Navigation Laws of the United States. 1923 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - 557 pages |
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Page 76
... operation of this section . ( Mar. 4 , 1915 , sec . 13. ) Undermanning . In case of desertion or casualty resulting in the loss of one or more of the seamen , the master must ship , if obtainable , a number equal to the number of those ...
... operation of this section . ( Mar. 4 , 1915 , sec . 13. ) Undermanning . In case of desertion or casualty resulting in the loss of one or more of the seamen , the master must ship , if obtainable , a number equal to the number of those ...
Page 103
... operation of any machinery or device employed to denote the state of the water or steam in any boiler , or to give warning of approaching danger , or who intentionally permits the water to fall below the prescribed low - water line of ...
... operation of any machinery or device employed to denote the state of the water or steam in any boiler , or to give warning of approaching danger , or who intentionally permits the water to fall below the prescribed low - water line of ...
Page 104
... operation , carry one life - preserver for each and every person allowed to be car- ried on said vessel by the certificate of inspection , including each member of the crew : Provided , however , That upon such vessels and under such ...
... operation , carry one life - preserver for each and every person allowed to be car- ried on said vessel by the certificate of inspection , including each member of the crew : Provided , however , That upon such vessels and under such ...
Page 113
... OPERATION OF THE DAVITS . The davits shall be of such strength that the boats can be lowered with their full complement of persons and equipment , the vessel being assumed to have a list of fifteen degrees . The davits must be fitted ...
... OPERATION OF THE DAVITS . The davits shall be of such strength that the boats can be lowered with their full complement of persons and equipment , the vessel being assumed to have a list of fifteen degrees . The davits must be fitted ...
Page 114
... operation necessary to pre- pare the boats for lowering , until the last boat or pontoon raft is afloat . Third . The number of men employed in the whole operation must not exceed the total number of boat hands that will be carried on ...
... operation necessary to pre- pare the boats for lowering , until the last boat or pontoon raft is afloat . Third . The number of men employed in the whole operation must not exceed the total number of boat hands that will be carried on ...
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Page 91 - That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel...
Page 247 - Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy...
Page 269 - When two steam- vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 89 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 252 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 267 - ... feet above the hull, one such light and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 274 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 249 - Where, by any of these rules, one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Page 260 - Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other.
Page 289 - States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water; and it shall not be lawful to deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be deposited material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the bank of any tributary of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall...