The Men on Deck

About this eBook

Author

Riesenberg, Felix, 1879-1939

Title

The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine

Subject

Merchant marine -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57820

Release Date

August 31, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MEN ON DECK
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE MASTER
5. 5.CHAPTER II LAWS AFFECTING THE DUTIES OF THE MASTER — Master's oath of citizenship. Upon making application for registry of a vessel. — Change of master. — Master must produce ship's register when entry is made. — Offenses against the registry law. — Provisions and water. — Weights and measures. — Medicines and anti-scorbutics. — Slop chest. — Warmth and clothing. — Log-book.
6. 6.CHAPTER III ENTRY AND CLEARANCE — Clearance. — Master's oath. — Form of outward manifest. — Form of clearance. — State inspection laws. — Manifests in Alaskan and insular trades. — Bullion and coin. — Fees. — Deposit of papers. — War documents; passports; sea letters. — Illegal boarding of vessel. — Boarding and search of vessel.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE — Inward manifests. — Ports of entry. — Vessels bound to port of delivery. — Report and declaration of master. — Special inward manifest for Treasury Department. — Cargo in bulk. — Bond of cargo for re-export. — Inspection of merchandise laden for export. — Transfer of imported merchandise for export. — Delivery of cargo in various districts. — Vessels exempt from entry. — Sea-stores. — Coal. — Inspection of inward manifests by boarding officer. — Entry of merchandise for different port of destination. — Comparison of cargo and manifest. — Illegal unlading. — Special permit to unlade by night and preliminary entry. — Unlading by day. — Supervision of unlading. — Limit of time for unlading. — Post entry. — Returns of unlading of cargo. — Vessels in distress. — Obstruction by ice. — Salvage of merchandise. — Fraudulent importation of merchandise. — Bribery and solicitation of bribes. — Liens for freight or general average.
8. 8.CHAPTER V LIABILITY OF OWNERS, MASTERS, AND SHIPPERS — Liability of Owners, Masters and Shippers. — Act of February 13, 1893 (Harter Act). — General libel bond.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen. — School ships. — Navy ration. — Export of arms to American countries. — Mines, torpedoes, and harbor defenses. — Sale of arms and liquors to Pacific islanders. — Exemption of private property at sea. — Assistance and salvage at sea. — Protection against fire. — Inflammable or explosive cargo.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII THE CHIEF MATE — THE WORK OF THE CHIEF MATE — DUTIES IN PORT
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII THE CHIEF MATE (Continued)
12. 12.CHAPTER IX RULES OF THE U. S. SUPERVISING INSPECTORS RELATING TO LIFESAVING — LIFE BOATS — Equipment for lifeboats. — Food or provisions to be carried in lifeboats. — How lifeboats shall be carried. — Additional life-saving equipment. — Precautionary measures. — Future construction. — Handling of the boats and rafts. — Strength and operation of the davits — 2 Lifeboats swung out—1 on each side. — Equivalents for and weight of the persons. — Marking of lifeboats. — Lifeboats and life rafts kept clear for launching. — Boat-davit falls and receptacles therefor. — Care of lifeboats. — Embarkation of the passengers in the lifeboats and rafts. — Certificated lifeboat men—manning of the boats. — Manning of boats. — LIFE RAFTS — Handling of the rafts. — Care of life rafts. — Equipment for life rafts. — Life preservers. — Ring life buoys. — Line-carrying guns, rockets and equipment. — Rockets. — Requirements for firing tests. — Service lines and projectiles. — Drill required with line-carrying gun. — Placard containing instructions for use of gun and rocket apparatus. — Storm oil. — Steamer's name on equipments. — Muster roll and drills. — Muster list. — Musters and drills. — Stairways and deck room.
13. 13.CHAPTER X PASSENGER ACT OF 1882 — Accommodations. — Light and air. — Provisions. — Medical attendance. — Discipline and cleanliness. — Privacy of passengers. — Explosives; cattle. — Boarding vessel; passenger list. — Death of passenger. — Inspection. — Penalties. — Carriage of passengers.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI THE SECOND MATE
15. 15.CHAPTER XII THE THIRD MATE
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE JUNIOR OFFICERS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV CADETS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV LAWS DEFINING OFFICERS OF MERCHANT VESSELS — Citizenship of officers. — Watch officers who are not citizens. — Duration of licenses. — Service during war. — Officer's license. — Master's license. — Mate's license. — Engineer's license. — Pilot's license. — Master or mate acting as pilot. — Oath of officer. — Removal of master.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI THE EXAMINATION FOR LICENSES—MASTER AND MATES — Original Licenses. — Renewal of licenses. — Amendments of general rules and regulations, ocean and coastwise. — Substituting service in next lower grade for raise of grade. — Master of ocean steam vessels. — Examination for master of ocean steam vessels. — Masters of coastwise steam vessels. — Examination for master of coastwise steam vessels. — Masters of sail vessels. — Examination for license as master of sail vessels. — Chief mate of ocean steam vessels. — Second mate of ocean steam vessels. — Examination for license as chief mate and second mate of ocean steam vessels. — Third mate of ocean steam vessels. — Examination for license as third mate of ocean steam vessels. — Chief mate of coastwise steam vessels. — Second mate of coastwise steam vessels. — Third mate of coastwise steam vessels. — Examination for license as chief mate and second mate of coastwise steam vessels. — Examination for license as third mate of coastwise steam vessels. — Indorsement of Inland Licenses for Ocean Service. — Experience Qualifications of Officers Eliminated.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII THE WATCH OFFICER — FROM NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES — Three watches. — Rest before going on watch. — Death from negligence, misconduct, etc. — Only certain persons allowed in pilot house and on navigator's bridge. — THE STANDING ORDERS — THE NIGHT ORDERS — THE WATCH OFFICER—IN PORT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE RULES OF THE ROAD — INTERNATIONAL RULES: I. ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY: — PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS — INTERNATIONAL RULES: II. LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH: — Steam vessels—masthead light. — Steam vessels—side lights. — Steam vessels—range lights. — Steam vessels when towing. — Special lights. — Lights for sailing vessels and vessels in tow. — Lights for small vessels. — Lights for small steam and sail vessels and open boats. — Lights for pilot vessels. — Lights, etc., of fishing vessels. — Lights for an overtaken vessel. — Anchor lights. — Special signals. — Naval lights and recognition signals. — Steam vessel under sail by day. — INTERNATIONAL RULES: III. SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND SO FORTH — Preliminary. — Steam vessel under way. — Sail vessel under way. — Vessels at anchor or not under way. — Vessels towing or towed. — Small sailing vessels and boats. — Speed in fog. — INTERNATIONAL RULES: IV. STEERING AND SAILING RULES — Preliminary. — Sailing vessels. — Steam vessels. — Two steam vessels crossing. — Steam vessel shall keep out of the way of sailing vessel. — Course and speed. — Crossing ahead. — Steam vessel shall slacken speed or stop. — Overtaking vessels. — Narrow channels. — Right of way of fishing vessels. — General prudential rule. — Sound signals for passing steamers. — Precaution. — Distress signals. — INLAND RULES: I. ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY — PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS — INLAND RULES: II. LIGHTS AND SO FORTH — Steam vessels—masthead light. — Steam vessels—side lights. — Steam vessels—range lights. — Steam vessels when towing. — Lights for sailing vessels and vessels in tow. — Lights for ferryboats, barges, and canal boats in tow. — Lights for small vessels. — Lights for pilot vessels. — Lights, etc., of fishing vessels. — Lights for rafts or other craft not provided for. — Lights for an overtaken vessel. — Anchor lights. — Special Signals. — Naval lights and recognition signals. — Steam vessel under sail by day. — INLAND RULES: III. SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND SO FORTH — Preliminary. — Steam vessel under way. — Sail vessel under way. — Vessels at anchor or not under way. — Vessels towing or towed. — Rafts, or other craft not provided for. — Speed in fog. — INLAND RULES: IV. STEERING AND SAILING RULES — Preliminary. — Sailing vessels. — Steam vessels. — Supplementary regulations. — Two steam vessels crossing. — Steam vessel shall keep out of the way of sailing vessel. — Course and speed. — Crossing ahead. — Steam vessel shall slacken speed or stop. — Overtaking vessels. — Narrow channels. — Right of way of fishing vessels. — General prudential rule. — Sound signals for passing steamers. — Precaution. — Lights on United States naval vessels and revenue cutters. — Distress signals.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX LIMITS OF INLAND WATERS OF THE U. S. — Cutler (Little River) Harbor, Me. — Little Machias Bay, Machias Bay, Englishman Bay, Chandler Bay, Moosabec Reach, Pleasant Bay, Narraguagus Bay, and Pigeon Hill Bay, Me. — All harbors on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts between Petit Manan Lighthouse, Me., and Cape Ann Lighthouses, Mass. — Boston Harbor. — All Harbors in Cape Cod Bay, Mass. — Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and Easterly entrance to Long Island Sound. — New York Harbor. — Philadelphia Harbor and Delaware Bay. — Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay. — Charleston Harbor. — Savannah Harbor and Calibogue Sound. — St. Simon Sound (Brunswick Harbor) and St. Andrew Sound. — St. Johns River, Fla. — Florida Reefs and Keys. — Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda, Fla. — Tampa Bay and Tributaries, Fla. — St George Sound, Apalachicola Bay, Carrabelle and Apalachicola Rivers, and St. Vincent Sound, Fla. — Pensacola Harbor. — Mobile Harbor and Bay. — Sounds, Lakes, and Harbors on the Coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, between Mobile Bay entrance and the Delta of the Mississippi River. — New Orleans Harbor and the Delta of the Mississippi River. — Sabine Pass, Tex. — Galveston Harbor. — Brazos River, Tex. — San Diego Harbor. — San Francisco Harbor. — Columbia River entrance. — Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington and Puget Sounds. — General rule.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX THE QUARTERMASTERS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI THE CARPENTER
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII THE BOATSWAIN
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII ABLE SEAMEN
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV U. S. NAVIGATION LAWS GOVERNING MERCHANT SEAMEN — Definitions. — Exemption for militia duty. — Form of articles of agreement. — Scale of provisions to be allowed and served out to crew during the voyage. — Substitutes. — Account of apprentices on board. — Certificate of discharge. — Naturalization and citizenship of seamen. — Shipping officers. — Illegal shipments. — Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases. — Apprentices. — Agreement to ship in foreign trade. — Period of engagement. — Penalty for shipment without agreement. — Shipment in foreign ports before consuls. — Crew list. — Failure to produce crew. — Papers relating to crew. — Shipment of seamen in the coasting or near-by foreign trade. — Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner. — Discharge in foreign trade. — Discharge in foreign ports. — Wages. — Advances and allotments of wages. — Wages and clothing exempt from attachment. — Desertion of seamen abroad. — Desertion of foreign seamen in the United States. — Repeal of treaties and conventions. — Arbitration before shipping commissioner. — Soliciting lodgers. — Return of seamen from foreign ports, Alaska, and insular ports. — Effects of deceased seamen. — Sick and disabled seamen. — Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign ports and foreign seamen in American ports. — Seamen's witness fees. — Manning of merchant vessels. — Undermanning. — Fellow-servant clause. — Unseaworthy vessels. — War risk insurance.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV DISCIPLINE AT SEA — Offenses and punishments. — Sheath knives not allowed. — Corporal punishment prohibited. — Procedure. — CRIMES — Place of trial. — Murder. — Manslaughter. — Assault. — Rape. — Seduction. — Death from negligence, misconduct, etc. — Mayhem. — Robbery. — Arson. — Larceny. — Receiver of stolen property. — Miscellaneous offenses. — Forgery. — Ill treatment of crew. — Mutiny. — Abandonment of seamen. — Barratry. — Wrecking. — Plundering vessel. — Casting away vessel. — Crimes on the Great Lakes. — PIRACY — Piracy. — Crimes deemed piracy.
29. 29.APPENDIX A CUSTOMS DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND SUB-PORTS OF UNITED STATES — MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE—Portland — VERMONT—St. Albans — MASSACHUSETTS—Boston — RHODE ISLAND—Providence — CONNECTICUT—Bridgeport — ST. LAWRENCE—Ogdensburg — ROCHESTER—Rochester — BUFFALO—Buffalo — NEW YORK—New York — PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia — PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh — MARYLAND—Baltimore — VIRGINIA—Norfolk — NORTH CAROLINA—Wilmington — SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston — GEORGIA—Savannah — FLORIDA—Tampa — MOBILE—Mobile — NEW ORLEANS—New Orleans — SABINE—Port Arthur — GALVESTON—Galveston — LAREDO—Laredo — EL PASO—El Paso — EAGLE PASS—Eagle Pass — ARIZONA—Nogales — SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—Los Angeles — SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco — OREGON—Portland — WASHINGTON—Seattle — ALASKA—Juneau — HAWAII—Honolulu — MONTANA AND IDAHO—Great Falls — DAKOTA—Pembina — MINNESOTA—St. Paul, Minneapolis — DULUTH AND SUPERIOR—Duluth and Superior — WISCONSIN—Milwaukee — MICHIGAN—Detroit — CHICAGO—Chicago — INDIANA—Indianapolis — OHIO—Cleveland — KENTUCKY—Louisville — TENNESSEE—Memphis — IOWA—Des Moines — ST. LOUIS—St. Louis — OMAHA—Omaha — COLORADO—Denver — UTAH AND NEVADA—Salt Lake City — PORTO RICO—San Juan — Ports at which merchandise may be entered for transportation to other ports without appraisement under the act of June 10, 1880 — Ports to which merchandise may be transported without appraisement under the act of June 10, 1880 — List of ports at which bonded warehouses are established — List of ports where the custom-house premises are used for the storage of imported goods in bond
30. 30.APPENDIX B THE SEA LIBRARY — Bowditch's American Practical Navigator. — Lecky's Wrinkles in Practical Navigation. — Bradford's Whys and Wherefores of Navigation. — Jacoby's Navigation. — Knight's Seamanship. — Todd and Whall's Seamanship. — Walton's Know Your Own Ship. — White's Oil Tank Steamers. — Allingham's Weather Signs and How to Read Them.
31. 31.Index
32. 32.BY THE SAME AUTHOR — UNDER SAIL
33. 33.THE LITERATURE of NAVAL AND MARINE SCIENCE — The Whys and Wherefores of Navigation — MILITARY and NAVAL RECOGNITION BOOK — Modern Seamanship — HANDBOOK FOR THE CARE AND OPERATION OF NAVAL MACHINERY

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