Boatswains Mate Flashcards
Dates and results of all the inspections (personnel, material, lower deck, locker, seabag) are entered in the what?
Section leaders notebook
Information about bunk and locker assignments is entered in what bill?
Watch quarter and station
command has two parts—a preparatory command and a what?
Command of execution
An order has as many as how many parts
Five
Safety precautions are located in what’s SERIES
OPNAVINST 5100
Personnel working aloft must wear safety harnesses with what assemblies?
Dynabrake
Two types of safety lines are used. One is a 6—foot—1 1/2-inch nylon line with a steel snap hook at either end. The other is a what size nylon line?
50 ft, 1 1/2 inch
Burning, welding, and blowtorch operations are not permitted on a s age or boatswain’s chair unless the bridles, stage lines, and gantlines are of what?
Steel wire
What dates back to the days of sail. It had definite practical uses in those days, many of which have now ceased to exist‘?
Boatswains pipe (originally termed a “call”)
The four correct positions of the hand for using the boatswain’s pipe are what?
Open, curved, closed, and clinched
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are made as an ordinary whistle is blown and are raised or lowered by the lung force exerted?
Smooth
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are sounded by ballarding the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, imitating a whistle rattled by a pee?
Rattled
What notes on the Boatswain’s pipe are made by a combination of the tongue slowly vibrating while the throat pulsates the lung pressure, causing the sound to undulate smoothly at equal intervals?
Undulating notes
are derived lrom using individual scores or combinations of scores?
Calls
call is piped to avast hauling and make fast and to annul an order just Piped
Belay
What is the pipe equivalent to ho heave ho heave by voice when the gang is heaving together on a line.
Haul
What call consists of“Passing the word” and a long (l0—second) “Veer, in the clinched position‘?
Pipe down
Mess call is the longest of the calls; it should cover no less than how long‘?
1 minute
What is the aristocrat of all the calls on the boatswain’s pipe?
Piping the Sid
If you have any doubt about how an announcement should be worded, ask whom?
OOD
What shows the sea watch stations that must be manned and the divisions required to man them
Ships organization and regulations manual
Keep pipe what distance from the microphone to avoid damaging the circuit
12 inches
What contains a complete chronological record of the ship’s history, from the time of commissioning to the day the commission pennant comes down and the ship’s active career terminates?
Ships deck log
The Ship’s deck log is submitted to the Chief of Naval Operations how often for permanent retention, and the copy is retained on board the ship for a period of 1 year, after which time it may be destroyed?
Monthly
The remarks in the Ship’s deck log are recorded daily by watches except when specifically directed otherwise by whom?
Chief of naval operations
You have two excellent guides in making out the ship’s deck log——lnstructions for Keeping Ship’s Deck Log, what instruction number? And the Watch ()l’lieer’s Guide
OPNAVINST 3100.7
One of the most important records that you, as a Boatswain’s Mate, are responsible for is what? This is a permanent record of your ground tackle and its use
Anchor log
Inspection is made of all the spaces and compartments except those carrying fuel oil, water, or other liquids and those designated as voids, collerdams, ballast tanks, or double bottoms how often‘?
Weekly
What is neither official nor required. But it‘ you maintain one, you will Find it of great assistance in planning work for your section and integrating the work load of your section with that of the division?
Work record
The 3-M System is covered in what instruction which is the ship’s 3—M Manual‘?
OPNAVINST 4790.4 (SERIES)
At first, most honors and ceremonies rendered by our navy were carried over from the what?
British navy
Tradition dictates that each ship constructed for the service be honored in how many historic ceremonial occasions
4
The first milestone in the history of a ship is generally simple ceremony that marks the what?
Laying of the keel
The regulations for at—sea disposition of remains casketed in a metal casket and inumed cremated remains (cremains) from a naval vessel or inumed cremains from a naval aircraft are set forth by what?
Bureau of medicine and surgery
What contains detailed info concerning burial at sea?
Navy Military Funerals, NAVPERS 15555 (SERIES)
What are those honors, except gun salutes, rendered by ships and boats when ships, embarked officials, or officers pass (or are passed) close aboard?
Passing honors
Close aboard means passing within 600 yards for ships and within how many yards for boats?
400
Passing honors are not rendered after sunset before what time international courtesy or except when requires?
0800
What term means a formal visit ofcourtesy requiring special honors and ceremonies?
Official visit
An informal visit of courtesy requiring no special ceremonies is a what?
Call
Passing the word and what else are used to indicate the arrival and departure of commanders. chiefs of staff. chief staff officers. and commanding officers for interested personnel?
Boat gongs
Side boys are not paraded on what day or between sunset and 0800 on other days?
Sunday
What line (made from the fibers of the abaca plant) formerly was authorized for use only where great strength was required
Manila
What lines made of nylon. armaid (kevlar). polyester (Dacron), and polypropylene have been substitute for manila in most applications?
Synthetic
All the Navy line what size in circumference or larger is required to be right laid?
1 3/4 inches
what lines have certain advantages over twisted lines. They will not kink or cockle (explained later). n will they flex open to admit dirt or abrasives?
Braided
what lines usually consist of an even number of parallel.tapelike groups of small braided into a yarns hollow. tubelike cord?
Hollow-braided
what lines are formed around a highly twisted yarn core, which rounds out and hardens the line?
Stuffer braided
What line is, essentially, two hollowbraided inside the other
Double braided
What line is made of eight strands -four right twisted and four left-twisted?
Plaited
Line 3/4 inches or less in circumference is called what and is designated as to size by the number of threads (or yams) that make up each strand?
Small stuff
When you need something stronger than marine, you will use what, which is a left-laid, three-strand. tarred hemp?
House line
What can be used for temporary whippings, seizing and lashings?
Rope yarns
Line is available in sizes up to what size?
21 inches
Remember that line composed of what is susceptible to mildew and rotting?
Vegetable (natural) fiber
Line from what sizes, which will be needed in various lengths on deck. should be opened,and a few feet of the end led out?
2-4 inches
A condition similar to a kink is the what. which actually is a kink in an inner yam that forces te yam to the surface?
Cockle
The strength of a line can be reduced by a much as 50 percent for knots and bends and what percent for hitches?
40%
When lines are properly secured with round tums on “H” bitts, the line will retain what percent of its strength?
90%
When lines are used on double bitts, figure eights the what percentage? reduce rope strength by only what percentage?
25 percent
The natural-fiber lines basically consist of what and have te same properties paper?
Cellulose
Bending strength decreases how many times as rapidly as BS?
5
If natural-fiber line exceeds what age or more, do not use the rope for critical operations or thos involving the lives of personnel?
5 years
The strength of line exposed to the atmosphere deteriorates about what percent in 2 years from weathering alone?
30%
Line loaded in excess of what percentage of its breaking strength will be damaged permanently?
75%
To minimize the hazard of pulling a line handler into a securing device when a line suddenly surges. have safety observers ensure that all the line handlers stand as far as possible with a minimum distance of at least what from the securing device being tended or worked?
6 ft
Where possible, position line handlers a minimum of what from the direction of the tension force?
90 degrees
Where the substitution of synthetic-fiber line for manila line is authorized, what provides the appropriate guidance for the substitution?
NSTM chapter 613
Before new three-strand synthetic-fiber line is used, it should be faked down on deck and allowed to relax for how long?
24 hours
Nylon loses what percentage of its strength from water being absorbed by nylon molecules?
15 percent
Polypropylene line may lose as much as what percentage of its strength in 3 months when exposed to tropical sunlight if the line is made without ultraviolet inhibitors?
40 percent
If a polypropylene line has had ultraviolet inhibitors added. it should meet what military specification?
MIL-R-24049
What do not cause synthetics to deteriorate, but they may make them slippery?
Oil and grease
Nylon rope, on parting, is stretched nearly what if it’s original length?
One half
Polyester rope is stretched nearly one-third of its original length and is equally dangerous as rope, which stretches what percentage?
6 percent
The eyes in mooring lines are normally how long, depending on the size of fittings (bollards, bitts. or cleats) used?
6-10 ft
The rule of thumb for the preferred length of the eye is how many times the diameter of the fitting: this prevents uneven loading of the eye?
Five
what eye splice can be performed on new line only. It retains up to go prcent of the average new strength?
Standard
Synthetic line should not be stowed on a what?
Powered stowage Drum/Reel
what property of friction of synthetic fibers is lower than that of slip more easily than manila?
Coefficient
To ensure the longest life, use a line within its what?
Safe working load
What is a bight of six-thread manila hanging from two measured points on this point is stretch to a certain percentage of its elastic length. When reached, it becomes taut.waming that there is danger ofexceeding the SWL ofthe line?
Tattletale cord
The two most commonly used stoppers are what?
Crisscross and rattail
What is defined as the lowest BS encountered in all of the test samples broken?
Minimum BS
Line manufacturers usually publish average Bss, which may be what percentage higher than the minimum BSs?
10-25
The actual BS of a line can be anywhere from the minimum BS to what percentage higher?
35 percent
Ships are moored to piers, wharfs, quay walls, and nested with other ships by what?
Mooring lines
A spring line leads at an angle of about how many degrees from the ship to te pier and and-aft movement?
45
How many mooring lines is standard moor?
6
No synthetic line used mooring line will be used without the what?
Tattletale cord
Since what type of stretches only 6 percent at minimum breaking strength. tattetale cords cannot rope be used to determine the strain on these mooring lines?
Four strand aramid fiber
All te mooring lines larger than 5 inches have messengers of 1 1/2 inches in circumference, and must how feet long attached o them so that the heaving line does not part during delivery to the pier?
12-18
what consists of a padded weight attached to the end of a nylon shot line
Bolo
The main object of what is to protect the ship from contact with the pier or another ship?
Fenders
What according to a seamans use of the term is usually a bent line to itself?
Knot
What ordinarily is used to join two lines together?
Bend
Frequently it is necessary to bend together two lines that must reeve around a capstan or winch drum. The best knot for this purpose is what? Page 2-25) Reeving line bend 57. What has m
Reeving line bend
What has many uses in fancy work. but it also has practical applications, such as keeping the end of a line from coming unlaid?
Double Matthew Walker
What is a knot used bend a line to a becket or eye?
Fishermans bend
What on a bight comes in handy whenever you need and eye in the center of a line?
Bowline
What lines primary use is a substitute for the boatswains chair?
Spanish bowlines
In the days of sailing ships, what knots were set at the top of the masts, secured to the eyes of the other knots?
Masthead
what is of the most useful and most important hitches used on deck?
Rolling hitch
What is used on logs, spars planks, or other comparatively rough surfaces material?
Timber hitch
What hitch, single or double, is used to secure a rope to a hook
Blackwell hitch
What may be used to hoist almost any bulky object. but it is particularly useful in hoisting barrels. drums, and boxes without tops?
Barrel hitch
Closed drums and boxes, as well as numerous other items, can be hoisted by means of the what?
Bale sling
What is composed of four sets of turns taken at right angles to each other?
Monkey fist
What knot is generally thought of as merely a means to shorten a line, but in an emergency, it can also used to take the load of weak spot in the line?
Sheep shank
What is made from various materials and serves mainly as decorative coverings in areas where an enhanced appearance is desired?
Ornamental work
What is usually thought of as strictly omamental work, but it serves, many useful purposes. such as keeping the leathers on lifelines or as the finishing touch on lanyards?
Turks head
what is used to cover boat hooks. bucket bails, handrails for ladden and so forth
Cox combing
What is generally used on stanchions but can also be used in many other places where a round core is to be covered?
Cross pointing
Making what is a simple and fast way of covering a handrail or stanchion?
Fox and geese
What is made of small cord. such as cod line or Belfast cord, and is used to form omamental lines or lanyards?
Dennis
A square sennit must be made with how many strands or it will not come out square?
8
A Russian sennit is from any number of strands divisible by 4. but do not use fewer than what or it will not show to the best advantage?
16
what are used when two lines or two parts of a single line are to be married permanently?
Seizing a
what is light and is used where strain is not too great?
Flat seizing
what is actually seizing and is used wherever a temporary eye is needed in the middle of a a round line?
Throat seizing
A hook is what to keep slings. straps, and so forth. from slipping out of the hook and strengthen the hook if there is the danger that the load will bend it?
Moused
what is stronger than fiber and can be used where conditions such as high temperatures would damage fiber?
Wire core
A temporary eye splice may be put in wire by using what?
Wire rope clips
There may be some accommodation ladders made of still in service, but for ease of handling, the steel Navy has changed to what?
Aluminum
On ships that do not have outriggers, what can be used to support the accomodation ladder over the side to attach it to the upper platform?
J-bar davit
What on an accommodation ladder are posts that slide out from the lower platform and act as fenders to keep the ladder in the proper position of the side of the ship?
Shoes
What are the various devices attached to the hull that assist in handling the ship?
Deck fittings
what is a device consisting of a double-ended pair of projecting homs used for belaying a line or wire?
Cleat
what are heavy vertical cylinders. usually arranged in pairs.which are used for making fast lines that have been led through chocks?
Bitts
when constructed in pairs, each bitt is sometimes called what?
Barrel
What is a heavy fitting with smooth surfaces through which mooring lines are led?
Chick
How many chock types are there?
3
What is a plate with an “eye” attached, welded to the deck to distribute the strain over a large area, and to which a block can be hooked or shackled?
Padre
What is a strong cylindrical upright on a pier, over which the eye (or bight) of a ship’s mooring line is placed?
Bollard
The most common ship fender is a pneumatic fender made of rubber, about how long and 3 feet in diameter?
4 ft
What are used to protect a fender system from damage due to the motion of moored ships and. where necessary. to provide clearance between a ship and a wharf or pier?
Camels
What is a hardwood seat attached to a double bridle of stout line?
Boatswains chair
What is stout plank to the underside of which two short wooden homs are attached athwartships a either by nailing bolting on, a foot or two from either end?
Stage
What is taken when the ship is going into or out of port or approaching an anchorage are the depth of water?
Soundings
Most accurate means for obtaining soundings is?
Hand lead
The lead line or hand lead consists of narrow block of lead weighing how many a attached to a marked line?
7-14
Lead lines often are marked at each what over the of depth used most and may range markings around the more important depths
Half fathom
Canvas, often called what. is a general name for a class of strong. heavy. plain cloth woven of cotton linen?
Duck
what is the canvas encountered most often, but occasionally you see the terms ounce duck or army duck?
Numbered duck
Canvas usually is made up in bolts from 85-100yds, but is issued by the linear yard, in widths from what length?
22-72 inches
what usually gives the amount of each type of canvas you should carryat all times?
Allowance list
After used. sal needles should be dried carefully and oiled or stowed in a container of what to prevent them from rusting?
Powdered chalk
What hook has a swivel eye. It is used to hold the ends of two pieces of canvas being sewn together?
Sailmakers or bench hook
What reduces the wear on the sail twine while sewing is being done, and it retards deterioration?
Beeswax
What is the stitch most commonly used for joining two pieces of canvas?
Round stitch
What is used when a strong seam is required, as on a paulin or a sail?
Flat stitch
what stitch is used mend tears in light and medium canvas
Baseball
What stitch is used to mend in heavy or painted canvas?
Herringbone
A Seanad may be any size desired, but 1 foot in diameter and what in length is about average?
36 inches
What are the ropes around the edges of awnings and sails whose purpose is to take the strains of the stops clews and reef points and the like?
Bolts ropes
What are canvas or synthetic coverings spread over the decks of a vessel to protect the crew from sun and weather?
Awnings
What is designated by weight as light, medium, and heavy, and ranges from 6 ounces per square foot to over 10 ounces per square foot?
Rigging leather
The Naval Ships Technical Manual (NSTM).chapter 581. that what is the used in states equipment anchoring and in mooring with anchors?
Ground tackle
what anchors are easy to stow and, for this reason. were adopted by the Navy?
Stock less
The Mk 2 anchor, with its long flukes, has the greatest holding power. It is made in the how many-pound size for use aboard the larger aircraft carriers?
60,000
What anchors are used as bow and stem anchors?
LWT
What anchors are used by some older submarines and for special purposes, such as moorings for buoys and torpedo-testing barges?
Mushroom
What are found on the crown of the old-fashioned anchors, on the flat of te crown of the stockless anchors. and on the shank of the lightweight anchors?
Serial numbers
Anchor chains fumished in time of war have been of all types: wrought iron: BBB close link steel: die- lock chain. forged and welded, stud and cast steel. What is standard in the Navy today?
Die-lock chain
The lengths of chain that are connected together to make up the ship’s anchor chain called what?
Shots
standard shot is how long?
15 fathoms (90 feet)
What are used to attach the anchor to the chain?
Bending shackles
What minimize kinking or twisting of the anchor chain?
Chain Swivels
Although stoppers alone are more than adequate for holding the anchor, they should be backed up with the what?
Wildcat brake
Forged steel mooring shackles are used to attach the anchor chain to what?
Mooring buoys
All mooring shackles, regardless or size, have a standard mortise (opening) of what?
7 inches
What. with two links attached at each end, are used to moor with two anchors?
Forged steel swivels
A cable jack. consisting of lever mounted on an axle and two wheels, is used to handle anchor chain a in what sizes and above?
2 3/4 inches
What is used in clearing a hawse fouled by the anchor chain?
Clear Hawse pendants
What is a fiber rope pendant, fitted at one end with a thimble and a dip shackle large enough to engage a link of the anchor chain is used to moor or clear a hawse?
Dip ropes
The bitter end of the anchor chain is secured to a padeye in the chain locker by a safety anchor shackle. The padeye, welded to a specially reinforced bulkhead. is rated at how many times the breaking strength of the shackle?
1.75
Anchor chain larger than how many-inches-wire diameter is overhauled, wire brushed, and placed in a good state of preservation as often as the inspection required by NSTM, chapter 581. indicates that it is necessary?
1 1/2
At least once every how often all anchor chain (including shackles, shackle pins, and detachable links). regardless of size, are examined, overhauled, and placed in a good state of preservation?
18 months
Who is in charge on the forecastle while the ship is anchoring and weighing anchor?
1st LT
Under normal conditions, a ship usually anchors to a scope f chain between how many times the depth of the water?
5 and 7
The anchor is reported as what when the shan is in te hawsepipe and the flukes are against the ship’s side?
Housed
When the ship is about what distance from the mooring buoy. a boat containing a buoy party of three or four personnel, in addition to the boat’s crew, is lowered to the water?
1,000 yes
What method of mooring to buoy is a simple and rapid means of easing the bitter end of the chain a (controlled by an easing-out line) down to the mooring buoy by letting it slide on the wire shackled to the buoy?
Trolley
In general. when hauling more than how many fathoms of chain. do not exceed about half speed on the anchor windlass?
60
what provides the latest guidance conceming authorized synthetic towing hawsers and end fittings?
NAVSEA
Although many types of sled targets have been developed, the catamaran-hulled what is the prevalent target used by the U.S. Navy?
Williams target tow-sled
what term everything from refloating stranded vessels to wreck removal?
Salvage
World War II provided example of the value of salvage operations. a prime organization during this period salvaged and reclaimed ships and equipment worth over how much?
2 billion dollars
what provides emergency salvage services to vessels and aircraft in distress
Rescue salvage
what consists of salvaging ships, removing wreckage, and general salvage work
Harbor salvage
What is concemed with refoating vessels stranded or sunk in exposed locations along a coast
Offshore salvage
what consists of services rendered to an amphibious assault force and is not limited to salvage alone?
Combat salvage
What is the most prevalent type of salvage requiring Navy assistance?
Offshore salvage
What is caused the varying degree of buoyancy of a stranded vessel?
Pounding
What is usually the best type of vessel available immediately for dispatch to aid a stranded vessel
Tug
What is a towline harness designed to permit a towing vessel to maintain fire control over heading and position?
Liverpool bridle
what provides the most effective force that can be used for refloating stranded vessels?
Beach gear
who must ensure coordination in all phases of the refloating operation?
Salvation Officer
What is an uncommissioned, waterborne unit of the fleet not designated as a service craft and is capable of limited independent operation?
Navy boat
The allowance of boats for forces afloat is established by whom?
Chief of naval operations (CNO)
Boats that are assigned for the personal use of flag officers are referred to as what?
Barges
Boats assigned for the personal use of chiefs of stam: for squadron. group, and division commanders. who are not of flag rank: and for the commanding omcers of ships are referred to as what?
Gigs
Every Navy ship. regardless of class, is required to have boat bill that is tailored to that ship’s needs. a Regulations and guidelines for the boat bill are set forth in what instruction?
OPNAVINST 3120.32
Each sling, after manufacture. must be tested for a what prcent-over-normal working kud: and when issued. a copper seal must be attached. stating the date, where, and by whom te sling was last tested?
100
what which steadying lines for slings required by standard plans to be made of fiber line?
Side guys
Regardless of when or how a boat is hoisted is sible for making the boat ready and for out, who respons getting the crew into the boat?
Coxswain
The most dangerous time in hoisting out a boat is te moment it becomes what?
Waterborne
A set of whats nothing more than special crane that isdesigned fr handing a bot or boats in asafe a and timely way?
David’s
What davit is designed to launch stow one or more boats?
Double link gravity
The winch is capable of hoisting the fully landed boat at a speed of what distance per min?
40 ft
A slewing arm davit (SLAD) is used to handle what?
Rigid inflatable boat (RIB)
on boat davts.the standard release gear used by the Navy is what releasing hook
Raymond
Ships that at anchor, or moored to a buoy. rig out their boat booms for the purpose of mooring their boats well clear of side. This method of securing is known as what?
Hauling out to the boom
Forward booms are called what?
Lower booms
After booms are called?
Quarter booms
A strong line called what leads from well forward on the ship, out through a block in the Ed of the boom and ends in a wood thimble through which boats can reeve their bow lines?
Guess warp
It is essential that personnel who abandon ship in water be kept entirely out of the water and protected from the elements if they are to survive?
70F
In the event of a catastrophe causing loss of the ship lifeboats will sink with the ship to a depth of what, at which depth the water pressure will activate the hydrostatic release, releasing the boats, automatically. to float to the surface?
10-40ft
The standard Navy lifeboat cradle requires how many-degree lip the outboard side of the stowage a on lifeboat cradle? (
15
The painter line for automatic launching of encapsulated lifeboats is how long and faked inside the container to actuate the air inflation bottles?
100 ft
Force applied to water creates a high pressure, and water flows low-pressure area, producing a force to a known as what?
Dynamic pressure
What is defined as a force that moves (walks te stem of the boat in the of rotation?
Side force
vessel moving through water drags some of the water along because of friction between the of ship and the water. This is called what?
Frictional wake current
The easiest way to clear a port-side-to landing is to use the bow line as a what?
Spring line
On what boats, the starboard screw is right-handed and the port screw is Left handed?
Twin propeller
What is a wave that breaks into foam?
Breaker
what is the outer limit of the breaker area: also called the surf line
Breaker line
What is long curling wave of the sea?
Comber
what is the top of a wave. breaker, or swell?
Crest
what is the top of the foaming water that speeds toward the beach aner the wave breaks?
Foam vest
What are the waves of the sea as they break upon reef or shore?
Surf
What is the area between the first break in the swells and the shoreline?
Surf zone
What is broad. rolling movement of the surface of te water that continuously moved without breaking?
Swell
What is the valley between waves?
Trough
The greatest danger in breaching a boat is that it may what?
Broach
What is caused by the surf hitting the boat on a side or quarter, resulting in the boat being thrown broadside onto the beach?
Broaching
Should the boat engine fail before beaching. wait until the boat is boat line from the beach dess than how many fathoms), then drop the anchor. pay out the line. and let the surge to the beach with each breaker?
25
What is the most difficult part of the landing operation and it is during this time that an unskilled coxswain is most likely to allow the boat to broach?
Retracting
What is a cone-shaped affair made of canvas, open at one or both ends?
Drogue
A sea anchor towed how many fathoms behind b under either power or oars serves to keep the a stem or bow, as appropriate, into the surf?
20-30
when the surf zone is not to wide, it is sometimes possible to drop an anchor and pay out a surf line how fathoms) around the samson post or a towing bit over the bow or stern?
100-150
The maximum number personnel authorized during hoisting or lowering of a lifeboat?
7
A boat must never leave the ship without what?
Compass
What is caused by the magnetic metallic masses in and on a ship?
Deviation
The course you take from a chart usually is a what?
True course
Until 1982, as many as how many different buoyage systems in use around the world?
30
What are mored floating markers, placed to guide ships in and out of channels. warm them away from what are hidden dangers, and lead them to anchorage areas?
Buoys
What tem is used to describe any buoy that is smaller than a lighthouse buoy and has a tall, central structure on a broad base?
Pillar
What in the United States are referred to as pillar buoys?
Lighted buoys
What indicate the route to be followed and are used in conjunction with a “conventional direction of buoyage.”
Lateral marks
Navigational charts and p produced after what year will indicate the buoyage region to which a chart refers?
1983
What is used in conjunction with the compass to indicate the best navigable water?
Cardinal mark
By day. what are the most important features of cardinal marks?
Top marks
The Intracoastal Waterway called what, is a channel in which a light-draft vessel can navigate a coastwise from the Chesapeake Bay almost to the Mexican border, remaining inside the natural or artificial breakwaters for almost the entire length of the trip?
Inland waterway
Two day beacons located some distance apart on a specific true bearing constitute a what?
Day beacon range
who has authority to promulgate Pilot Rules?
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
what provides a rapid and accurate system of handling maneuvering and information signals of reasonable length, during daylight, between ships within sight of each other?
Flag hoist signaling
What is the length of the flag as measured from staff to the outside edge?
Fly
What is the vertical width of the flag when it is flying free?
Hoist
What is the double thickness of bunting-taped,bound, and stitched which is at the list of a flag?
Tabling
What serves as a spacer, separating the flags of a hoist for clearness in reading signals?
Tail line
what is attached to te top of tabling and into the ta line of the preceding the snaps halyard?
Ring
what is used to separate signals or groups of numerals that if not separated could convey a different meaning from that intended?
Tackline
hoist is what when its is touching the block at the point of hoist that is. when te hoist is up as top as it will go?
Close up
A hoist is what when it is hoisted three-fourths of the way up toward the point of host?
At the dip
A hoist is what w it is returned to the deck?
Hauled down
hoist portion of a hoist that is to be read before another hoist or portion of a hoist is said to be in Any or a what?
Superior position
what are used to prevent alphabet flags. numeral flags, or numeral pennants from appearing more than once in the same hoist?
Substitutes
Substitutes indicate the absence of embarked officers and officials for less than how long?
72 hrs
What flown outboard at the starboard yardarm indicates the absence of the flag officer or unit commander whose flag or pennant is flying on the ship?
First substitiue
What is the chief of staff’sabsentee pennant and is flown inboard at the port yardarm?
Second substitiue
what is the captain’s absentee pennant?
Third substitute
What indicates the absence of the civil or military official whose flag is flying on the ship?
Fourth substitute
Call signs of U.S. Naval ships are always four-letter groups the first letter of which is what?
N
What flag is flown if divers underwater demolition personnel are down?
ALFA
what flag is hoisted whenever vessels are transferring fuel or explosives?
BRAVO
In port, what at the dip on an approaching ship indicates that it is preparing to come alongside?
INDIA
The ship having medical guard duty flies what?
MIKE
what indicates man overboard and is made up ready to break?
OSCAR
What calls all personnel attached to that ship to return to the ship?
PAPA
What is the boat recall?
QUEBEC
In port, what is flown by the ship having the ready duty?
ROMEO
What is flown while a ship is holding signal drill?
SIERRA
In port. what is nown by the ship with the visual communications duty?
YANKEE
what flag is used when a boat is being directed by a ship during man overboard?
EIGHT
What flag is the breakdown flag and is usually carried at the foretruck and made up ready to break?
FIVE
For a small craft warning one red pennant displayed by day or a red light over a white light at night indicates that winds up to what andor sea conditions dangerous to small-craft operations are forecast for the area?
38 miles an hour (33 knots)
For a gale warning two red pennants displayed by day or a white light above ared light at night indicates that winds ranging from what are forecast for the area?
39-54 miles an hour (48 knots)
For a storm warning a single red flag with a black square center displayed by day or two red lights at night indicate that winds what or above are forecast for the area?
55 miles an hour (48 knots)
For a hurricane two red flags with black square centers displayed by day ora white light between two red lights at night indicates that winds of what or above are forecast for the area?
74 miles an hour (64 knots)
what is considered the least secure means of communication?
Voice radio
Never send test signals for longer than what over radio?
10 seconds
what are words and phrases used to speed the handling of RFT messages?
Procedure words (prowords)
To distinguish numerals from words similarly pronounced. you may use what proword preceding such numbers?
FIGURES
what is one used to call the commander of a task force, group, unit, squadron, or division, or an individual ship
Unit call
What consists of two or more stations capable of direct communication a common circuit?
Radio net
what is one linking a commander with immediate subordinates in the chain of units as may be designated?
Command net
what is one linking all ships andor troop units of the same task organization?
Common net
What is normally used to connect directly those personnel delegated control of a one for which the net is provided?
Functional net
Standing rigging. usually of 6 x 19 galvanized what type of wire rope, is used to support te masts?
Improved plow steel (IPS)
What consists of hoists, topping lifts. vangs, guys, preventers. and associated blocks involved in the lifting and supporting of heavy weights and cargo?
Running Rigging
What consists of or more sheaves fitted in a wood or metal frame?
Block
A safe rule of thumb. to find the size of block to use, is to multiply the size of line by what?
3
What is a large shelter of canvas suspended from the heads of booms to cover a hatch opening?
Hatch tent
What is a two- or four-wheeled vehicle. operated by one person, and used for transferring cargo?
Hand truck
What is any material used to protect both the ship and the cargo?
Dunnage
What are framework containers, sometimes with open sides and ends and sometimes with sides and ends enclosed by cardboard or thin plywood?
Crates
Crates for ocean shipment should be strengthened with what, and those not so strengthened mus receive special care in stowage?
Diagonal braces
Before you can load bags. a dunnage floor of how many or more layers must be spread to keep the bags off the steel deck and to provide drainage?
Two
Construct dunnage bulkheads about what distance from reels to protect adjacent cargo from them?
6 inches
Stow vehicles in a fore and aft position with what distance between them to prevent their rubbing against each other?
4 to 6 inches
Tanks of vehicles that are to take part in an amphibious operation filled to what percent capacity, and are a reserve supply of fuel and lubricants in 5-gallon cans is secured to the vehicle which allows for expansion of the fuel?
75
what consists of miscellaneous gear for which there is no room below, or which, because of its nature size, cannot be stowed below decks?
Deck cargo
where stowage requires more than one tir deck cargo should not be stowed over how feet abov deck
12
What is te process of securing cargo to prevent its vertical movement. usually by wedging timbers between overhead beams and the cargo?
Tomming down
What system consists of portable metal stanchions or battens that fit into sockets overhead and in plates inserted in channels welded to te deck?
Metal dunnage
What lock battens in their sockets?
Hinged latches
The wire net sharing system consists of wire nets and ratchet tensioning devices for sccuring them. Nets are about how wide and long enough to reach from te overhead to te deck?
6 ft
What is a broad term applied to all methods of transferring fue munitions, supplies, and personnel from one vessel to another while under way?
Unrep
The first significant replenishment operation ever performed at sea by the U.S. Navy was in what year when the US Navy collier Marcellus. while towing the USS Massachusetts. transferred coal to it?
1899
In what method of UNREP, two or more ships steam side by side, and the hoses and lines used to transfer fuel. ammunition, supplies. and personnel connect the ships?
CONREP
In what method of UNREP is it carried out by helicopters?
VERTREP
Replenishment ships such as the combat lesser amounts of fuel. but their primary purpose is to deliver solid cargo-that is. supplies and ammunition by the mothods now referred to as what?
RAS
what transfer consists of an all-tensioned rig, high outhaul, and inhaul?
STREAM
What manual provides a catalog of the equipment used in the transfer of solid cargo and bulk nuids and a description of the methKls used in UNREP?
Underway Replenishment Hardware and Equipment Manual
circuit and a distance-betwee 8. what phone distance line provides both a sound-powered SP phone ships visual indicating system?
Bridge to bridge (IMB)
Before the shot line is fired, each station on the delivering ship sounds how many blasts on a whistle?
One
when ready to receive the shot line, each station on the receiving ship replies with how many blasts on a police whistle?
Two
What is the main line used to haul any basic rig across between ships?
Messenger
The span wire or highline is stopped bockets on te messenger at a minimum distance of what distance from the large soft eye end?
350 ft
The STAR messenger is what length of graduated plaited polyester or three-strand nylon with tapered splices?
800 ft
The wire ropes used in UNRIP are of varying lengths and sizes, but they must conform to what Federal Specification, which lays down the requirementsfor most of the wire rope used in the Navy?
RR-W-410
The sites and lengths for te various rigs are listed in what publication?
NWP 14
Temporary lifelines must be no smaller than how many inches in circumference. three-strand. nylon line?
2
Peromel mnt stay out of t bights of line. Instruct all line handlers to work the lines from the d side and keep at least what distance from blocks through which the lines pass?
6 ft
All involved in cargohandling operations on both transfer and receiving ships must wear what?
Safety shoes
see what instruction for more information on emergency breakaway?
NWP 14E
Fueling at sea normally is conducted by using what to support the fuel hose rig between the two ships?
Spanwire
What coupling is used in fueling operations with NATO and MSC ships?
Breakable spool quick release
What coupling and valve consists of a female end and a male end?
Combined quick release
What fueling method was inspired by the method used to refuel aireraft in flight?
Probe
Ships that have an open trunk fueling system need a semiri dged, what sized hose pigtail that can be lashed in the trunk?
4 inch
what type of nding lines will not be substituted for manila lines?
Nylon
The tensioned span-wire method is referred to as what?
STREAM
STREAM rigs are rigged with four saddles and a hose approximately how long?
300 ft
The span-wire rig permits ships to open out from what distance
140 to 180ft
What is the primary means oftensioning employed by the Navy?
Hydraulic ram tendoner
fueling-at-sea attachment points for span wire (tensioned and are All pounds?
36000
What system is a result of the Navy’s efforts to reduce alongside time in replenishment operations?
Probe fueling
During the fuel transfer phase of astern fueling, the receiving ship maintains a safe distance astern the tanker by station keeping on a position buoy that is towed about what distance astern and to port of th tanker?
600 ft
When within about how many gallons of the fuel required to complete transfer, signal the you are delivery ship to cease pumping?
500
What ships are not loaded to capacity. but are loaded for mobility?
Fleet issued loaded
How many general principles guide the loading of ships delivering supplies to the fleet at sca?
Sea
Conventional nontensioned methods of cargo transfer and their load capacities are found in what publication series?
NWP 14
What are used to exchange personnel. light fleet freight, and mail during scheduled replenishments or as an independent operation?
Synthetic high lines
The maximum safe load for transfer by synthetic high ne is what?
600 pounds
For personnel transfer, use double-braided. polyester line. 4 inches in circumference and at least how long?
350 ft
The inhaul is how many-inches. plaited. polyester line (MIL R-24537). at least 350 feet long?
3 inches
The ship that provides the highline must assign a minimum of 25 personnel to the highline and a minimum of how many personnel to the inhaul?
10
when the temperature of the water is what temperature or below. have personnel who are being transferred wear immersion suits?
45 F
what is an ideal means for underway transfer of light fleet freight, nonregistered mail, and movies?
VERTREP
Transfer light fleet freight and mail by synthetic highline taken to power, after the receiving station’s highline padeye is static tested for a minimum load of how many pounds?
30,000
A single burton can transfer loads up to how many pounds?
6,000
What methods of transferring differ from burton methods in that all sources of power are located on the delivering ship?
House fall
What carries the sheaves system for the highline and the inhaul wire?
Transfer head
The STREAM system requires at each station how many winches of two different types?
Three
what is powered to move up and down in a guide track, which is mounted on the king post or a bulkhead?
Sliding pad eye
What require one padeye with a long link for connecting the 138-inch pelican hook on the highline?
Stream rigs
When using a receiving ship outhaul (hand-tended or winch-tended), have the fairlead padeye how many inches below the highline padeye to give direct pull on the trolley?
6 to 18
Use of a what keeps the highline at a single point above the load landing area?
Fixed-padeye
what is a device that lowers the load from the tensioned highline, allowing STREAM be the rigs to used by ships having only fixed-
Cargo drop reel
what configuration data regarding palletized ordnance units authorized for transfer at sea?
NAVORD OD 44617
in handling munitions must understand and comply with all safety precautions e9. Personnel engaged regarding the methods and equipment used for ammunition handling according to what instruction series?
OPNAVINST 5100.19
what outhaul can be used when the delivering ship cannot provide an all-tensioned rig. because of equipment failure, and the receiving ship has a burton winch?
Burton whip
What is the preferred rig for transferring person while ships are alongside?
Personnel STREAM
what employs a helicopter to transport cargo from the deck of an UNREP ship to te deck receiving ship?
Vertrep
Intemal cargo is restricted to that which can be handled by a winch inside the helic a of how many pounds?
600
on the helicopter and flying condition up to how many pounds
6000
what are steel pallets with wire mesh sides that fold down for compact Cargo tainers loads the nestable. tubular-steel
Cargotainers
what is a laminated, vinyl-nylon cloth load retainer used to strap on pallet?
Cargo wraparound
what. known as the Peck and Hale sling a two-loop. wire rope which is also transferring pallets?
Adjustable pallet sling
VERTREP commence within how long after the order is given?
One hour
Because the most efficient load for helicopters presently being used for VERTREP is around how ma pounds, light loads should be stacked ogether and paired for delivery?
3000
What consists of four ingred pigment. vehicle, drier, and thinner?
Paint
opaque white pigment is what?
Zinc oxide
What is a white pigment with the highest hiding power of any known pigment?
Titanium dioxide
Both titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are also considered what because they help increase the lasting quality of the paint?
Strengthening pigments
What which is usually referred to as the base, is the liquid portion in a paint that acts as a binder and brushing medium for the pigment particles?
Vehicle
what reduce the consistency of the paint to te proper degree for application by mying or trushing?
Thinners
The most common type of thinner is made what. but depends on the base of of the proper type to use paint
Mineral spirits
What is used as a vehicle and also as a separate coating?
Varnish
varnishes should be allowed plenty of time to dry before another coat is applied. What is a safe period?
24 hrs
What are made from gums or resins that are soluble in solvents such as alcohol. turpentine, acetone, or similar volatile solvents?
Spirit varnishes
what provide the base needed for the finish coats of paint, and some include chemicals that inhibit (hold in check) rust and other corrosion?
Primers
On topside metal that has been taken down bare, after pretreatment. you should apply no less than how many primer coats?
Two
What are used on ships where a high state of performance is required. such as the weather hull. and under some interior coverings?
Epoxy primers
Before you prime a topside bare-metal surface, a coat of what pretreatment must be applied?
Formula 84
Anticorrosive paint does not protect against what?
Fouling
What is the chemical most effective in preventing the attachment and development of marine growth?
Copper oxide
What area is that portion of the ship just below the waterline?
Boot topping
most warships, the boot topping area extends from the designer’s waterline, at the lower edge, to what distance on the full load waterline
6 inches
Nonskid material should be applied within what time frame after the primer has cured, for it to have maximum adhesion?
24 hours
what is a white semigloss, chlorinated alkyd. fire-retardant paint that provides a decorative, yet corrosion-resistant coating?
Formula 124
You will find improved corrosion control and reduced shipboard maintenance achieved when metal- type coatings (zinc and aluminum) are applied by what process?
Thermal spray
The normal drying time for most Navy topcoat paints is how long under normal conditions?
8 hours
What is not sharpened like a cutting tool. but like the blade of an ice skate?
Chipping hammer
The most useful power tool for surface preparations is the what?
Portable grinder
What are especially useful on work where a large amount of material is to be removed quickly. such as scaling surfaces in preparation for painting?
Electric disk sanders
What is used to remove rust, scale, and old paint from steel surfaces aboard ship?
Needle gun scaler
Most electric tools are powered by how many-volt motors?
115
There are how many types of paint and vamish removers in general use?
Three
Before using epoxy paint removers, personnel must be familiar with what?
NSTM chapter 631
what paint removers must not be used on aluminum or galvanized surfaces?
Alkali
What process includes dipping sheet metal in a molten zinc bath, which gives the base metal along. wearing. protective coating?
Galvanizing
Clean antifouling paint that is over how old to its original color and apply two additional coats?
2 years
The best system for mixing paint is the what?
Paint mixer vibrating shaker
At least once every how often, the cans in the paint stowage spaces should be tumed “bottom up” to keep the pigment from hardening into a solid mass at the bottom of the container?
3 months
Containers of paint more than how old must be inspected?
2 years
What type of paintbrush is used for large surfaces?
Flat paintbrush
What type of paintbrush is used for small surfaces?
oval sash, fitch and trim brush
What type of paintbrush is used for rough work
Oval varnish brush
What type of paintbrush is used for medium work?
Flat varnish brush
what of paintbrush is used for high-grade work?
French bristle varnish brush
what type of paintbrush is used for cleaning work?
Painters dusters
What handy for painting small items and those hard-to-get places and for cutting in at are
Sash brushes
To make a new natural-bristle brush flexible and easier to clean, rinse it in paint thinner more it in boiled linseed oil for about how long?
48 hrs
What brushes do not require special treatment before use?
Synthetic bristle
what means applying the paint first in long. horizontal strokes?
Laying on
What means crossing your first strokes by working up and down?
Laying off
A single extra coat of paint on a destroyer will add how much to its weight?
1 to 1 1/2 tons
When an interior surface has already had a total of four coats of paint (including primer) or thickness of the existing paint amounts to how much.
.005 inch
Painting should be attempted when the temperature is below what
32 F
For best results, painting should be accomplished in warm weather between temperature
60-80F
What is a precision tool in which air and paint are separately directed the same area paint is atomized. and sprayed out ahead of the gun?
Spray gun
What is equipped with an air valve that shuts off air when trigger is released
Nonbleeder gun
The suction-feed spray gun is usually used with what size (or smaller) containers?
1 court
what cups are used for small quantities of lightweight and mediumweight spray materials, such as lacquers?
Suction feed
What cups are small and are attached directly to the top or side of the gun?
Gravity feed
What cups are considered best for handling small quantities of enamels, plastics, or other heavy materials on jobs where fine adjustments and speed of application are needed?
Pressure feed
What are usually the result of using material that is too thin?
RUNS
What result from too much material?
SAGS
What may be caused by the presence of water or excessive thinner in the paint or by too heavy an application of quick-drying paint?
PINHOLES
what resembles a powdering of the paint?
FLSUHING
What is almost invariably caused by carelessness in cleaning the surface?
PEELING
What occurs when the color of a previous coat discolors the finish coat?
BLEEDING
Always wear what when you spray or when you are in the vicinity of spray work?
Respirator
What are needed when you are working in confined s or when adequate ventilation is not available?
Airline respirators
Who shall sign all open purchase request dealing with HM material not listed in the Ships Hazardous Materials List (SHML)?
CO
The HM coordinator shall ensure that all HM is inventoried annually and that the inventory is updated how often for new procured items?
Monthly
The division officer shall ensure all personnel are trained upon reporting aboard and also, trained how often thereafter?
Annually
The workcenter supervisor shall ensure that who has conducted PMs on all flammable liquid stowage lockers?
DCPO
What hazardous labels must appear on shipping containers of HM?
Department of Transportation
What are almost the same thing as labels: they are just larger in size and some of them have the name of the material and the flash points on them for quick reference? (
Placards
what is any material that, because of its quantity, concentration, physical and chemical characteristics. may pose a real hazard to human health or the environment?
HM
what is any discarded material (liquid, solid, or gas) that meets the definition of hazardous material?
Hazardous waste
Only the what or a state authority may designate material as HW?
EPA
What are technical bulletins containing information about HM
Material safety data sheet
what is a computerized data base of MSDSs?
Hazardous material information system
The HMIS data base provides useful information on more than how many hazardous materials used by DOD?
70,000
What offers a l-day course that covers the retrieval of data, including the type of data available, from the HMIS system?
Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Units (NEPMUs)
The purpose of what is to minimize the hazard of handling HM?
PPE
What equipment is to protect against chemical vapors, mists, gases. dusts. and splinters?
Eye protection
what is the portion of te assault phase of an amphibious operation that includes the deployment of the landing forces from assault shipping to designated areas?
Ship to shore movement
What is the largest class amphibious ship in service?
LHD
what transports and lands troops and their essential equipment and supplies by means of landing craft. amphibious vehicles. and helicopter?
LPD
What is te principal ship employed to support vertical assault (helicopterbome) ship-to-shore movement?
LPH
What transports and lands amphibious vehicles or landing crafts and their accompanying troops and equipment?
LSD
What is used to support UDT operations
LCPL
The LCPL is capable of transporting 17 troops or how many pounds of cargo?
3,000
what operates on both land and water and can negotiate obstacles that prevent other landing craft from beaching?
LVT
The cu is made of steel with cargo measuring 100 fet long by 18 feet wide and 4.5 feet deep space for a carrying capacity of what
400 tons
The LCM 6 can carry what amount of cargo
34 ton tanks
The LCM8 steel hull can carry up to 65 tons, how many combat-equipped troop
200
whats mission is to transport weapons systems, equipment. cargo. and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air/Ground Task Force both from ship-to-shore and across the beach?
LCAC designated
The beginning of deb and the timing of the ship-to-shore movement depends on the what?
H-hour
Designated what are used for off-loading troops into boats alongside?
Debarkation stations
what is designated for assembling loaded landing craft by waves prior to dispatching them designated approach lane the line of departure (LOD)?
Rendezvous area
What is a designated line omshore approximately parallel to the landing beach?
LOD
What are extensions of te boat lanes from the LOD towards the transport area
Approach lanes
There is a maximum of how many debarkation stations?
10
What are used to call boats and landing craft from the assembly areas to embark troops at debarkation stations
Signals
Landing craft are called alongside by signal on orders from whom?
Debarkation officer
Who is designated by the CATF for overall coordination of the waterborne assault?
Central control officer
who designated for each colored beach and is responsible for maintaining current location and status of all ships, landing craft, and boats assigned to conduct the landing on the assigned beach?
Primary control officer
Who embarks in the secondary control ship SCS) and is a principal assistant to the PCO?
Secondary control officer
Who is thoroughly briefed on the approach schedule, assault wave, landing area, and transport area diagrams; and weather conditions; and is responsible for leading the first displacement landing craft wave from the rendezvous or underway launch area to the surf zone?
Boat group commander
who forms up the amphibious vehicles and guiding them to position seaward of the LOD line?
Wave guide officer
What are approximately the size of a No. 4 nag. and are with the normal beach colors of red, yellow. green, or blue?
Beach markers
what is used in beach flags and markers wherever possible for greater ease in identification under all weather conditions?
Fluorescent cloth
Signal or marker lights should be of sufficient intensity to be visible at a distance of at least what distance?
1,000 yards
What are normally flown from both port and starboard yardarms?
Numeral flags
What is used primarily to control waves moving i the lanes from the rendezvous area to and across the LOD and until they land on the assigned beach?
Amphibious grid reference system
Grid positions normally transmitted every minute from the rendezvous area to how many yards are from the beach unless co action is required, in which case they are transmitted more frequently?
200
The last how many yards to the beach is run at full (battle) speed?
1,000
what channel is a direct net. used by the PCs to pass grid positions and boat wave directions to the Bwcs and wave guide officer from the LOD until touchdown?
ALFA
what channel is the beach boat operations net. is used by the PCOPCs and ships to control assigned boats before they dispatched to the beach?
BRAVO
The beach boat control net uses what call signs?
JANAP 119
boat commander uses what call signs on all nets to avoid confusion with wave call sign
JANAP 199
Because many boat compasses are unreliable, it is best to change the course of boats by vectors of how many degrees i of course headings
10-30
Vectors should be held to how many degrees or less in the surf zone for boat safety
10
Speed changes must be ordered when waves are early late how many minutes or more?
2
what will be used as te of controlling te movement of surface craft during the initial primary means assault portion of a quiet landing?
Visual signaling
Radio circuits normally in controlling the ship-to-shore movement should be checked out used the assault, subject to what policy
Emission control
PCs will transmit a vector and speed signal each at what intervals once the wave has been to wave dispatched from the LOD?
1 minute
The mission of te what is keep boat lanes and beachheads clear of disabled assault craft so that to movement to the beach is maintained?
Salvage organization
The boat equipage for the heavy salvage and the ABGCight salvage boats is detailed in what publication?
NWP 22-3
What special flag color denotes bulk cargo which needs manpower for unloading?
Red
What special flag color denotes self-propelled cargo?
Blue
