REMEMBER YOUR SHIPMATES Engineering VK 376 .45 A4 1946 CONSTANT VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF SAFETY ALWAYS KEEP A GOOD LOOKOUT H 4-9-47 LMW In this pamphlet will be found, in substance, the rules and regulations for the prevention of collisions, now in effect on the high seas and on various inland waters of the United States. They are abbreviated, edited and arranged according to subject matter and geographical application, with brief explanatory notes where needed for the sake of clarity, or to disclose ruling court interpretation. The material here presented is necessarily an abridgment of the various sources from which it is derived. The following Coast Guard pamphlets, giving the full text of the rules applicable within the areas specified, may be obtained on request from Coast Guard Headquarters, or from the nearest Marine Inspection Office of the Coast Guard: 1. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS OF VESSELS AND PILOT RULES FOR CERTAIN INLAND WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS. Contains the International Rules for the high seas adopted by the Convention of 1889, the Inland Rules adopted by Congress in 1897, as amended, and the Pilot Rules which supplement and apply in the same waters as the latter, promulgated by the Coast Guard under authority of Executive Order No. 9083, effective March 1, 1942. 2. PILOT RULES FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS. Contains the Great Lakes Rules for the Great Lakes system and the St. Lawrence River as far east as Montreal, adopted by Congress in 1895, as amended, and the Pilot Rules for the same waters, as promulgated by the Coast Guard under authority of Executive Order No. 9083, effective March 1, 1942. 3. PILOT RULES FOR THE RIVERS WHOSE WATERS FLOW INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. Contains the Western Rivers Rules for the Mississippi and certain other rivers adopted by Congress in 1897, as amended, and Pilot Rules for Western Rivers promulgated by the Coast Guard under authority of Executive Order No. 9083, effective March 1, 1942. 4. MOTORBOATs, and SupplemENT No. 1 TO MOTORBOATS. Contains the Motorboat Act of 1940 adopted by Congress April 25, 1940, repealing the Motorboat Act of 1910, and amendments published between March 15, 1941, and February 21, 1945. There are, in addition, numerous textbooks on the subject which contain detailed discussions of the several rules, with important points of similarity and difference dwelt upon and with major court interpretations cited. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the great majority of marine collisions are directly due to failure to obey the rules which apply in the given situation. A superficial acquaintance with such rules is not enough; every person charged with the navigation of any vessel must, for his own safety and that of others, be thoroughly familiar with all applicable rules and able instantly to follow the correct rule in emergency. MARINE COLLISIONS: 1. Cost human lives. 2. Sink seaworthy vessels 3. Lose vital war cargoes. 4. Aid and comfort the enemy. 5. Delay winning the war. 6. Are nearly all preventable. Obedience To the Rules Is the Surest Preventive If you don't know them How can you obey them? KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD |