Navigation Gouge

Question 1

Define Advance.

Answer 1

Distance gained on original course.

Question 2

Define Transfer.

Answer 2

Distance gained on next leg.

Question 3

What does DIW stand for?

Answer 3

Dead in the water - (Not making way).

Question 4

What does ‘Stand on’ mean?

Answer 4

Vessel maintains her course and speed.

Question 5

What does ‘Give Away’ refer to?

Answer 5

Vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of another vessel.

Question 6

Who is the Ship’s Navigator?

Answer 6

LCDR STANTON.

Question 7

What is the length of the Ship?

Answer 7

844ft.

Question 8

Which Mast is the Highest?

Answer 8

AFT Mast - 186ft.

Question 9

What is the Safe Navigation Draft?

Answer 9

30ft.

Question 10

What is the Average daily Draft?

Answer 10

27ft.

Question 11

What color are Port running lights?

Answer 11

Red.

Question 12

What color are Starboard running lights?

Answer 12

Green.

Question 13

What lights are shown when Underway?

Answer 13

2 Masthead lights (225 degrees-white), Port & Stbd running lights (112.5 degrees each) port is red and stbd is green & stern light is (135 degrees-white).

Question 14

What lights are shown in-port?

Answer 14

Aircraft warning lights (X2-red), Waterline Security (white), Jackstaff and Flagstaff Lights (white).

Question 15

What lights indicate Special Evolutions?

Answer 15

Red over White over Red.

Question 16

What lights indicate Man Overboard?

Answer 16

Red over Red Pulsating.

Question 17

What lights indicate Not Under Command?

Answer 17

Red over Red.

Question 18

What lights indicate Anchored?

Answer 18

Aircraft warning lights (X2-red), Waterline Security (white), Jackstaff and Flagstaff Lights (white) same as in-port.

Question 19

What lights indicate Aground?

Answer 19

Jackstaff and Flagstaff Lights (white), Red over red lights.

Question 20

What day shape is used for a Vessel anchored?

Answer 20

One ball.

Question 21

What day shape is used for a Vessel not Under Command?

Answer 21

Two black balls.

Question 22

What day shape indicates Restricted Maneuvering (UNREP/Flight Quarter)?

Answer 22

Ball-Diamond-Ball.

Question 23

What day shape indicates a Vessel Aground?

Answer 23

Three black balls.

Question 24

What day shape indicates Constrained by draft?

Answer 24

Cylinder.

Question 25

What does the Bravo flag indicate?

Answer 25

Refueling/ammunition handling.

Question 26

What does the Starboard flag indicate?

Answer 26

Senior Officer Present Afloat (SOPA).

Question 27

What does the Papa flag indicate?

Answer 27

Personnel recall.

Question 28

What does the Code A flag indicate?

Answer 28

Diver in the water.

Question 29

What does the Kilo flag indicate?

Answer 29

Personnel working aloft.

Question 30

What does the Kilo 1 flag indicate?

Answer 30

Personnel working over the side.

Question 31

What does the Kilo 3 flag indicate?

Answer 31

Personnel working over the side and aloft.

Question 32

What does the Lima flag indicate?

Answer 32

Hazards to electromagnetic radiation to ordnance (HERO).

Question 33

What does the Foxtrot flag indicate?

Answer 33

Fixed wing airplanes.

Question 34

What does the Hotel flag indicate?

Answer 34

Helo Operations.

Question 35

What does the Oscar flag indicate?

Answer 35

Man overboard.

Question 36

What does the Uniform flag indicate?

Answer 36

Anchoring.

Question 37

What does the India flag indicate?

Answer 37

Coming alongside in port.

Question 38

What does the Golf flag indicate?

Answer 38

Guide Ship.

Question 39

What does the Code Hotel flag indicate?

Answer 39

Pilot is on board.

Question 40

What does the Quebec flag indicate?

Answer 40

Boat Recall.

Question 41

What does the Mike flag indicate?

Answer 41

Medical Guard.

Question 42

What is the PREPATIVE (PREP) signal?

Answer 42

(AT DIP) 5 min prior to colors (CLOSED UP) Execute colors (HAULED DOWN) Carry on.

Question 43

What does the ROMEO flag indicate?

Answer 43

(AT DIP) Making preparations to come alongside (CLOSED UP) Commencing my Approach (HAULED DOWN) Messenger in hand.

Question 44

What does the First Substitute pennant indicate?

Answer 44

Embarked Flag Officer Ashore (Phibron) / flown on the stbd side outboard.

Question 45

What does the Second Substitute pennant indicate?

Answer 45

Embarked Deputy Ashore / flown port inboard.

Question 46

What does the Third Substitute pennant indicate?

Answer 46

CO Ashore / flown port side outboard.

Question 47

What sound signal indicates Essex is underway making way in low visibility?

Answer 47

1 prolonged blast every 2 minutes.

Question 48

What sound signal indicates Underway not making way?

Answer 48

2 prolonged blasts every 2 minutes.

Question 49

What sound signal indicates Man Overboard?

Answer 49

6 short blasts.

Question 50

What sound signal indicates Danger Signal?

Answer 50

5 short blasts.

Question 51

How many Voyage Management Systems (VMS) are there?

Answer 51

5.

Question 52

Where is Nav 1 located?

Answer 52

In the bridge at the Quartermaster chart table.

Question 53

Where is Nav 2 located?

Answer 53

In CIC.

Question 54

Where is Nav 3 located?

Answer 54

In the Chart Room.

Question 55

Where is Nav 4 located?

Answer 55

In Navigator's state room.

Question 56

Where is the Conning station located?

Answer 56

In the bridge by the Conning officer.

Question 57

What are the VMS Primary sensors?

Answer 57

Heading, Course over Ground, Speed over ground, Speed through the water, Position.

Question 58

What are the VMS Secondary sensors?

Answer 58

Time, Magnetic Variation, Wind, Depth, set and drift.

Question 59

What is DAGR?

Answer 59

A stand-alone GPS.

Question 60

What is ENL (Emergency Navigation Laptop)?

Answer 60

Digital charting system GPS inputs fed from DAGR. If we lose all 5 VMS nodes we switch to the ENL laptop as a last resort.

Question 61

What is the purpose of a Stadimeter?

Answer 61

Determines distance between two objects from the height of a known object.

Question 62

What is a Sextant used for?

Answer 62

Used for shooting celestial bodies.

Question 63

What is a Bearing Circle used for?

Answer 63

Used to determine bearings to contacts.

Question 64

What is a Telescopic Alidade used for?

Answer 64

Used for determining relative/true bearings to aids of navigation.

Question 65

What does a Fathometer do?

Answer 65

Reads depth of water under the keel.

Question 66

What is GPS?

Answer 66

Global Positioning System. Sources onboard include WSN-7 fwd/aft, DAGR, Simrad.

Question 67

What is the purpose of a Vector?

Answer 67

To look ahead during transiting navigable waters.

Question 68

What does EP stand for?

Answer 68

Estimated Position. Symbol: Square.

Question 69

What does Latitude measure?

Answer 69

Measures north and south from 0 to 90 degrees.

Question 70

What does Longitude measure?

Answer 70

Measures east and west from 0 to 180 degrees.

Question 71

What is Set?

Answer 71

Direction the ship was pushed off course.

Question 72

What is Drift?

Answer 72

Velocity (speed) the ship was pushed off course.

Question 73

What does IALA B refer to?

Answer 73

United States buoy system.

Question 74

What are the different methods of attaining the ship's position?

Answer 74

Electronic, Visual, Radar, Composite.

Question 75

What are the duties of the Officer of the Deck (OOD)?

Answer 75

Responsible to the CO for the safe operation of ESX.

Question 76

What are the duties of the Conning Officer (CONN)?

Answer 76

Responsible for maintaining ship's course and speed.

Question 77

What are the duties of the Boatswain Mate of the Watch (BMOW)?

Answer 77

Responsible for maintaining professionalism on the bridge and 1MC announcements.

Question 78

What are the duties of the Quartermaster Of The Watch (QMOW)?

Answer 78

Responsible for assisting the Navigator and OOD in navigating the ship.

Question 79

What are the duties of the Helmsman?

Answer 79

Responsible for maintaining ship's ordered course.

Question 80

What are the duties of the Lee Helmsman?

Answer 80

Responsible for maintaining ship's ordered speed.

Question 81

What are the duties of the Lookouts?

Answer 81

Keep an eye out for hazards to navigation and open ear for any sound signals.

Question 82

What does JL/SPA 25 do?

Answer 82

Tracks all contacts and reports information on contacts to the OOD.

Question 83

What does JOOD stand for?

Answer 83

Junior Officer of the Deck - in training to become the OOD.