6935 Navigation

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Golf

Back 1

Used to identify guid ship

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Romeo at the dip

Back 2

For delivery ship means they are ready for us to come alongside / for receiving ship means we are ready to come alongside.

Front 3

Romeo closed up

Back 3

For delivery ship means they ready to come alongside / for receiving ship means we are making our approach alongside.

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Romeo hauled down

Back 4

For both ships means Messenger is in hand

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Prep at the dip

Back 5

For both ships means 15 minutes standby

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Prep closed

Back 6

For both ships mean 5 minutes standby and breaking down last station

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Prep hauled down

Back 7

For both ships means all lines are clear

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Bravo at the dip

Back 8

For both ships means temporarily stop refueling

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Bravo closed up

Back 9

For both ships means fuel is being transferred

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Bravo hauled down

Back 10

For both ship it means stop transferring fuel

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Advance

Back 11

Advanced is the distance a vessel moves along its original course from the time the rudder is put over untill the new course is reached.

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Transfer

Back 12

Transfer is the distance the vessel moves along the new course during the turn

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Pivot point

Back 13

Point inwhich the ship pivotes on when her rudders are turned.

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Turning circle

Back 14

The path of the vessel making a turn of 360 degrees or more at a constant ruttter angle and speed

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True bearing

Back 15

True north

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Relative bearing

Back 16

Bearing related to the ship, forward being 000 degrees

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DIW

Back 17

Dead in water

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Head on

Back 18

Two ships traveling towards each other

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Crossing

Back 19

One ship crossing in front of the other

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Overtaking

Back 20

One ship passing another

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Stand on

Back 21

The ship that maintains course and speed in a crossing situation

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Give way

Back 22

The ship that alters course and/or speed in a crossing situation to avoid collision

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Swing circle

Back 23

Length of chain to hawspie + length of ship/ use when anchored to see if any hazards of navigation exists and I swing circle

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Drag circle

Back 24

Length of chain to hawspipe + distance from hawspipe to the pelorus/ used when anchored to let the QMs know if we're dragging anchor

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NAV LIGHT

underway

Back 25

Fed/aft masthead lights, port/stbd running lights, stern light.

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NAV LIGHTS

In port moored

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Dress ship lights, waterline security lights, fwd/aft jackstaff lights, aircraft warning lights

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NAV LIGHTS

Engaged in signaling operations

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Red / white / red, ( restricted in our ability to maneuver)

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NAV LIGHTS

Man Overboard

Back 28

2 blinking red lights, (hand crank behind the QMs table)

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NAV LIGHTS

not under command

Back 29

Red / Red

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NAV LIGHTS

Anchored

Back 30

Same as import lights

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NAV LIGHTS

Aground

Back 31

Red/Red

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DAY SHAPES

Vessel at anchor

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One ball

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DAY SHAPE

vessel not under command

Back 33

Two balls

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DAY SHAPES

Restricted in ability to maneuver

Back 34

Ball, diamond, bal

Front 35

DAY SHAPE

Vessel aground

Back 35

Ball,Ball,Ball

Front 36

DAY SHAPES

Constrained by draft

Back 36

Cylinder

Front 37

Refueling/ammunition handeling

Back 37

Bravo

Front 38

Senior officer pressent afloat (SOPA)

Back 38

Desig, pier #, stbd

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Personnel recall

Back 39

Papa

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Boat recall

Back 40

Quebec

Front 41

Divers

Back 41

Code alpha

Front 42

Personnel working aloft/ over the side

Back 42

Kilo = aloft

Kilo 1 = over the side

Kilo 3 = aloft and over the side

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Hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance (HERO)

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Lima

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Ready to receive ship along side

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India at the dip for receiving ship they are preparing for us to come alongside/ India at the dip for ship moring means we are making preps, India closed up means both ships are ready to morre

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MOB

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Oscar

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Anchoring

Back 46

Uniform

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Absentee pennants

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1st sub commodore

2nd sub is staff

3rd sub is for CO

4th sub is for civilian or military officials

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LOW VIS SOUND SIGNALS

Underway making way

Back 48

One prolonged blast every two minutes

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LOW VIS SOUND SIGNALS

Underway not making way

Back 49

To prolonged blast every two minutes

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LOW VIS SOUND SIGNALS

Anchored

Back 50

Rapid ringing of Bell up forward for 5 seconds then rapid ringing of gone back aft for 5 seconds every minute/ additional sound signal one short one prolonged and one short blast

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STORM WARNING SIGNALS

Gales

Back 51

2 red pennants. Winds 34 to 47 knots

Front 52

STORM WARNING SIGNALS

Storms

Back 52

1 red flag with black square in center. Winds 48 to 64 knots.

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STORM WARNING SIGNALS

Hurricanes/Typhoons

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2 red flags with black squares in the center. Winds 64 knots and above.

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STORM WARNING SIGNALS

Small craft

Back 54

1 red pennant. Wind up to 33 knots.

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STORM WARNING SIGNALS

Back 55

These flags are used on shore to indicate the type of storm warning.

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Binoculars

Back 56

To ship mounted binoculars on the bridge/ handheld binoculars use for watch stations in lookout

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Stadimeter

Back 57

Used to measure distance to an object of known height

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Sextant

Back 58

Used for celestial navigation (stars, Sun, planet)

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Bearing circle

Back 59

Used to find the bearing of an object

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Telescopic alidade

Back 60

Used to find bearings of objects and used for amplitudes for checking gyro compass error

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Parsllel mottion protractor (PMP)

Back 61

Used for a quick fix plutting of bearings and courses on charts

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Parallel rules

Back 62

Used to move lines from one place on a chart to another

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Chart

Back 63

Used to plot position and course

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Gyrocompass

Back 64

Used to indicate true north

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Magnetic compass

Back 65

Used to indicate magnetic north

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Radar

Back 66

Used to find surface contacts

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Fathometer

Back 67

Used to determine depth

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Satillite navigation (SATNAV)

Back 68

Amount of satellites used to determine ship position. FOM (figure of merit) 1 is best. FOM 7 is the worst.

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Global positioning system (GPS)

Back 69

Same as what you used in your car or on your phone. At least three satellites are used to triangle position. 24 Satellites in geosynchronous orbit are used to calculate position

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Laser rang finder

Back 70

Used to find the range of an object

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Integrated bridge system

Back 71

Links various components like the gyrocompass, magnetic heading and the helm on the bridge to work together

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6 rulles of DDR

Back 72

1- every course change

2- every speed change

3- every running fix

4- every LOP (Line Of Position)

5- every hour on the hour

6- label course, speed and time and DR out twice

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EP

Back 73

Estimated position

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Latitude/longitude

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Let run east to west, measures north this south. Latitude run north east south, measures east to west

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Set/drift

Back 75

Set is direction of current. Drift speed of current

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GMT/ Coordinated Universal Standard Time

Back 76

Greenwich Mean Time, also means Zulu time

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Time Zones

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there are 24 time zones separated by 15 degrees. Labeled A to Z, no Juliet time zone and Mike and Yankee share a time zone

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Variation/deviation

Back 78

Variation is the difference between true north and magnetic north. Deviation is the difference between magnetic north and magnetic compass

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IALA (A/B) Buoyage system

Back 79

International Association of Lighthouse authorities. IALA (A) is used in Europe, Africa, most of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. . Green green on starboard side entering port. IALA (B) is used in North, Central, and South America, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Red buoys on the starboard side entering port.

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Cardinal systems

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Who is used to mark hazards navigation. North is two cones pointing up. South is to cones pointing down. East is two cones apexes touching. West is to come on apax is touching.

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Diferent methods of attaining a ships position

Back 81

Visual, radar, electronic, celestial

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Purpose of range/channel markings

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Lighted are unlighted day markers used to keep vessels in the center of a channel or to mark the outer edges of a channel

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Officer of the deck (OOD)

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Responsibility for the overall safe navigation and operation of the ship

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Conning Officer

Back 84

Gives course and speed orders to the helmans and Lee helmsman.

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Boatswains mate of the watch (BMOW)

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Assist the OOD in carrying out the plan of the day and maintains bridge cleanliness

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Helmsman/lee Helmsman

Back 86

Helmsman drives the ship. Lee helmsman controls the throttles

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Lookouts

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Reports to the OOD any service and air contacts, marine life, and man overboard

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Quartermaster of the watch (QMOW)

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Assist the OD and safe navigation of the ship and maintains the decklog underway

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Barometer

Back 89

Used for measuring atmospheric pressure. Rise and pressure usually means good weather and a falling pressure means weather is the G rating

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Psychrometer

Back 90

Consists of a dry bulb and wet bulb be used to determine due point.

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Communication circuits

Back 91

Red phones, bridge to bridge

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Bull horn

Back 92

Megaphone

Front 93

Telltale panel

Back 93

Turns on navigation lights and used to identify if any filaments are out and the navigation lights