
- 573 pages
- English
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Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook
About this book
This handbook, first issued in 1942, is designed to be used as a textbook or a study guide for the "hawsepiper." The twenty-five chapters contain information on electronics, celestial navigation, rules of the road, engineering, etc.,—that will be helpful to the third mate, experienced mariner, or student preparing for a licensing examination.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: The Everyday Labors of a Ship’s Officer
- Chapter 2: Piloting and Radar Navigation
- Chapter 3: Collision Avoidance
- Chapter 4: Celestial Navigation
- Chapter 5: The Calculator and Its Use by the Mariner
- Chapter 6: Marine Electronics
- Chapter 7: The Gyrocompass
- Chapter 8: Rules of the Road
- Chapter 9: Shiphandling
- Appendix to Chapter 9, Multiple Buoy Moorings
- Chapter 10: Ground Tackle
- Chapter 11: General Cargo and Cargo Gear
- Chapter 12: Containership Operations
- Chapter 13: Tankers
- Chapter 14: Engineering for Deck Officers
- Chapter 15: Steering Gear
- Chapter 16: Stability, Trim, and Stress
- Chapter 17: Maintenance and Repair
- Chapter 18: Fire and Fire Fighting aboard Ship
- Chapter 19: Accident Prevention aboard Ship
- Chapter 20: Pollution
- Chapter 21: Ship’s Business
- Chapter 22: Maritime Usage of Computers
- Chapter 23: U.S. Coast Guard Inspections
- Chapter 24: Maritime Labor Relations
- Chapter 25: Medical Emergencies at Sea
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index