NAVIGATION

Question 1

What flag is flown during a fueling or ammo operation?

Answer 1

Bravo

Question 2

What book is used to determine sunrise, sunset, moonrise & moonset?

What computer program?

Answer 2

Nautical almanac

Stella

Question 3

What flag is flown during small boat recall?

Answer 3

Quebec

Question 4

Where is the Greenwich meridian or prime meridian and what time zone is it in?

Answer 4

Greenwich, England.

Zulu

Question 5

If a contact has constant bearing and the range is decreasing, what can happen?

Answer 5

Risk of collision

Question 6

What does SOPA stand for?

Answer 6

Senior Officer Present Afloat

Question 7

What record is kept on board for 1 year and a copy shipped to the Naval historical society?

Answer 7

Deck log

Question 8

Definition of LOP?

Answer 8

Line of Position

Question 9

What navigation weather equipment determines atmospheric pressure and where is it?

Answer 9

Barometer

Port bridge wing

Question 10

What flags are flown if there is distress?

Answer 10

November & Charlie

Question 11

What flags are used in port for divers?

Answer 11

Code Alpha

Question 12

How many nautical miles in one degree of latitude?

Answer 12

60 nautical miles

Question 13

What is the difference between restricted in our ability to maneuver and restricted maneuvering doctrine?

Answer 13

Ability to maneuver - due to the nature of her work; ex-LCU ops, flight quarter

Doctrine - keep the ships machinery operating outside of EOCC to keep the ship safe.

Question 14

What other ways of measuring distance to an object do we have onboard?

Answer 14

Line of sight
Laser range finder
25mm gun mount range finder

Question 15

What flag is flown for medical?

Answer 15

Mike

Question 16

What is the book used with the stademeter to determine the height of another ship?

Answer 16

The underway replenishment guide

Question 17

What flag is flown to prepare for colors?

Answer 17

Prep

Question 18

What flag do you fly as you come along a ship during UNREP?

Answer 18

Romeo

Question 19

Where is the main gyro located?

Answer 19

IC Gyro

Question 20

How many search lights do we have and what are they used for?

Answer 20

4

Transmit Morse code messages

Question 21

What flag is flown during personnel recall?

Answer 21

Papa

Question 22

What does DR stand for?

Answer 22

Dead reckoning

Question 23

What flag is flown when the CO is not onboard?

Answer 23

3rd Substitute

Question 24

What navigation equipment is used to determine the distance to another ship of a known height during UNREP?

Answer 24

Stadimeter

Question 25

What record is kept on the bridge underway that details the weather conditions at sea?

Answer 25

Weather log

Question 26

What navigation system is used at the chart table to plot LOP’s and fix the ships position?

Answer 26

VMS | Voyage Management System

Question 27

What does radar stand for? ARPA?

Answer 27

Radio detecting and ranging Automated radar plotting aid

Question 28

What is a Fathometer? What are the three units of measurements it takes?

Answer 28

Measures depth of the water Fathoms, feet, meters

Question 29

How many gyro repeaters are in the bridge area?

Answer 29

8 - Port - STBD - Chart table - Centerline - Helm - CO’s chair - 07 FWD - OS table

Question 30

What flag is flown for hero condition?

Answer 30

Lima

Question 31

What flag is flown for personnel aloft?

Answer 31

Kilo

Question 32

When do we haul down Romeo during refueling at sea?

Answer 32

Messenger in hand

Question 33

Define swing circle and drag circle

Answer 33

Swing - the amount of anchor chain put out and the length of the ship Drag - the distance from hawspipe to pelorus plus the amount of anchor chain paid out

Question 34

What is our primary & secondary GPS?

Answer 34

WSN-7 | PSN-13/Dagger

Question 35

What flag is flown if a vessel comes alongside?

Answer 35

India

Question 36

What equipment on the bridge determines magnetic headings?

Answer 36

DFGMC Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass “Don’t Fuck with GMC”

Question 37

What navigation equipment is used by the conn to see left or right bearing drift?

Answer 37

Bearing circle

Question 38

What equipment measures the ships pitch and roll?

Answer 38

Clinometer

Question 39

What navigation weather equipment measures wet and dry temperature and where is it?

Answer 39

Psychrometer Pilot house

Question 40

What navigation equipment is used to determine gyro error?

Answer 40

Azimuth circle

Question 41

How many degrees are in a time zone?

Answer 41

15

Question 42

What navigation equipment is used to see bearings to visual navigation aids?

Answer 42

Bearing circle or telescopic alidade

Question 43

What flags are flown when the pilot comes onboard?

Answer 43

Code hotel

Question 44

What is an anemometer? Where are they located?

Answer 44

Wind bird On the mast x2 and handheld in pilot house

Question 45

What 4 types of navigation are used on HFY?

Answer 45

GPS Celestial Radar Visual

Question 46

What navigation equipment is used to calculate wind speed and direction?

Answer 46

Wind birds | Anemometer

Question 47

What equipment on the bridge determines true bearings?

Answer 47

Gyro compass Gyro repeaters

Question 48

What flag is flown during flight quarters?

Answer 48

Hotel

Question 49

What does not under command mean?

Answer 49

We do not have control of steering or engines due to “exceptional circumstances”

Question 50

What equipment on the bridge determines wind speed and direction?

Answer 50

Anemometer

Question 51

When you see a navigation aid on the horizon you should inform the navigation team and have them what?

Answer 51

Compare it to the chart

Question 52

What flags constitute pier SOPA?

Answer 52

Pier number Starboard Designation

Question 53

How many LOP’s constitute a fix?

Answer 53

3

Question 54

What group of flags is flown if the ship is senior to others on the same pier?

Answer 54

Pier SOPA

Question 55

What does ECDIS-N stand for?

Answer 55

Electronic chart display informations system-Navy

Question 56

Where is the infrared/blinker lights on the mast located?

Answer 56

At the end of port & STBD yard arms on mast

Question 57

What navigation equipment is used to measure bodies?

Answer 57

Marine Sextant