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United States. PART I. - VESSELS . 1. Definition of vessel . 2. Vessels of the United States . 3. Registered vessels . 4. Vessels not entitled to registry . 5. Whaling vessels . 6. Enrolled and licensed vessels . 7. Licensed vessels ...
United States. PART I. - VESSELS . 1. Definition of vessel . 2. Vessels of the United States . 3. Registered vessels . 4. Vessels not entitled to registry . 5. Whaling vessels . 6. Enrolled and licensed vessels . 7. Licensed vessels ...
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... United States , or , if registered , to the benefits of reg- istry , if owned in whole or in part by any person natural- ized in the United States , and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated , or for ...
... United States , or , if registered , to the benefits of reg- istry , if owned in whole or in part by any person natural- ized in the United States , and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated , or for ...
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... United States entitled to the privileges of vessels employed in the coasting - trade or fisheries . Any steamboat employed or intended to be employed R. S. 4316 . only in a river or bay of the United States , owned wholly or in part by ...
... United States entitled to the privileges of vessels employed in the coasting - trade or fisheries . Any steamboat employed or intended to be employed R. S. 4316 . only in a river or bay of the United States , owned wholly or in part by ...
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... United States shall not be so con- strued as to require the payment of any fee or charge for the enrolling or licensing of vessels , built in the United States and owned by citizens thereof , not propelled by sail or by internal motive ...
... United States shall not be so con- strued as to require the payment of any fee or charge for the enrolling or licensing of vessels , built in the United States and owned by citizens thereof , not propelled by sail or by internal motive ...
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... United States to examine and copy the models of such yachts . Yachts , belonging to a regularly organized yacht club of R. S. , 4216 . any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States , shall have ...
... United States to examine and copy the models of such yachts . Yachts , belonging to a regularly organized yacht club of R. S. , 4216 . any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States , shall have ...
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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.