{"identifier":"/us/usc/t47/s353","title":47,"num":"\u00a7\u202f353.","heading":"Radio equipment and operators","text":"\u00a7\u202f353.\nRadio equipment and operators\n(a)\nTwo radio officers required\nEach cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station and which is not equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, and each passenger ship required by this part to be equipped with a radiotelegraph station, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least two radio officers.\n(b)\nOne radio officer required\nA cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio officer who shall have had at least six months\u2019 previous service in the aggregate as a radio officer in a station on board a ship or ships of the United States.\n(c)\nRequired watches\nEach ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station shall, while being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, keep a continuous watch by means of radio officers whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic:\nProvided\n(d)\nHours of watch\nThe Commission shall, when it finds it necessary for safety purposes, have authority to prescribe the particular hours of watch on a ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station.\n(e)\nOperational status of auto alarms in open sea\nOn all ships of the United States equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, said apparatus shall be in operation at all times while the ship is being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port when the radio officer is not on watch.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t47/s353.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f353."},{"t":"heading","text":"Radio equipment and operators"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Two radio officers required"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Each cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station and which is not equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, and each passenger ship required by this part to be equipped with a radiotelegraph station, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least two radio officers.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"One radio officer required"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio officer who shall have had at least six months\u2019 previous service in the aggregate as a radio officer in a station on board a ship or ships of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Required watches"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Each ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station shall, while being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, keep a continuous watch by means of radio officers whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic: ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"Provided","tail":", That, in lieu thereof, on a cargo ship equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm in proper operating condition, a watch of at least eight hours per day, in the aggregate, shall be maintained by means of a radio officer."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Hours of watch"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Commission shall, when it finds it necessary for safety purposes, have authority to prescribe the particular hours of watch on a ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t47/s353/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Operational status of auto alarms in open sea"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"On all ships of the United States equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, said apparatus shall be in operation at all times while the ship is being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port when the radio officer is not on watch.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}