 The deck department is responsible for safely receiving, discharging, and caring for cargo during a voyage. The Deck Department is an organizational unit aboard naval and merchant ships. A Deck Officer is an officer serving in the deck department. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (528 × 704 pixel, file size: 74 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture by Danny Cornelissen from the portpictures. ...
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The boatswain on a modern merchant ship supervising cargo operations. ...
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Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously around the clock. ...
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The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of World War I A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
Cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ...
Merchant shipping The main work of the deck department is proper watchstanding and the maintenance of the ship's hull, cargo gear, and accommodations as well as the ship's life saving and firefighting appliances.
A typical deck department for a merchant ship would include:
Depending on the size and employment of the ship, a boatswain may be employed. If carried, the boatswain, generally a senior able seaman will act as a foreman of the ship's deck crew and as the chief mate's representative on deck. Main article: Seafarers professions and ranks A Chief Mate (C/M) or Chief Officer is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship. ...
Main article: Seafarers professions and ranks A Second Mate (2/M) or Second Officer is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. ...
The third officer of a merchant vessel. ...
The boatswain on a modern merchant ship supervising cargo operations. ...
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Main article: Seafarers professions and ranks In the United States Merchant Marine, an Ordinary Seaman or OS is an entry-level position in a ships deck department. ...
The boatswain on a modern merchant ship supervising cargo operations. ...
The chief mate is the head of the deck department. This involves administrative tasks such as scheduling work, quality control, coordinating with other departments, and conflict resolution. The chief mate also compiles supply, overtime, and cost control records, and requisitions or purchases stores and equipment. Main article: Seafarers professions and ranks A Chief Mate (C/M) or Chief Officer is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship. ...
Due to IMO regulations, larger cargo and passenger ships generally carry at least three able seamen and may carry ordinary seamen.
The ship's other deck officers, generally a Second Mate and Third Mate are also members of the deck department.
Other shipboard departments typically include the engine department and the steward's department. The Engine room of Argonaute, a French supply vessel. ...
Main article: Ship transport Seafarers hold a variety of professions and ranks, and each of these roles carries unique responsibilities which are integral to the successful operation of a seafaring vessel. ...
Naval usage In the military, the deck department comprises sailors who perform a variety of functions depending on ship type and size. A sailor is a member of the crew of a ship or boat. ...
Examples include maintenance and upkeep of the ship, handling of the ship's rigging and ground tackle, coordination of underway replenishment operations, conductance of minesweeping operations, maintenance and operation of the ship's boats, supervision of diving and salvage operations (including towing), and serving as shipboard seamanship specialists. Undesignated seamen, or those who have not selected a rating (e.g. job or vocation), are normally the most junior sailors onboard and are usually sent to the Deck Department for their first assignment. Underway Replenishment. ...
A minesweeper is a military ship designed to locate and destroy naval mines placed in the sea by enemies. ...
From left to right: a Special Warfare Operator 1st class and a Boatswains Mate 2nd class. ...
Deck Department professionals are led by Boatswain's Mates, sailors who have chosen seamanship as their primary area of expertise. Depending on ship type and size, the Deck Department can be a division or ship's department. On some ships the First Lieutenant serves as the Deck Department's division officer and is a junior officer (usually an Ensign or Lieutenant Junior Grade) while the Operations Officer serves as the department head. On others the Deck department is its own department, reporting directly to the ship's Commanding Officer. The bosun of a civilian sail-training ship. ...
First Lieutenant is a military rank. ...
Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...
A Lieutenant, Junior Grade, is a division officer in the United States Navy. ...
The commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ...
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