The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

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Page 15 - Passenger. A passenger is every person other than the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a vessel in the business of that vessel. In the case of a vessel on an international voyage a child under 1 year of age is not counted as a passenger. § 90.10-31 Rules of the Road.
Page 122 - Improper use prohibited. (a) No person shall flash or cause to be flashed the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light onto the bridge or into the pilothouse of any vessel under way. Subpart 97.27 — Lookouts §97.27-5 Master'* and officer's responsibility.
Page 12 - ... possessions of the United States and all lands held by the United States under a protectorate or mandate, whose international relations are the responsibility of a contracting SOLAS...
Page 33 - Where the boom is rated at varying capacities depending on the radius, tables indicating the maximum safe working loads for the various working angles of the boom and the maximum and minimum radii at which the boom may be safely used shall be conspicuously posted near the controls and visible to the operator when working the gear.
Page 121 - For full and half speed, a turning circle diagram to port and starboard that shows the time and the distance of advance and transfer required to alter the course 90 degrees with maximum rudder angle and constant power settings. (2) The time and distance to stop the vessel from full and half speed while maintaining approximately the initial heading with minimum application of rudder. (3) For each vessel with a fixed propeller, a table of shaft revolutions per minute for a representative range of speeds....
Page 184 - ... (b) In any case where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commandant that the use of any particular equipment, apparatus...
Page 115 - The fire alarm signal shall be a continuous blast of the whistle for a period of not less than 10 seconds supplemented by the continuous ringing of the general alarm bells for not less than 10 seconds.
Page 90 - May 26, 1965, a fixed carbon dioxide system shall be installed in all spaces containing internal combustion or gas turbine main propulsion machinery, auxiliaries with an aggregate power of 1,000 b. hp. or §95.10-5 greater, or their fuel oil units, including purifiers, valves, and manifolds.
Page 181 - Exemptions (a) Each Administration, if it considers that the sheltered nature and conditions of the voyage are such as to render the application of the full requirements of this Chapter unreasonable or unnecessary, may to that extent exempt from the requirements of this Chapter individual ships or classes of ships belonging to its country which, in the course of their voyage, do not go more than 20 miles from the nearest land.
Page 126 - At all steering stations, there shall be installed a suitable notice on the wheel or device or in such other position as to be directly in the helmsman's line of vision, to indicate the direction in which the wheel or device must be turned for "right rudder

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