Safety
When you see a person go over the side of the vessel what is the first thing you do?
What is spread the word loud and clear?
A red triangle marker with a number 4 on it is a what side marker?
What is a starboard side marker
What is the button you push on the VHF to receive a weather briefing?
What is the WX button?
On August 20th 2010 this oil platform owned by BP suffered a catastrophic exposion in the Gulf of Mexico resulting in the largest oil spill in American Histroy.
What is the Deep Water Horizon?
In 1997 James Cameron directed this film about the sinking of an imfamous Ocean Liner owned by White Star Lines
What is Titanic?
A dry chemical extinguisher will put out which two classes of fires?
What is type B and C
When two normal power vessels are approaching head to head which direction should each vessel turn?
What is starboard?
The device used to measure wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
In an attemp to impress on of the ships preformers, the Captain of this 952' cruise ship sailed too close to an italian island which resulted in the grounding and subsequent desctrcution of it. This ship took 2 years to refloat.
What is the Costa Concordia?
In 2009 the Maersk Alabama was hijacked by pirates off the Somali Coast, this event was later turned in a turned into a major motion picture sharing the name of the captain. What was the name of this captain?
Captain (Richard) Philips
(it should be noted that he was a Mass Maritime Grad)
This VHF channel is reserved for hailing other vessels and calling for help.
What is channel 16?
Three vertical red masthead lights means a ship is....?
What is Constrained by Draft?
The psychrometer is a device used to measure what?
What is relative humidity?
This Great Lakes freighter sunk in 1975 due to a November storm, this tragedy was later turned into a sucessful folk song by Gordon Lightfoot.
What is the S.S Edmond Fitzgerald
This movie starring Robert Redford depicts a sailor who's sail boat struck a shipping container while sailing in the ocean. This movie is called...?
What is All is Lost?
The code flag pattern for distress is what?
A vessel sounding 3 short blasts is doing what?
Operating astern propulsion?
The normal pressure reading on a barometer is how many inches?
What is 29.92 inches?
In October 2015 this 790' TOTE owned ship sailed directly into Hurricaine Joaquin, her tragedy moved the Coast Guard to outlaw open lifeboats on ships.
What is the SS EL Faro?
This movie stars George Clooney and tells the story of the Andrea Gail and her crews fight for survival in one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast. The name of this film is...?
What is the Perfect Storm?
By law carburetors on gasoline engines must have what?
What is a back backfire control device?
When a vessel is TRAWLING at night what light pattern will she display?
What is a green masthead light over a white masthead light?
Two orange triangle flags flown vertically from shore is warning you of what weather event?
What is a Gale?
In 2003 this New York State Ferry crashed into a peir resulting in the death of 11 individuals. It was later found that the Staff Captain had blacked out and the Mate was in the back of the wheelhouse reading a newspaper.
What is the Andrew J Barberi
This film starring Casey Affleck and Chris Pine depicts the Coast Guard heroic rescue rescue of 33 men from steam ship Pendleton after it broke into two pieces in a violent storm. The name of this film is...?
What is the Finest Hours?