s cooks of the watch. Five minutes before sunrise station details at running lights. Turn off at sunrise. Relieve lookouts and station masthead lookouts.
5:00Call idlers and section of the watch sleeping in. Coffee.
5:20Pipe sweepers.
5:30Turn to. Out smoking lamp. Execute morning orders.
6:00Relieve the wheel and lookouts. Trice up clothes lines.
6:45Hammock stowers haul back hammock cloths.
7:00Up all hammocks.
7:15Hammock stowers stop down hammock clothes. Mess Gear. Light smoking lamp.
7:30Breakfast. Shift into the uniform of the day during the meal hour.
8:00Relieve the watch; both sections on deck. Muster watch and life boat’s crew.
8:15Turn to. Out smoking lamp. Deck and gun bright work.
8:30Sick call.
8:45Knock off bright work. Sweep down. Stow away ditty boxes and wash deck gear. Take down towel lines. Clear up decks for quarters.
9:10Officers’ Call. Divisions fall in for quarters.
9:15Quarters for muster and inspection. Physical drill and drills as prescribed.
10:00Relieve the wheel and masthead.
11:30Retreat from drill. Pipe down washed clothes, if dry. Sweep down.
11:45Mess gear.
M.
12:00Dinner.
P.M.
12:30Relieve the watch.
1:00Turn to. Pipe sweepers. Out smoking lamp.
1:45Abandon ship drill call.
2:00Relieve the wheel and masthead.
2:15Retreat from drill. Pipe sweepers. Turn to.
3:30Pipe down wash clothes, if up.
4:00Relieve the watch. Muster watch and life boat’s crew.
4:30Sweep down. Knock off ship’s work. Light smoking lamp. Five minutes before sunset station details at running lights. Turn on running lights with senior ship present. Station deck lookouts. Muster life boat’s crew. Inspect life boats.
5:30Clear up decks. Stow away ditty boxes.
5:45Mess gear.
6:00Supper. Relieve the wheel and lookouts.
6:30Turn to. Sweep down. Wet down after raindeck.
7:00Band concert for crew until 8:00.
7:30Hammocks. No smoking below decks.
8:00Call the watch. Relieve the wheel and lookouts. Relieve the watch. Muster watch and life boat’s crew. Turn out all but standing lights and lights in officers’ quarters and chief petty officers’ mess room.
9:00Out smoking lamp. Turn out lights in chief petty officers’ mess room.
10:00Relieve the wheel and lookout. Turn out lights in officers’ quarters unless an extension has been granted.
11:50Call the watch.
Midnight.Relieve the watch. Muster the watch and life boat crew.