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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 353. Radio equipment and operators
(a) Two radio officers required
Each cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped
with a radiotelegraph station and which is not equipped with a
radiotelegraph auto alarm, and each passenger ship required by this
part to be equipped with a radiotelegraph station, shall, for
safety purposes, carry at least two radio officers.
(b) One radio officer required
A cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with
a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph
auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio
officer who shall have had at least six months' previous service in
the aggregate as a radio officer in a station on board a ship or
ships of the United States.
(c) Required watches
Each ship of the United States which in accordance with this part
is equipped with a radiotelegraph station shall, while being
navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, keep a
continuous watch by means of radio officers whenever the station is
not being used for authorized traffic: Provided, That, in lieu
thereof, on a cargo ship equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm
in proper operating condition, a watch of at least eight hours per
day, in the aggregate, shall be maintained by means of a radio
officer.
(d) Hours of watch
The Commission shall, when it finds it necessary for safety
purposes, have authority to prescribe the particular hours of watch
on a ship of the United States which in accordance with this part
is equipped with a radiotelegraph station.
(e) Operational status of auto alarms in open sea
On all ships of the United States equipped with a radiotelegraph
auto alarm, said apparatus shall be in operation at all times while
the ship is being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or
port when the radio officer is not on watch.
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