Mariner Guide 2022

Question 1

The port encompasses how many acres of land and how many miles of waterfront?

Answer 1

7,500 acres/ 43 miles

Question 2

What berth are the LA Pilots

Answer 2

68

Question 3

What channel can pilots be hailed on?

Answer 3

73

Question 4

Where do port pilots board vessels in the vicinity of the LA channel?

Answer 4

Racon buoy 3

Question 5

Tank vessels are boarded at least ______ from the port of the LA entrance

Answer 5

2 nautical miles

Question 6

Deep draft vessels (more than ___ feet) will be boarded in the vicinity of LOS Angeles Channel ____

Answer 6

55ft/ buoy #1

Question 7

Under normal conditions the pilot ladder should be rigged on the ____ side

Answer 7

Starboard

Question 8

Pilots require at least ___ hours notice for service

Answer 8

2 hours

Question 9

LA port pilots were founded in?

Answer 9

1907

Question 10

Commercial vessels are severely limited in their ability to stop or alter course and have blind spots that can extend more than ____

Answer 10

1/2 mile

Question 11

Vertical clearances are given above ____

Answer 11

Mean high water +4.7 feet

Question 12

Vincent Thomas horizontal usable width?

Answer 12

1150 feet

Question 13

Vertical clearance of Vincent Thomas

Answer 13

165 feet

Question 14

Middle 500 feet clearance of Vincent Thomas?

Answer 14

185 feet

Question 15

What radio channel is used to reach Henry Ford drawbridge?

Answer 15

13

Question 16

Horizontal clearance of Henry Ford

Answer 16

180 feet

Question 17

Henry Ford is to remain the the ____ position except when a train is crossing or maintenance work is being done

Answer 17

Open to navigation

Question 18

What are the whistle signals of the Henry Ford bridge

Answer 18

Opening: 2 short, 1
Long
Acknowledging: 2 long, 1 short
Bridge cannot open: 5 short

Question 19

What is the Gerald Desmond horizontal usable width of channel?

Answer 19

220 feet

Question 20

What is the vertical clearance of the Gerald Desmond?

Answer 20

205 feet at mean high high water

Question 21

Vertical clearance of old Gerald Desmond bridge?

Answer 21

155 ft

Question 22

What is the vertical clearance of the SoCal Edison overhead power cables?

Answer 22

155 feet

Question 23

What is the commodore Schuyler bridge horizontal usable width (of channel)?

Answer 23

75feet

Question 24

Vertical clearance of the commodore heim bridge

Answer 24

45 feet mean high high water

Question 25

Under keel clearance is the minimum clearance available between the deepest point on the vessel and bottom in still water. How is clearance calculated?

Answer 25

Charted depth of water + height of tide - static deep draft (in still water) = UKC

Question 26

Between LA approach channel lighted buoy 1 and LA Main channel Buoy 11, minimum underkeel clearance before correction for roll and pitch is

Answer 26

10 percent of the vessels draft

Question 27

Minimum underkeel clearance between LA Main channel buoy 11 and the designated berth is

Answer 27

2 feet

Question 28

At anchorages inside the breakwater what is the main underkeel clearance?

Answer 28

2.5 feet

Question 29

What is the purpose of controlled navigational areas?

Answer 29

Navigational safety of large vessels, reducing non essential boating traffic, increasing security by limiting access to commercial or permitted vessels

Question 30

Recreational vessel owners/ operators may request to enter a CNA by?

Answer 30

LA Port Police

Question 31

Main channel depth at mean low low water?

Answer 31

53 feet

Question 32

East channel depth at mean low low water?

Answer 32

52 feet

Question 33

Pilot ladders should be made in —— length and fitted with —— 10’ apart?

Answer 33

One/ Spreaders

Question 34

At no time shall Pilot ladders be rigged at the —— of the ship?

Answer 34

Stern

Question 35

Pilot ladders should have a max of —— steps between spreaders, the —— step must be a spreader?

Answer 35

8 steps/ 5th

Question 36

The jointly operated Marine Exchange of So Cal/ US Coast Guard VTS function as VTS —— and —— nautical miles from Point Fermin

Answer 36

Outside the federal breakwater/ 25 NM

Question 37

What constitutes a small craft advisory?

Answer 37

21 to 33 knot winds in combination with wave height exceeding 10 feet

Question 38

Restricted visibility, whenever conditions of visibility fall below the following?

Answer 38

1) Tankers 150.000 DWT or greater 1 NM 2) Tankers >60,000 DWT but <150,000 DWT 0.75 NM 3) All other vessels 45’ draft or more 0.75 NM 4) All other tankers and petroleum barges 0.5 NM 5) All other vessels 3 times vesssels LOA

Question 39

At what point inside the breakwater when visibility is less than ——, VTC will impose one-way traffic restrictions when and where appropriate?

Answer 39

0.5 mile

Question 40

When winds exceed —— knots, VTC will maintain a heightened awareness for dragging anchors in federal anchorages?

Answer 40

40 knots

Question 41

How many tug escorts are there and what are the nautical mile markers?

Answer 41

3 escorts/ 2, 3.5 and 4 NM

Question 42

What does tug escort mean?

Answer 42

Stationing tugs in proximity to a vessel during port transit to provide immediate assistance should steering or propulsion failure occur

Question 43

What is a tug assist?

Answer 43

Positioning tugs alongside a vessel and applying force to make turns, reduce speed and dock

Question 44

State regulators require tug escort to meet inbound vessels carrying more than how many metric tons of bulk cargo oil?

Answer 44

5000

Question 45

What is a fire alarm signal on a vessel while not underway in the port of LA?

Answer 45

5 prolonged blasts of whistle or siren