5:45—Mess gear for other sections.
5:55—Relieve wheel and lookouts.
6:00—Relieve section on duty. Other sections to supper.
At sunset—Set running lights; lay down masthead lookouts; station deck lookouts; couple fire hose; muster life boats' crews; coxswain report when crews are present and lifeboats ready for lowering. Test night signal apparatus.
6:30—Turn to; sweepers; scrub clothes on forecastle (except Sunday).
7:00—Hoist ashes. Clear deck for hammocks.
7:30—Hammocks.
8:00—Relieve watch, wheel and lookouts. Signal and searchlight drill as ordered. Signal (1) latitude; (2) longitude.
At sea when meals are piped the duty section will remain on deck until relieved by the next section for duty. When, however, the ship is cruising singly at sea and there is no immediate necessity for the services of the section on deck, or when cruising at sea in company and it is apparent that the services of men on deck, other than those actually on watch at stations, is unnecessary, then mess gear will be spread for all sections at the same time, and all sections will go to meals at the same time, except those men actually on duty, but reliefs must get their meals and relieve their stations promptly. In any case the duty section must stand by to answer an emergency call. In bad weather, or when engaged in manœuvres, or when in the immediate vicinity of land, the duty section shall remain on deck until relieved by the next section.
There is a daily port routine, similar in general outline to the one for cruising. It calls for the ceremony of colors, hoisting or lowering the flag, boat duty and other things which can come only when a ship is in port. But these two schedules only hint at the full story.