Page 1 1 1 1 5 Unauthorized use of lights; unnecessary whistling Lights and day signals for vessels, dredges of all types and vessels Marine regattas or marine parades Regulations to promote the safety of life on navigable waters during marine regattas or marine parades Department of the Army rules and regulations governing the display of This is an explanation of the numbering system used in Coast Guard pamphlets containing regulations and is the same as that used in the Code of Federal Regulations. The regulations regarding navigation are divided into chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts, sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, and subdivisions. The parts in each chapter are assigned arabic numbers. The sections have been further subdivided into paragraphs, paragraphs into subparagraphs, and subparagraphs into subdivisions. The terminology for numbering may be described as follows: VIII Terminology Part Paragraph Example (Sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to the Navigation of Vessels on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, the Atchafalaya River, and the Red River of the North) ALL VESSELS SEC. 4233. The following regulations for preventing collisions shall be followed by all vessels upon the waters of the Mississippi River between its source and the Huey P. Long Bridge and all of the tributaries emptying thereinto and their tributaries, and that part of the Atchafalaya River above its junction with the Plaquemine-Morgan City alternate waterway, and the Red River of the North; and are hereby declared special rules duly made by local authority: (33 U. S. C. 301.) I-PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS RULE NUMBERED 1. In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under power is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under power, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way" within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. The word "visible" in these rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. The words "distinct blast" in these rules, when applied to whistle signals shall mean a clearly audible blast of any length. (33 U. S. C. 302.) II-LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH RULE NUMBERED 2. The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights, or impair their visibility, shall be exhibited. (33 U. S. C. 311.) RULE NUMBERED 3. A steam vessel when towing another vessel or vessels alongside or by pushing ahead shall carry— (a) On the starboard side a green light so constructed and fixed as to show the light from ahead and not more than half a point on the port bow to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least three miles. (b) On the port side a red light so constructed and fixed as to show the light from ahead and not more than half a point on the starboard bow, to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least three miles. (1) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens painted black and projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen more than half a point across the bow. |