Boats And Davits

Question 1

What is the oldest type of boat davit used in the Coast Guard?

Answer 1

Radial

Question 2

Which way do radial arm davits point when the boat is in the stowed position?

Answer 2

In board

Question 3

Where are quarantal davits used

Answer 3

Merchant ships

Question 4

How are quadrantal davits operated?

Answer 4

By turning a crank

Question 5

Up to what weight are welin crescent davits designed to handle?

Answer 5

13,500 lbs

Question 6

From where are hydraulic davits operated?

Answer 6

A control console

Question 7

What is the safety device that keeps the davits in the stowed position?

Answer 7

The preventer

Question 8

What does the fall tensioning device do?

Answer 8

It keeps slack out of the falls when hooking and unhooking

Question 9

What controls the lowering speed on a gravity davit?

Answer 9

The brake

Question 10

What do you have to ensure before booming out?

Answer 10

That the boat clears the skid

Question 11

When are the gripes cleared away during boat lowering?

Answer 11

When the crew is in the boat

Question 12

Which should be lower the bow or the stern?

Answer 12

Stern

Question 13

Should a small boat engine be running when lowered?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What is the most dangerous time in boat lowering?

Answer 14

The instant the boat becomes waterborne

Question 15

What are steadying lines made of?

Answer 15

Manila

Question 16

What holds the falls next to the ships side upon approach of a small boat and keeps the boat from swinging during lowering and hoisting?

Answer 16

Frapping lines

Question 17

How many round turns should be left in a cleat for boat lowering?

Answer 17

Two

Question 18

When a small boat is in the water what should it be towed by and be the last line cast off?

Answer 18

The sea painter

Question 19

What should be transferred with a boat?

Answer 19

It’s slings

Question 20

How much weight is a sling tested for after manufacture?

Answer 20

100% over load

Question 21

What line secures a boat to a boom?

Answer 21

Guesswarp

Question 22

What is used to keep the guesswarp from running up after unhooking

Answer 22

A toggle

Question 23

What is the personnel capacity of the MK-10 26 foot motor whale boat

Answer 23

18

Question 24

Where would you look to find out what and how much equipment is required for each small boat?

Answer 24

Cosal

Question 25

Where is the boat crew going to embark and disembark the small boat at

Answer 25

Lowest weather deck possible

Question 26

During boat operations and heavy seas, how many steadying lines should be used

Answer 26

4

Question 27

Who is responsible for making the boat and boat crew ready for launching?

Answer 27

Coxswain

Question 28

When boats slings are manufactured, they must be tested at what percentage over the SWL

Answer 28

100%

Question 29

When will you set your sea painter when lowering a boat by a crane

Answer 29

Before you lower the boat

Question 30

What is the maximum capacity of a MK6 inflatable life raft

Answer 30

25

Question 31

When lowering a boat by crane underway, what is installed for quick release when the boat becomes waterborne?

Answer 31

Safety runner

Question 32

At how many feet feet will inflatable life raft deploy automatically when the ship has sunk

Answer 32

10 feet to 40 feet

Question 33

How long is the sea painter line on a inflatable life raft?

Answer 33

100 feet

Question 34

What degree of lip is installed on the MK six life raft cradle

Answer 34

15°

Question 35

What size and line construction is the hydrostatic release cord?

Answer 35

1/4 inch nylon double braided

Question 36

What position should the hydrostatic release mechanism be in if properly stowed, right

Answer 36

Outboard facing away from the ship

Question 37

What type of Davit is best fitted for the use and heavy seas

Answer 37

Single arm, gravity, Davit

Question 38

Why are Davit alignment lines painted on the trackway guides on Davits

Answer 38

To keep the Davitt from two blocking

Question 39

When lifting slings are made in weight test must be conducted. How long are they to be tested?

Answer 39

10 minutes

Question 40

What type of weight test is conducted for 100% over the SWL for a Davit

Answer 40

Rated

Question 41

When, approaching a man in the water, how do you make your approach in a small boat?

Answer 41

Place the man on your port bow

Question 42

On Davitt with rib boats, what type of hook is installed on the Davit

Answer 42

Quick release hook

Question 43

When releasing, the Raymond release, hook would helps clear the falls from the boat

Answer 43

Falls tensioning device

Question 44

What is defined as a force that moves the stern of the boat in the direction of propellers rotation?

Answer 44

Side force

Question 45

When weight testing a debit that has a SWL of 26,000 pounds what will be the test load in pounds

Answer 45

52,000 pounds

Question 46

Where, and when do officers enter and sit at in a rib?

Answer 46

Bow and enter last

Question 47

What is the main purpose of the frapping lines on the boat Davit falls?

Answer 47

To clear the falls from the boat

Question 48

What type of davits are run on trackways and blocks?

Answer 48

Gravity davits

Question 49

What needs to be logged into the small boat compass log before each use?

Answer 49

Magnetic heading

Question 50

How many personnel are allowed in the rescue boat when lowering for a man overboard

Answer 50

Five down and six up

Question 51

What would the Coxswain of a small boat sound to the OOD if you were carrying a noncommissioned officer?

Answer 51

Hello

Question 52

What would the coxswain of a small boat sound to the ood if the xo was in the small boat

Answer 52

Aye aye

Question 53

What is displayed on the top of the Flagstaff indicating a commanding officer

Answer 53

Ball

Question 54

What is displayed on the top of the Flagstaff indicating a vice admiral

Answer 54

Halbred

Question 55

What is displayed on the top of a Flagstaff indicating the commandment of the Marine Corps is on board

Answer 55

Spread eagle

Question 56

If a boat davit has been tested to 14,000 pounds on a rated test how much weight would be required to test at a dynamic low test

Answer 56

21,000

Question 57

Why is the smoking not permitted in or around small boats while batteries are being charged

Answer 57

Hydrogen gases are produced when batteries are being charged

Question 58

Forces that drag some of the water along because of friction between the skin of the ship and water

Answer 58

Frictional wake current

Question 59

How do you properly beach a LCM?

Answer 59

Ride in just behind the crest of a breaker or comber