46 CFR 12.05-1 - Certification required.

Code of Federal Regulations - Title 46: Shipping (2005)

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TITLE 46 - SHIPPING

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER B - MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN

PART 12 - CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN

12.05 - 1 - Certification required.

  (a) Every person employed in a rating as able seaman on any United States vessel requiring certificated able seamen, before signing articles of agreement, shall present to the master, his or her certificate as able seaman (issued in the form of a merchant mariner's document).

  (b) No certificate as able seaman is required of any person employed on any tug or towboat on the bays and sounds connected directly with the seas, or on any unrigged vessel except seagoing barges or tank barges.

  (c) The following categories of able seaman are established: (1) Able SeamanAny Waters, Unlimited.

  (2) Able SeamanLimited.

  (3) Able SeamanSpecial.

  (4) Able SeamanSpecial (OSV).

[CGD 80 131, 45 FR 69240, Oct. 20, 1980]