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spected vessels, however propelled, navigating the high seas, which are registered, enrolled and licensed, or licensed under the laws of the United States whether permanently, temporarily, or provisionally, including yachts, enrolled and licensed, with the exception of:

(a) Ships of war;

(b) Government vessels, or vessels in the service of a public authority, which are not engaged in trade;

§ 62.103 Licenses issued. (a) Licenses to officers on uninspected vessels will be issued as follows:

(1) License as master, motor or sail;

(2) License as mate, motor or sail;
(3) License as chief engineer, motor;
(4) License as assistant engineer,

motor.

The licenses will be given appropriate route (ocean or coastwise) and tonnage limitations, commensurate with the experience of the applicants in the case of (c) Wooden ships of primitive build, masters and mates, and appropriate such as dhows and junks;

(d) Unrigged vessels;

horsepower limitations in the case of engineers. They will be issued on the

(e) All vessels of less than 200 gross usual forms No. 867, 869, 871, 873, and

tons.*†

§ 62.102 Effective date. (a) On and after October 29, 1939, masters, mates and engineers who do not possess appropriate licenses will not be allowed to act as masters, mates or engineers of vessels to which the rules in §§ 62.10062.131 apply.

(b) At any time prior to October 29, 1941, a candidate who can show the

880, and shall be limited on their face to uninspected vessels.

(b) A license to act as master, mate, or engineer of inspected vessels will in all cases entitle the holder to act in this same capacity on uninspected vessels of like tonnage and propulsion on similar waters.* †

LICENSED MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS § 62.110 Original licenses. The first experience, whether acquired under a li- license in any class1 issued to any United cense or not, that is prescribed for the States citizen by the United States Local license for which he applies, and who Inspectors shall be considered an original has no record of any serious technical license, where the Bureau records show error against him, may be issued a lino previous issue to such applicant. No cense without any professional examina- license shall be issued to any person who tion. A notation shall be made upon is not a United States citizen. An applihis license stub and license record card cant claiming to be a citizen of the to the effect that he was issued a license United States shall furnish documentary without professional examination. Such evidence of his citizenship. Before an an applicant for license as master or original license in any class is granted mate shall be required to pass an exam- to any citizen to act as master, mate, or ination as to acuity of vision and color engineer, he shall appear before a Board sense. Where an inspector finds that of Local Inspectors for examination. A such applicant for a license (original or list of the field offices of the Bureau raise of grade) obviously appears to be where examinations are held will be physically or mentally incompetent to found in § 62.120. Any citizen who has perform the ordinary duties of such an attained the age of 21 years and is qualiofficer at sea, he shall be required to un-fied in all other respects shall be eligible dergo an examination by a surgeon of the United States Public Health Service to determine his competency in such respects. When application for a license as master or chief engineer is submitted prior to October 29, 1941, service as mate or assistant engineer respectively, need not have been acquired under authority of license.*†

for examination. Provided, That license as mate or assistant engineer may be granted to applicants who have reached the age of 19 years and are qualified in all other respects, but no such license may be raised in grade before the holder

1 Deck officer of either motor or sail vessels; or engineer of motor vessels.

thereof shall have reached the age of 21 | tions for licenses on uninspected vessels, years.*†

§ 62.111 Professional examination and service required, etc. for original license or raise of grade. (a) Before an applicant for original license as master, mate, or engineer, or raise of grade of any license may be examined, the applicant shall make application upon the form furnished by the Bureau. When practicable, an applicant shall present discharges and testimonial letters to the inspectors, to be filed with the application, from the masters or chief engineers under whom he has served, or from the owners in the case of applicants who have already served as master or chief engineer, certifying to the name of the vessel, and the amount and character of his experience, and to his ability, character, and habits of life.

(b) No original license or raise of grade shall be issued to any applicant unless at least 1 year of his qualifying service shall have been obtained within the 3 years next preceding his application for examination.

(c) If the amount and character of his experience is satisfactory, and he is eligible in all other respects, the applicant shall be examined as to his knowledge by a Board of Local Inspectors, except as provided in § 62.102 (b).

(d) Applicants will be informed as soon as possible whether their applications have been accepted or not, and when the application of any person for a license has been approved, it shall be the duty of the inspectors to give the applicant the required examination as soon as practicable.

(e) Licensed officers entitled to raise of grade, after passing examination, shall have issued to them new licenses for the grade for which they are qualified, the local inspectors to file in their office the old license, with the report of the circumstances of the case, but the grade of a license shall not be raised except as hereinafter provided, unless the applicant can show 1 year's actual experience in the capacity for which he has been licensed.*†

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except as stated in § 62.102 (b). Provided, That a certificate from the Public Health Service based on ship sanitation and first aid will not be required of applicants for license to act on fishing vessels.*†

§ 62.113 Reexaminations and refusal of licenses. (a) Any applicant for license or endorsement who has been duly examined and refused may come before the same local board for reexamination at any time thereafter that may be fixed by such board, but such time shall never be less than 1 month from the date of his last failure. In the case of another failure, he will not be reexamined until after a lapse of at least 6 months from date of last failure. A candidate who has been duly examined and refused a license by a local board shall not be examined by any other local board until 1 year has elapsed from the date of the refusal without the sanction of the board that refused the applicant.

(b) If the inspectors refuse to grant the applicant the license asked for, they shall furnish him a statement setting forth the cause of their refusal to grant the same.*†

(a)

§ 62.114 Preparation of licenses. All licenses issued to masters, mates, or engineers shall be filled out on the face with pen and black ink. Inspectors are directed, when licenses are completed, to draw a broad pen and black-ink mark through all unused spaces in the body thereof, so as to prevent, as far as possible, illegal alteration after issue.

(b) Licenses signed by one local inspector only shall not be valid, nor shall the name of any other person be substituted for that of a local inspector or acting local inspector.

(c) Every person receiving a license or certificate of lost license shall sign the same and leave a print of his left thumb upon the back thereof, immediately upon its receipt.

(d) Every master, mate, or engineer, who receives a license, shall make oath before one of the local inspectors, to be recorded upon their official file, that he § 62.112 Medical examination for li- will faithfully and honestly, according The existing requirements for to his best skill and judgment, without licensed officers on inspected vessels concealment or reservation, perform all shall be standard for medical examina- the duties required of him by law and

censes.

obey all lawful orders of his superior | to be physically or mentally incompetent officers.*† to perform the ordinary duties of such an officer at sea, in which case he shall be

a surgeon at the United States Public Health Service to determine his competency in such respects.

§ 62.115 Laws, general rules and reg-required to undergo an examination by ulations, and pilot rules to be furnished licensed officers. (a) Every master, mate, or engineer shall, when receiving an original license, a renewed license, or a raise of grade of license, be furnished by the inspectors with a copy of the Laws Governing Marine Inspection, and a copy of the General Rules and Regulations prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors.

(b) When an applicant for renewal is situated at such distance from any Local him to great inconvenience and expense Board or Supervising Inspector as to put to appear in person, he may, upon taking oath of office before any person authorized to administer oaths, and forward(b) Licensed officers and pilots are re-ing the same, together with the license to quired to acquaint themselves with the be renewed and a certificate of color latest information regarding aids to navsense where required, to the Local Board igation, and neglect to do so is evidence or Supervising Inspector of the District of neglect of duty. Vessels navigating in which he resides or is employed, have oceans and coastwise waters shall have the same renewed by the said inspectors. available on board for convenient refer

ence at all times, a file of the applicable Notice to Mariners. All vessels shall have charts of the waters on which they operate available for convenient reference at all times.*†

is engaged in a service which necessitates (c) When an applicant for a renewal his continuous absence from the United States, he may make application in writing for renewal and transmit the same to the Board of Local Inspectors, with a § 62.116 Renewal of license, and ex-statement of the applicant verified before amination for renewal where deemed a consul or other officer of the United necessary. (a) When an officer makes States authorized to administer an oath, application for a renewal of his license, setting forth the reasons for not appearhe shall appear in person before a Boarding in person, and a certificate of color of Local Inspectors, and the presentation sense where required, and upon receiving of his old license, his certificate of citi- the same, the Board of Local Inspectors zenship if naturalized, with satisfactory that originally issued such license shall certificate of color sense where required, renew the same. and with oath of office, shall be considered sufficient evidence of his title to renewal; unless such title has been forfeited or facts shall have come to the knowledge of the inspectors which would render a renewal improper, or the applicant obviously appears to the inspectors

1 Notice to Mariners, published weekly by the U. S. Coast Guard, which contains announcements and information regarding aids to navigation and charts of waters of the United States, is available for free distribution at the following places: Field offices of the U. S. Coast Guard; Marine Division, Custom House; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey field stations, and offices of the Superintendents of Lighthouses. Notice to Mariners published weekly by the U. S. Navy, for the correction of charts, sailing directions, light lists and other publications, and which includes foreign waters and certain waters of the United States, is available for free distribution at the Hydrographic Office, Branch Hydrographic Offices, or any of the agencies of seaboard ports, and is also on file in the U. S. consulates where they may be inspected.

(d) No license shall be renewed more than 30 days in advance of the date of the expiration thereof, unless there are extraordinary circumstances that shall justify a renewal beforehand, in which case the reasons therefor must appear in detail upon the records of the inspectors renewing the license; nor shall any license be renewed unless it is presented within 1 year after the date of its expiration.

(e) Whenever an officer shall apply for renewal of his license, more than 1 year after the date of its expiration, he shall be required to pass an examination for the same grade of license. Should he be successful and receive a license it shall be considered in the light of an original license except as to number of issue.

(f) The inspectors shall, before renewing an existing license to a master, for any waters, who has not been em

ployed as master on such waters during | officer as having been lost by him or the 3 years preceding the application for renewal, satisfy themselves by an examination in writing, or orally to be taken down in writing by the inspectors, that such officers are thoroughly familiar with the rules for the prevention of collision upon the waters for which they are licensed.

(g) In all cases, the renewed license shall receive the next higher number of issue to present grade and of issues of all grades. *†

§ 62.117 Lifting of tonnage restriction. (a) If any board of local inspectors is satisfied by the documentary evidence submitted that an applicant is entitled by experience and knowledge to a higher tonnage, it may change any tonnage restrictions which it may have previously placed upon his license, if the applicant has passed the examination for such license.

stolen from him, or whenever a license is stolen from an office of local inspectors, the local inspectors shall immediately report the fact to the Director and give a full description of the license and all facts incident to the loss or theft of same. By the same procedure they shall report the recovery of any licenses reported lost, giving the facts incident to their recovery.*†

§ 62.119 Suspension and revocation of licenses. (a) These licenses as master, mate, or engineer shall be subject to suspension or revocation on the same ground and in the same manner and with like procedure as is provided in the case of suspension or revocation of licenses under the provisions of section 4450 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1382, 50 Stat. 544; 46 U.S.C., Sup., 239). When the license of any master, mate, or engineer is revoked, such license expires with such revocation, and any license subsequently granted to such person shall be considered in the light of an original license except as to number of issue. Upon the revocation or suspension of the license of any such officer, said license shall be surrendered to the Local Inspectors or Supervising Inspector. No person whose license has been suspended or revoked shall be issued another license except upon approval of the Director.

(b) No board of local inspectors may change on any license any tonnage limitation which such board did not place thereon, before full information regarding the reason for the limitation is obtained from the board responsible for same and the applicant has made up any deficiency in the experience required for the increased tonnage desired, and has passed any necessary examination. No limitation on any license may in any case be changed before the applicant has made up any deficiency in the experience prescribed for the license desired, and passed any necessary exam-rector shall determine the term of its ination.*†

§ 62.118 Lost license. (a) In case of loss of license of any class from any cause, except as stated in § 62.119, any board of local inspectors, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of such loss and a record of the lost license from the board that issued same, shall issue a certificate to the owner thereof which shall have the authority of the lost license for the unexpired term, unless in the meantime the holder thereof shall have the grade of his license raised after due examination, in which case a license in due form for such grade may be issued. In all cases the certificate of lost license shall state what board issued the lost license.

(b) Whenever a license is reported to a board of local inspectors by a licensed

(b) When the license of any master, mate, or engineer is suspended, the Di

duration, except that such suspension shall not extend beyond the time for which the license was issued. When the

Director suspends a license which is
about to expire, he may withhold the
renewals of such license for such time
as he considers necessary.*†

§ 62.120 Field offices of the Bureau
where examinations are held.
Boston, Mass.
Bangor, Maine.
New London, Conn.
Portland, Me.
Providence, R. I.
New York, N. Y.
Providence, R. I.
Albany, N. Y.
San Juan, P. R.
Norfolk, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Baltimore, Md.
Charleston, S. C.
Savannah, Ga.
New Orleans, La.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.
Mobile, Ala.

Port Arthur, Tex.
Galveston, Tex.

San Francisco, Calif.
St. Michael, Alaska.
Seattle, Wash.

Juneau, Alaska.
Hoquiam, Wash.

Portland, Ore.

San Pedro, Calif.
Honolulu, Hawaii.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES

§ 62.130 Experience. (a) For license as mate or assistant engineer, a candidate must have served 3 years at sea, on deck or in the engine room, respectively.

(b) For license as master or chief engineer, a candidate must have served 4 years at sea, on deck or in the engine room, respectively, of which 1 year must have been as licensed mate or assistant engineer, respectively, except as provided in § 62.102 (b).

(c) For a license as assistant or chief engineer of motor vessels, two-thirds of the required service must have been served on motor vessels.*+

chart, and making due allowance for set and drift; fixing of ship's position by cross bearings of two objects; or by two bearings of the same object.

(iii) The traverse tables and a day's work in its simplest form.

(iv) The finding of latitude by meridian altitude of the sun.

(v) The finding of longitude by chronometer or deck watch by an altitude of the sun.1

(vi) The use and adjustments of the sextant.

(vii) The use and reading of the aneroid barometer.

(2) Rudimentary seamanship including:

(i) The use and construction of a sea anchor.

(ii) The marking and use of the lead

line.

(iii) Man reported overboard.

(iv) Handling of a vessel's boat in heavy weather.

(v) Elementary first aid.

(3) The Rules for the Prevention of Collision including both the International Rules and the Pilot Rules for Inland Waters. Particular attention will be given to the Articles of Collision, although inability to repeat them verbatim will not entail failure, provided that the candidate understands their full significance, content, and practical application. Models will be used to test the can§ 62.131 Examinations-(a) General. didate's judgment and ability to act corThe examinations given by the Local In-rectly and promptly. spectors will be practical, not theoretical. They will be written, where possible, and if an oral examination is necessary, it shall be taken down in writing. The examination for licenses for fishing vessels shall be oral only. The syllabuses for the examinations are given in paragraphs (b)-(e).

(b) Mate-(1) Navigation. Candidates will be required to understand and give satisfactory explanations of:

(i) Variation, deviation of the compass, and simple methods of finding the deviation by the bearing of two objects when in line, and by bearings of the

sun.

(ii) Use of a chart and the meaning of the various signs and abbreviations thereon; method of finding and laying off compass courses and distances on a

(4) Distress signals and use of Gun and Rocket Apparatus.

(5) Buoyage System, Lights, etc.

Seamarks,

(6) Precautions to be taken against fire, explosions from oil or gas, and spontaneous combustion. Methods of dealing with fire and use of fire extinguishers, handling of vessels after fire is discovered.

(7) Candidates for a sailing ship license will also be asked questions on the taking in and setting of fore and aft sail, and applicable questions relating to the handling of a sail vessel.

1 These subjects will not be given to a canthe Local Inspectors, limits him to a coastdidate whose experience in the judgment of wise license.

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