NRTC LOOKOUT TRAINING HANDBOOK
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US Navy Training Manual in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.
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In this United States Navy with its nuclear-powered warships, computerized guidance systems, and the most accurate search radars in the world, you, the lookout, play a critical role in safe ship operations. Your trained human eye is far superior to the most sophisticated equipment. As a lookout, your eyes are the eyes of the ship, and on your alertness and skill rest the safety of the ship.
In the naval service there is probably no Rule of the Road more conscientiously observed than Rule 5 of the Navigation Rules, Commandant Instruction M16672.2, which states: Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision.
In this manual, we will discuss visual search and contact reporting procedures; ship/aircraft recognition; Rules of the Road; buoy systems; special sea detail; restricted visibility steaming; and man-overboard procedures, along with other material which will assist you in your capacity as a lookout.
A lookout is a person detailed to observe everything within an assigned sector and to report everything seen in or heard from that sector to the officer of the deck (OOD) and the combat information center (CIC) watch officer. The safety and efficiency of the ship depend to a great degree on the alertness and effectiveness of lookouts.
Lookouts on watch are under the direct supervision of the OOD. However, the OOD will usually delegate this authority to the boatswain's mate of the watch (BMOW). The BMOW assigns the lookouts to their stations, making sure they are properly instructed, clothed, equipped, and relieved. Lookouts are trained in their duties by the CIC officer.
The chances are great that the lookout will be the first to observe danger. A faint wisp of smoke on the horizon may be the first indication of an approaching enemy surface unit. A single flash of sunlight on a wingtip may be the only notice of approaching enemy aircraft that can attack at a speed of 500 yards per second. A split-second glimpse of a periscope may be the only warning of an impending submarine attack. Failure to see a mere pinpoint of light on the horizon may mean that a buoy has been missed and a ship grounded.
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PAGES: 83
PUBLICATION DATE: FEBRUARY, 2000
In this United States Navy with its nuclear-powered warships, computerized guidance systems, and the most accurate search radars in the world, you, the lookout, play a critical role in safe ship operations. Your trained human eye is far superior to the most sophisticated equipment. As a lookout, your eyes are the eyes of the ship, and on your alertness and skill rest the safety of the ship.
In the naval service there is probably no Rule of the Road more conscientiously observed than Rule 5 of the Navigation Rules, Commandant Instruction M16672.2, which states: Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision.
In this manual, we will discuss visual search and contact reporting procedures; ship/aircraft recognition; Rules of the Road; buoy systems; special sea detail; restricted visibility steaming; and man-overboard procedures, along with other material which will assist you in your capacity as a lookout.
A lookout is a person detailed to observe everything within an assigned sector and to report everything seen in or heard from that sector to the officer of the deck (OOD) and the combat information center (CIC) watch officer. The safety and efficiency of the ship depend to a great degree on the alertness and effectiveness of lookouts.
Lookouts on watch are under the direct supervision of the OOD. However, the OOD will usually delegate this authority to the boatswain's mate of the watch (BMOW). The BMOW assigns the lookouts to their stations, making sure they are properly instructed, clothed, equipped, and relieved. Lookouts are trained in their duties by the CIC officer.
The chances are great that the lookout will be the first to observe danger. A faint wisp of smoke on the horizon may be the first indication of an approaching enemy surface unit. A single flash of sunlight on a wingtip may be the only notice of approaching enemy aircraft that can attack at a speed of 500 yards per second. A split-second glimpse of a periscope may be the only warning of an impending submarine attack. Failure to see a mere pinpoint of light on the horizon may mean that a buoy has been missed and a ship grounded.
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