Watchstanding Flashcards
The 3 main reasons for a ship to stand watch are:
Communications, Safety, Security
The ship’s organized plan for action is located in the:
battle bill
Who is responsible for assigning qualified personnel to stations and entering their names on the Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill?
Division Officer and Division Chief
At which Condition are all battle stations manned?
Condition I
At which Condition is a special watch used by gunfire support?
Condition II
At which condition is the normal wartime cruising watch?
Condition III
How early should you arrive when relieving the watch?
15 minutes
The ship’s bell is usually restricted to the hours between:
Reveille and Taps
How many bells are sounded at 0700?
6
0000 to 0400
Midwatch
0400 to 0800
Morning watch
0800 to 1200
Forenoon watch
1200 to 1600
Afternoon watch
1600 to 1800
First dog watch
1800 to 2000
Second dog watch
2000 to 2400
Evening watch
What is the purpose of the dog watch?
To rotate watches
Most sailors stand:
security watch
The watch system is divided into:
Underway and in-port watches
Security watches do what 4 things?
- prevent sabotage2. protect property from theft3. prevent access to restricted areas4. protect personnel
Who maintains the ship’s deck log while underway?
QMOW
The fog lookout normally stands where?
in the bow where approaching ships can better be seen and heard
Normally, an after steering watch is stood under the following conditions:
- general quarters2. underway replenishment3. sea and anchor detail
The sound and security watch reports directly to who? The results of their inspection are logged where?
OOD; ship’s deck log
General orders cover situations of a:
routine nature common to most sentry posts
The 5 precautions to be strictly adhered to while standing an armed watch with a pistol are:
- keep the pistol in the holster2. don’t engage in horseplay with pistol3. don’t surrender the pistol to unauthorized persons4. leave 2 loaded magazine clips in their pouch and remember there is one round loaded in the chamber5. when relieved, unload the pistol in a safedesignated area. Remove the round fromthe chamber and check the chamber clear.Release the slide and let the hammer gohome. Dry fire the pistol then engage thesafety.
Deadly force can be used in what 3 circumstances?
a. to protect your life or the life of another person where no other means of defense will be effectiveb. when no other means is available to prevent the commission of or to prevent the escape of a person known to have committed robbery, murder, rape, arson, or kidnappingc. to prevent acts of sabotage, espionage, or other crimes against the government after failure of all other available means of preventing such crime
Bearings are measured:
in degrees, clockwise around a circle from 000° to 360°
The three different types of bearings are:
Relative, true, magnetic
Bearings are reported in:
three digits, spoken digit by digit
Positions are reported in:
one or two digits and spoken whole
When using your hand as an aid to determine the position angle of an aircraft, your closed fist is:
approximately 8 degrees
If the binocular IPD is adjusted properly, youwill see what when viewing through them?
one circle
The 3 adjustments that must be made when using binoculars are what?
adjust each eyepiece and set the IPD
The improvement of vision in dim light is known as what?
dark adaptation
How long does it take to reach your best night vision?
30 minutes
Day lookouts move their eyes how compared to night lookouts?
move their eyes in 5 steps, pausing at each step vs. continual movement
What is a bearing?
The direction of an object from a ship
Target angle is what?
The relative bearing from your ship to another ship.
The position angle of an aircraft is what?
its height (in degrees) above the horizon as seen by the ship.
IPD stands for what?
Interpupillary distance
The lookouts technique of eye search is called what?
Scanning
What are the 3 types of bearings?
relative, true, and magnetic
Who can authorize the use of deadly force?
the CO
First General Order:
To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
Second general order:
To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within my sight or hearing.
Third general order:
To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
Fourth general order:
To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.
Fifth general order:
To quit my post only when properly relieved
Sixth general order:
To receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the commanding officer, officer of the day, and officers and petty officers of the guard only.
Seventh general order:
To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
Eighth general order:
To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
Ninth general order:
To call the petty officer of the guard in any case not covered by instructions.
Tenth general order:
To salute all officers and all colors and all standards not cased.
Eleventh general order:
To be especially watchful at night and during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
