ARMING OF U.S. MERCHANT Cargo VESSELS NOTE: Order 167, Nov. 17, 1940, 6 F.R. 5881, reads as follows: Armed merchant passengercarrying vessels of the United States shall be exempt from the application of the provisions of subsection (4) of R.S. 4472, as amended; to the extent that such vessels may accept, transport, carry, convey, store, stow, or use on board such high explosives as are necessary for such armament when said high explosives are accepted, transported, carried, conveyed, stored, stowed, or used in accordance with the provisions of §§ 147.06-2 to 147.06-5, inclusive, of the regulations governing explosives or other dangerous articles on board vessels. § 147.06-2 Storage of high explosives. Magazines shall be provided on board the vessel for the storage of high explosive ammunition (either fixed or separate loaded). Magazines may be located in an upper tween deck or a shelter deck cargo space, or in any other compartment below the weather deck, and adjacent to the gun mount, provided such magazines are not located over, under or adjacent to passenger spaces. The maximum separation possible shall be maintained between any magazine and any space allotted to the use of passengers or crew. Magazines shall not be constructed in bearing with the collision bulkhead nor with a bulkhead forming a boiler room, engine room, coal bunker or galley boundary. If it is necessary to construct such magazines in proximity to these bulkheads, a cofferdam space of at least 4 feet shall be provided between the bulkhead and the magazine side. Consistent with the above restrictions magazines shall be constructed in locations selected by the Navy Department. A "ready" supply of shells may be stowed in "ready boxes" on deck adjacent to the gun mount. These "ready boxes" shall be as provided by, or constructed to a design furnished by, the Bureau of Ships, Navy Department. [Order 168, 6 F.R. 5882, Nov. 19, 1941] § 147.06-3 Storage of small-arms ammunition. Small-arms ammunition having all the component parts necessary for one firing, all in one assembly, may be stowed in boxes or lockers in a location adjacent to the gun mounts, such location to be selected by the Navy Department. Boxes or lockers for the stowage of smallarms ammunition shall be as provided by, or constructed to a design furnished by, the Bureau of Ships, Navy Department. [Order 168, 6 F.R. 5882, Nov. 19, 1941] § 147.06-4 Care of ammunition. The loading, stowage, handling and use of all ammunition intended for the guns mounted on the vessel shall be under the control of the commander of the armed guard or other representative of the Navy Department. [Order 168, 6 F.R. 5882, Nov. 19, 1941] § 147.06-5 Construction of magazines. 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