BM & QM Rating Flashcards
What is the Navy Search and Rescue Manual?
NTTP 3-50.1
What is the acronym AEL?
Allowance Equipage List
What is the acronym COSAL?
Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List
What is NSTM Chapter 583?
Boats and Small Craft
Where do you get boat hoisting slings for craning a boat over the side?
Complete hoisting slings are issued with each boat and specific to that boat
Boat hoisting slings are tested how?
Tested to 100-percent-over-normal working load
What is a davit?
A crane made for launching/recovering small boats over the side of ships.
What are the two types of life rafts?
- MK7, 25-person
- MK8, 50-person
What two factors cause error to a magnetic compass at sea?
Variation and Deviation
What is the acronym IALA?
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
What IALA Region is the USA?
IALA Region B (Red, Right, Returning)
What IALA Region is Europe and Asia?
IALA Region A
What two colors are Cardinal Bouys?
Black and Yellow
Safe water AKA Mid Channel Bouys are what two colors?
Red and White Vertically Striped
From smallest to largest, what components make up a line?
Fibers, Yarns, Strands, and Lines
Line in circumference of 1 3/4” or less is designated as… and is measured by …
Small Stuff, Number of Threads
Line larger than 1 3/4” in circumference is measured by its…
Circumference
Wire Rope is made up of what two parts?
Strands and Wires
What are the three types of wire rope cores?
Fiber, Wire, and IWR (independant wire rope)
When utilizing wire rope clips, what is the correct meathod?
Always place the U-bolt over the bitter end and the roddle (saddle) on the standing part. Never saddle a dead horse.
When two ships meet head on, each ship must change course to starboard and pass…
Port to Port
