11. Find out where the Coston lights are kept.

12. Find out what are red and what are blue lights, how many on board?

13. See that the binnacle lights are in working order.

14. See that the automatic fog whistle control works; how often does it blow when set-is it according to law?

15. See if the whistle works, don't pull it unless the Chief Mate or the Master says so.

16. Try out the engine room telegraph-the docking telegraph-after notifying the Chief that you intend doing so and on order of the Mate or Master.

17. Find out what kind of signals are used between the crow's nest and the bridge. The fo'c'sle head and the bridge.

18. Find out if the crow's nest lookout uses glasses-what kind-where kept.

19. Find out what sort of sounding machine is used-how it works-what kind of tubes are used-where the depth scale is kept-vhere the tubes are kept. Look at the "leads " see if they are "armed," see if there is plenty of "arming ' handy. What kind-soap or tallow?

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20. Overhaul the bridge chests-signal-navigating-put them in better order than you found them.

21. Look after the patent log-the lines-the rotators.

22. Become familiar with the entire bridge. Know the use of everything on it.

23. How are the compasses adjusted? Rectangular magnets, or single magnet?

24. Has the ship a Flinder's bar? Where is it? What is it? Why?

25. What are the quadrantal correctors? What do they correct?

26. Where are the distress rockets? Are they fastened to their sticks? Where are the sticks? When are they used? How?

27. Where is the line-throwing gun? How is it used? Where is the projectile? Where is the line? What kind of line is it? Why?

28. How many lifeboats are on board. How many rafts? How many ring buoys? How many life preservers? Why?

29. What is the required equipment of a lifeboat? See if all of this is in the lifeboat to which you are assigned on the station bill.

30. What is the equipment of a life raft? How is it stowed? How launched?

31. What is your station, at abandon ship? Who is in your boat? What do they look like? Take a look at the crew assigned to your boat-know them.

32. What kind of davits are used?

33. What kind of releasing gear is used?

34. Are the gripes easily cast off? Are the falls clear? Are they in tubs, as required by law?

35. What are your duties in case of fire? In case of fire in the holds, to cargo. Find out about this.

36. If the wharf caught fire, and everyone was ashore, that is, all the officers, but yourself. What would you do? Think over it.

37. Where do the seamen live, the firemen, the stewards? Where is the "glory hole "?

38. What are the duties of the boatswain?

39. What are the duties of the carpenter?

40. What are the duties of the quartermasters?

41. Learn the details of the complete economy of the vessels. How the crew and passengers are fed, where they mess, where stores are kept?

42. Learn the routine in your department. Why are things done as they are?

43. What is the ship's draft? How is it recorded?

44. Where are the sounding pipes? Look up the framed sectional blue print of the vessel that ought to be framed in the chart room.

45. What is the tons per inch scale?

46. What is the displacement of the vessel?

47. Learn her complete dimensions. Length between perpendiculars. Length over all.

Depth of hold.
Moulded depth.

Beam.

Freeboard, allowed by underwriters (draft).

Gross tonnage.

Net tonnage.

Horse-power.
Speed.

Coal consumption.

Her most economical speed, and tons per day.
Her hold capacity. Holds and 'tween decks.
Her tank capacity.

Her bunker capacity.

Her engines. I.H.P. type.

Her boilers, number, type.

Her wireless. Range.

48. What is the vessel's signal number?

49. What is her hailing port?

50. What is her rating, when given?

51. When built? By whom? Kind of construction?

52. Look up old log books if available. Speed under different kinds of weather conditions.

53. Has she bilge keels?

54. What kind of propellers, or propeller? Material? Pitch? Right handed or left? How will it send the vessel's head-going ahead-backing?

55. Learn everything you can about her construction, and equipment.

56. What is her draft when light-holds empty? What is her stability when in this condition? Is her propeller out of water in that condition? How much? What is her light displacement? How can you determine her stability-by means of shifting weights on deck?

57. How many cubic feet to a ton of bunker coal?

58. How many pounds to a cubic foot of sea water? Fresh water?

59. How do you figure the cubic capacity of a lifeboat? How many cubic feet allowed per person?

60. What is the strength of a new six-inch manila line? Of a five-inch wire hawser?

61. What is the tensile strength of mild steel? Of cast iron? The compressive strength?

62. Can you figure out the safe load for a steel boom under given conditions? Shell and stiffining given, supports and angle given? Safety factor 5.

63. Become familiar with the fittings of the holds. Go in, look around and study out the plan of construction and use. 64. Find out the location and use of the following partsLimbers.

Limber boards.

Ceiling.

Cargo battens.

Rose boxes (strums, also strainers).

Intercostal plates.

Keelson.

Stringers.

Framing.

Beams.

Shell plating.

Pillars.

Bulkheads.

Tanks.

65. Where do the steam pipes lead into the holds? 66. Where are the valves located? Which is which? 67. Where are the plugs for cargo clusters? 68. Where are the cargo clusters kept? there?

69. Are they all in good condition?

70. How much dunnage wood in the holds?

71. What cargo was carried last?

72. What cargo loading or coming in?

How many are

73. How much and what kind of dunnage will be needed?

74. Who is the boss stevedore? Watch him.

75. Note where each ventilator leads to.

76. Get acquainted with the deck engineers.

77. What kind of winches are used?

78. Get familiar with all details of the cargo handling gear. How many booms, capacity? Is gear rove off on steel, boom? Where is it stowed? In what condition? How is it

rigged?

79. How many hawsers in the vessel? Where stowed? In what condition?