Code of Federal Regulations Title 46 Shipping Parts 166 to 199 Revised as of October 1 2017

<p>THIS TITLE Title 46-SHIPPING is composed of nine volumes. The parts in these volumes are arranged in the following order: Parts 1-40 41-69 70-89 90-139 140-155 156- 165 166-199 200-499 and 500 to end. The first seven volumes containing parts 1- 199 comprise chapter I-Coast Guard DHS. The eighth volume containing parts 200-499 includes chapter II-Maritime Administration DOT and chapter III- Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage) DHS. The ninth volume containing part 500 to end includes chapter IV-Federal Maritime Commission. The contents of these volumes represent all current regulations codified under this title of the CFR as of October 1 2017. Approval of nautical school ships. (a) Under 46 U.S.C. 7315 graduation from a nautical school vessel may be substituted for the service requirements for able seaman and qualified member of the engine department endorsements on merchant mariner credentials or merchant mariner's documents. (b) It has been made to appear to the satisfaction of the Commandant that the school ships operated by the States in which they are located; namely by the California Maritime Academy Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College Maine Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy New York State Maritime College and Texas Maritime Academy and by the United States Merchant Marine Academy the United States Naval Academy and the United States Coast Guard Academy have adopted a course of study for their students complying with the rules prescribed by the Commandant and a system of instruction adequate to equip the deck and engineering students theoretically and physically in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation necessary to qualify the graduates for the rating of ''able seamen'' and in all branches of marine engineering necessary to qualify the graduates for the rating of ''qualified member of the engine department'' respectively. (c) The school ships operated by the State organizations and the Federal academies named in paragraph (b) of this section are hereby approved and their graduates if meeting the other qualifications required by law and regulations promulgated thereunder are entitled to the rating of able seamen or qualified members of the engine department and to be certified as such. (d) A graduate of any of those school ships if meeting the other qualifications required by law and regulations promulgated thereunder is also entitled to the rating of lifeboatman and to be certified as such. [CGFR 52-43 17 FR 9542 Oct. 18 1952 as amended by CGD 72-92R 38 FR 29320 Oct. 24 1973; CGD 95-028 62 FR 51216 Sept. 30 1997; USCG-2006-24371 74 FR 11266 Mar. 16 2009]. § 166.05 Course of study for deck students. The course of study for deck students shall include (a) all the instructions in the rudiments of seamanship and navigation necessary to equip the student fully with the theoretical knowledge required for the proper discharge of the duties developing upon able seaman; (b) a thorough practical training in the mechanics of all operations incident to the sailing and management of a vessel insofar as such operations form a part of the duties of able seaman. § 166.10 Course of study for engineering students. The course of study for engineering students shall include (a) all the instruction necessary to fully equip the student with the theoretical knowledge required for the proper discharge of the duties developing upon qualified members of the engine department; (b) a thorough practical training in the mechanics of all operations incident to the sailing and management of a vessel insofar as such operations form a part of the duties of qualified members of the engine department</p>