Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant Marine |
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... hereby is , author- ized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly en- rolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same , when , in his opinion , there shall be sufficient cause for so doing . The ...
... hereby is , author- ized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly en- rolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same , when , in his opinion , there shall be sufficient cause for so doing . The ...
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... hereby empowered to administer such oath . Whenever any vessel , registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section , shall arrive within the district comprehending the port to which she belongs , the certificate of ...
... hereby empowered to administer such oath . Whenever any vessel , registered in pursuance of the pro- visions of the preceding section , shall arrive within the district comprehending the port to which she belongs , the certificate of ...
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... hereby authorized and directed to grant registers , as vessels of the United States , to such foreign - built steamships now engaged in freight and passenger business , and sailing in an established line from a port in the United States ...
... hereby authorized and directed to grant registers , as vessels of the United States , to such foreign - built steamships now engaged in freight and passenger business , and sailing in an established line from a port in the United States ...
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... hereby granted for the said ( inserting here the description of the vessel ) called the ( inserting here the vessel's name , ) to be employed in carrying on the ( inserting here coasting- trade , whale - fishery , ' ' mackerel - fishery ...
... hereby granted for the said ( inserting here the description of the vessel ) called the ( inserting here the vessel's name , ) to be employed in carrying on the ( inserting here coasting- trade , whale - fishery , ' ' mackerel - fishery ...
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... hereby certify , that E. F. , an American seaman , aged years , or thereabouts , of the height of feet inches , ( describing the said seaman as particu- larly as may be , ) has , this day , produced to me proof in the manner directed by ...
... hereby certify , that E. F. , an American seaman , aged years , or thereabouts , of the height of feet inches , ( describing the said seaman as particu- larly as may be , ) has , this day , produced to me proof in the manner directed by ...
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Page 313 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 302 - ... between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Page 299 - Every vessel may, if necessary in order to attract attention in addition to the lights which she is by these rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use any detonating signal that cannot be mistaken for a distress signal.
Page 291 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 299 - ... feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than f1fteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 292 - In obeying and construing these rules, due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 287 - ... (c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 95 - ... faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel, nor shall the vessel, her owner or owners, charterers, agent, or master be held liable for losses arising from dangers of the sea or other navigable waters, acts of God, or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality, or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative,...
Page 294 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 311 - The exhibition of any light on board of a vessel of war or revenue-cutter of the United States may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it.