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Secure, batten, make sure

1. S/B (stand by) for leaving port

2. Hands employed preparing ship
for sea
3. Hands preparing ship for sea
4. Hands employed in preparation for
sea
5. Getting all ready for sea
6. Getting ship ready for sea
7. Preparing ship for sea
8. Stationed all hands for leaving port
9. Dismissed station for leaving
10. S/B entering port
11. Stationed all hands for entering
port
12. Lashed up everything movable in
holds and decks
13. Secured all hatches and battened
them down
14. Secured all outside openings and
prepared for sea
15. Secured all derrick booms and
other fittings, then battened al
hatches down
16. Secured watertight doors and
lashed up lifeboats for heavy
weather
17. Weather becoming threatening,
postponed sailing
18. As weather becoming threatening,
postponed sailing
19. Tested steering gear, telegraph
and whistle, checked
gyrocompass and ship’s clocks
and all was in good condition
20. Leaving draft (Sailing draft, Draft
on departure) F: 3”20, A: 6”10
21. Arrival draft F: 3”75, A: 6”12
22. All crew returned aboard all shore
people left her
23. Not more then 1 hour before
getting underway:

Same as on arrival and:

“ALL hatches covers, sidescuttles,

watertight doors shut, security of vessel
inspected. Draft, cargo on board, Fuel
oil, Diesel oil, Lubrication oil, water,
ballast, stability and crew.”

1. Within 12 hours before arrival

(strictly for US ports)

“All communication system, alarms,

main and emergency steering gear,
rudder indicator, engine telegraph, main
propulsion machinery ahead and astern,
whistles, navigation lights, radars, VHF,
emergency batteries, compasses and
other navigation equipment tested and
checked.” (“…as per US CFR 33 par.
164,25” – if US port of call. CFR – code
of federal regulations USA)

1. Use of anchor

let go anchor, drop anchor, cast anchor

brought up with … shackles of cable

in … meters of water

pay (veer) out chain cable moor

1. Cleared hawse and have in port

anchor
2. Hove in starboard cables to 3
shackles
3. Hove short port cable to two
shackles and cleared hawse
4. Picked up port anchor and hove in
starboard cables to 45 fathoms
5. Hove up star’d anchor and hung on
ship’s rope
6. Started (commenced) unmooring
7. Started (commenced) to heave up
anchor
8. Weighed anchor (anchor up), slow
ahead and various engine, left
MOKPO to GUNSAN
9. Picked up anchor and proceed
down the river under pilot’s
direction
10. Let go anchor at quarantine station
11. Cast port anchor and brought up
with three shackles of cable
12. Let go star’d anchor in 15 meters
of water off INCHEON and brought
up with 4 shackles of cable
13. Anchored ay MUKHO outer
Harbour with 3 shackles of chain
in 20 meters of water
14. Arrived of anchorage and
anchored with port anchor and 45
f’ms (fathoms) of cable
15. Dropped anchor and paid (veered)
out port chain to 3 shackles
16. Brought up with 4 shackles of port
cable and 5 shackles of star’d
cable
17. Moored with 2 shackles of cable
on each anchor
18. Moored in 25 meters of water with
3 shackles of cable on both sides
(both anchors)
19. Pilot, Captain Kim boarded and
took his charge
20. Hove up anchor and left BUSAN for
Manila in charge of pilot

1. Use of mooring lines

Send out mooring rope to …

Make her fast to …

Place (moor, put) alongside …

Shackle to buoy

Dragging round

Swinging round

Shackle on …

1. Singled up shore lines and

prepared for sea
2. Let go shore line, left MASAN for
HONGKONG
3. Cast off wharfs and left SEJU for
TOKYO
4. Cast off lines, slow ahead engine.
Proceed to sea under pilot’s order,
using engine var’ly (variously) as
required
5. Cast off lines and got clear of
wharf, assisted by tug boat on
star’d quarter
6. Unshackled the cable from the
buoy and slip rope
7. Cast off (let go) buoy rope and half
astern engine and proceeded to
sea, manoeuvering engine and
helm var’ly
8. Let go #1 buoy rope and left
ULSAN for LOS ANGELES
9. Shackled #2 Buoy
10. Sent out mooring rope to the pier
11. Came along #1 Buoy and sent buoy
rope to it
12. Sent bow and stern lines ashore
and commenced hauling her
alongside pier
13. Made her fast port side to #1 pier
14. Made her fast fore and aft to the
quay. Arrived at BUSAN and
finished with engine
15. Got her alongside star’d side to
mothership, Korea-ho
16. Made her fast to #1 Buoy with port
cable
17. Shackled to #3 Buoy, arrived at
MCHEON

1. ENGINE MOTION

S/B engine (eng.)

Slow, Half, Full (speed) ahead

Slow, Half, Full (speed) astern

Starboard eng. Slow ah’d

Both engines half astern

Ring (Rung) up engine

Ring (Rung) off engine

Finish (Finished) with engine

Goes wrong

Engine recovers

Engine works ahead/astern

1. Left BOMBAY for CAPETOMN.

Slow ahead and various engine
([Link].)
2. Slow astern and (then) used eng.
var’ly
3. Half speed ahead and then used
eng. ahead var’ly
4. Cleared B/W (breakwater) and L’t
Ho (Lighthouse), Full ahead
5. Rung up engine
6. Stopped engine. Slow then half
ah’d
7. Full ah’d eng. R/up eng., and
dismissed the station
8. Cleared out #1 Fairway Entrance/
F/H
9. S/B eng. Slow down
10. Slow down eng. And then used
eng. ah’d var’ly
11. Slow down eng. And then used
eng. var’ly as required
12. Stop eng. Arrived at MASAN and
F/W eng.
13. Slowed (Eased) down eng. for
engineer’s purpose
14. Stopped eng. for engineer’s
purpose
15. Stopped eng. for engineer’s
request
16. Stopped eng. for engineer’s sake
17. Stopped eng. for (the purpose of)
repairing steering gear
18. Stopped eng. to repair steering
eng.
19. Stopped eng. owing to confused
traffic
20. F/W eng. and dismissed the station

1. USE OF TUG BOAT

(being) assisted by tug, with tug

assistance

let go tow (tug), cast off tow (tug)

give her push

come alongside

attend her

1. Took tug “Sangmi-ho” bow and

“Nari-ho” on aft
2. Took tug “Galmaegi-ho” on port
quarter
3. Tug “Galmaegi-ho” made her fast
on our port quarter
4. Tug “Mugungwha-ho” came
alongside and made fast on
portside midship
5. Another tug “Jebi-ho” made fast
on portside
6. Two tugs “Nabi-ho” and “Samjari-
ho” attended her
7. Tug “Bidlgi-ho” gave her push on
star’d bow
8. Proceeded to her berth under tow
9. Proceeded to her berth, #3 Buoy,
assisted by tug
10. Let go tug. Cast off tug

1. PILOT

engage pilot

drop pilot, discharge pilot

pilot comes on board, pilot arrives on

board

pilot leaves ship

make a signal for a pilot

wait for a pilot

1. Stopped eng. and wait for pilot

2. Stopped her off SODO for pilot
3. ORYUKDO L’t Ho bore north 1’ off.
Mr. Kim, Pilot, boarded
4. Mr. Rhee, Pilot, came on board, F/H
and proceeded into port
5. WOLMIDP L.H. ab’m star’d side 2’
off. [Link], Pilot, arrived on
board
6. Picked up pilot and set full
7. Embarked [Link], Pilot< and
proceeded at full speed ahead
under his charge
8. Let go lines and proceeded to sea
under pilot’s order
9. Pilot left her off TAEJONGDAE L.H.
10. Discharge pilot and proceeded to
sea
11. Pilot, [Link] came on board and
took charge
12. Pilot, Capt. Kim boarded and took
charge
13. Pilot, Capt. Kim embarked and
took charge
14. Stopped her and waited for the
pilot off SOKCHO L.H.
15. Hove up anchor and proceeded
down the river under pilot’s order
16. Passed BUSAN #1 Entrance Buoy
on her port side and discharged
the pilot then proceeded to sea

1. CUSTOMS, QUARANTINE AND

IMMIGRATION INSPECTIONS

quarantine station (ground)

quarantine officer

pratique

Bill of Health, B.H.

pass the inspection

get B.H., be granted B.H.

customs inspection

customs officer

immigration inspector

1. Anchored a quarantine station

(ground)
2. Quarantine officers came on board
and inspected passengers and
crew
3. Passed quarantine inspection and
got pratique
4. Finished quarantine and three
cholera patients (were) found and
isolated on board
5. Four trachoma passengers (were)
refused to land
6. Quarantine officers left ship
7. Customs officer and immigration
officer came on board and
inspected respectively
8. Finished above inspection and
each officer left ship
9. Searching all over the ship and
found none
10. Pratique granted. Weighed anchor
and proceeded to her berth

1. ASSIGNMENT OF BERTH,
SHIFTING ANCHORAGE.

assignment – назначение задание

shifting, shift

shifting anchorage

1. Harbor officer boarded and

granted berth order
2. Got the assignment to go
alongside Central pier
3. Hove up anchor and commenced
shifting her closer to shore
4. Let go shore line and commenced
shifting
5. Made her fast to #2 Pier on her
star’d side and finished shifting
6. Hove up anchor and proceeded a
little to southward
7. Anchored again in 15 meters of
water with 2 shackles of cable
8. Being towed by tug “Sinju-ho”,
proceeded to appointed
anchorage
9. Shifted her further up wharf,
warping mooring rope

1. PASSING NAVIGATIONAL AIDS,

B.W., etc.

1. Cleared out #1 Fairway Entrance

2. Cleared passage
3. Cleared breakwater end
4. Passed clear of B.W. end
5. Passed harbor entrance buoy
6. Passed #1 Entrance Buoy on her
port side
7. Passed light vessel on her
starboard side 2 cables off

PART II. MATTERS ON VOYAGE.

1. SETTING COURSE

alter course (A/CO) to …

set course (S/CO) to …

shape course for …

A/CO var’ly, steer var’ly

steer by …’s order, steer under …’s

orders (direction)

1. Steered var’ly under captain’s

direction
2. Course var’ly as per captain’s
order
3. Steering by pilot’s orders
4. Passed clear passage and steered
by captain’s order
5. Passed UDO L.H. on WSW, 1’ off,
S/CO to SE. Streamed and set
[Link]
6. PALMIDO Light abeam SE, 1’ off,
A/CO to SE. [Link] 10’
7. HAJODO L.H. bore <008>, 5’ off,
A/CO var’ly and took in [Link]
showing 130’

1. LOG

stream P. log

operate bottom log

set log

take (haul) in log

patent log, [Link]

bottom log, [Link]

1. SEONMIDO L.H. abeam S/E, 1’off,

[Link] 50’ and reset it
2. A/CO to East when [Link] showed
65’
3. Found something wrong on the log
and hauled it in
4. Streamed set [Link] again after
examination
5. SORIDO L.H. abeam <015>, 2’ off,
A/CO to <093>. [Link] 143’

1. PASSING AND MAKING OUT

OBJECT

made out … on NW

sighted (observed) … on NW

sighted … L’t on East 20’ off

Observed … L’t on East, distant 20 miles

… bearing 10°, dist. 2 miles

… bore 10°, 2’ off

abeam 90°, 5’ off

passed … on 270°

SHIHADO L.H. (was) seen, bearing

N20°W, distant 5’
Sighted (Observed, Made out)
CHUKSAN L.H. on NW, 10’ off
Sighted BIYANGDAO on <130>, 20’
off
DITTO L’t bore <180>, dist. 15’ and
A/CO to <355>
MARADO L’t abeam East, 1’ off
CHEONJANGSAN (275 m) sighted
on port bow
Got a glimpse of GADEOKDO L.H.
ahead
Got a glimpse of land on the star’d
bow
P’d (Passed) ULGI L.H. on <340°>,
2’ off
P’d #2 Harbor Entrance Buoy on
starboard side 1’ off

1. FOG AND LOOKOUT

weather became thick

fog signal attended to

fog signal kept going, kept fog signal

going

at regulation intervals

1. Fog set in and fog signals attended

to
2. Fog and heavy rain. Blew steam
siren as required by Rule of the
Road at Sea
3. International fog regulation strictly
complied with
4. Kept regulation fog signal going
5. Dense fog set in with mizzling
6. Fog patches at times
7. Patches of fog at times
8. Dense fog. S/B engine
9. Run into fog bank, put engine
stopped and whistle kept going on
10. Thick foggy weather and put
engine slow
11. Anchored in thick fog by sight of
fairway buoy
12. Thick fog, whistle going and eased
engine down
13. Snowing throughout the watch
14. Weather very thick with snow
15. Heavy squalls with hail
16. Heavy hail – squalls
17. Fog cleared away and full speed
ahead
18. Fog cleared off, weighed anchor
and proceeded to underway
19. International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972
20. Rule 19 “Conduct of Vessels in
Restricted Visibility”
21. Entered fog area, visibility of 0.5’
miles

1. SOUNDINGS

sounded, took sounding

sounding attended (taken)

no bottom

got … meters

echo sounding

bottom’s quality, nature of bottom

1. Sounding carefully attended to

2. Sounded sea bottom and got 50
meters, log 120’
3. Sounded bottom and got 25
meters with mud
4. Took sounding, no bottom
5. Took a cast of lead, no bottom
6. Sounded by echo sounder and got
50 meters
7. Found bottom’s quality sand by
echo
8. Took sounding, no bottom 50
meters
9. Took a cast of patent lead, 60
meters
10. Got bottom, 20 f’ms with fine sand

1. WIND, WEATHER AND SEA

CONDITION

1. On duty

occasional squall

continuous snow squall

sky cleared, weather cleared up

it began to rain

rain ceased – дождь преĸратился

thunder storm

torrent of rain

1. Strong gale abated

2. It became threatening
3. Barometer falling
4. Barometer rising
5. Barometer fell to 900 mb suddenly
6. Strong wind began to blow
suddenly
7. Moderate gale sprung up
8. Moderate breeze sprung up from
northward with rain and rapidly
increased to gale
9. Heavy squalls with hail
10. Heavy rain and vivid lightening
11. Frequent light squalls
12. Thunder storm with vivid
lightening
13. Weather getting worse
14. Weather getting better
15. Weather became very thick with
snow

1. RELIEVE DUTY

1. Light breeze and fine weather with

smooth sea
2. Strong breeze with (W/) rather
heavy rain and sea moderate
3. Moderate breeze w/rather heavy
rain and sea moderate
4. Light air and fine weather (wr)
w/hazy horizon
5. Strong breeze and overcast,
accompanying heavy rain at times
and lightening throughout
6. Sea rough w/SE’ly heavy swell
7. Rough sea and SE’ly heavy swell
8. Heavy rain squall passed
accompanied by thunder and
lightening
9. Slight following wind and overcast
cloudy weather w/misty horizon
10. Light air and fine, bright moon
light night

1. SHIPPING AND FLOODING.

on decks, on fore and aft

all over

on aft deck

occasionally, at times

frequently, several times

all the time, at all times

constantly, continuously

shipping (taking) spray

shipping big seas, shipping heavy water

some of water

much water, large quantity of water

heavy seas, big water

1. Ship rolling heavily on heavy swell

2. Ship rolling heavily on high beam
swell
3. Ship rolling easily on W’ly
(westerly) swell
4. Ship pitching heavily on S’ly long
swell
5. Ship laboring, straining heavily and