Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant MarineU.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - 510 pages |
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... hereby is , author- Mar. 2 , 1881 . ized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly en- rolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same , when , in his opinion , there shall be sufficient cause for so ...
... hereby is , author- Mar. 2 , 1881 . ized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly en- rolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same , when , in his opinion , there shall be sufficient cause for so ...
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... hereby ex- empted from the provisions of section one of chapter one hundred and seventy - three of the laws of eighteen hun- dred and ninety - five , entitled " An Act to amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety - eight of ...
... hereby ex- empted from the provisions of section one of chapter one hundred and seventy - three of the laws of eighteen hun- dred and ninety - five , entitled " An Act to amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety - eight of ...
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... hereby empowered to administer such oath . Whenever any vessel , registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section , shall arrive within the district comprehending the port to which she belongs , the certificate of ...
... hereby empowered to administer such oath . Whenever any vessel , registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section , shall arrive within the district comprehending the port to which she belongs , the certificate of ...
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... hereby authorized and directed to grant registers , as vessels of the United States , to such foreign - built steamships now engaged in freight and passenger business , and sailing in an established line from a port in the United States ...
... hereby authorized and directed to grant registers , as vessels of the United States , to such foreign - built steamships now engaged in freight and passenger business , and sailing in an established line from a port in the United States ...
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... hereby granted for the said ( inserting here the description of the vessel ) called the ( inserting here the vessel's name , ) to be employed in carrying on the ( inserting here ' coasting- trade , ' ' whale - fishery , ' ' 42 PART III ...
... hereby granted for the said ( inserting here the description of the vessel ) called the ( inserting here the vessel's name , ) to be employed in carrying on the ( inserting here ' coasting- trade , ' ' whale - fishery , ' ' 42 PART III ...
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Page 325 - A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.
Page 309 - ... (d) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article are to be taken by other vessels as signals that the vessel showing them is not under command and can not, therefore, get out of the way.
Page 342 - 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 313 - 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 308 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 321 - ... on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor. if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Page 339 - ... be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision. in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy...
Page 314 - ... (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession...
Page 322 - A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show the white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the colored lights above mentioned, have at hand, ready for use, a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used as prescribed above.
Page 308 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (d) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.