Special Evolutions

Topics and scenarios

CONREP (including personnel transfer)
UNREP Approaches and Departures
Man-overboard maneuvers
Aviation Operations on Surface Ships/PlaneGuard
Tactical Maneuvering
Working with Tugs
Conning - general, swept and narrow channels
Pier work
Math for the OOD I (1)
BRM Refresher (8hrs)
CO/XO Challenge

Instructors and assessors for the above classes must have 18 months of USN warship command and 2 years of classroom instructional experience.

Safe to Operate Verification (STOV)
Emergencies and Equipment Failure
Precision Anchoring
Rules of the Road I (3)
Rules of the Road II (4)
Buoy Mooring
Mediterranean Mooring
Towing/Being Towed
Anti-collision Procedures
Navigation Techniques
Shiphandling Concepts
Math for the OOD II (2)
Personnel Transfer - Ship-to-Ship (By Small Boat)
Contact Management
Low Visibiity Ops
ARPA - Introduction to or Refresher
ECDIS-N - Introduction to or Refresher
Lookout 1
Maneuvering Board Refresher – Speed Triangle / Course and Speed / CPA

Instructors and assessors for this second set of classes (above) must have 2 years ship's bridge operations and 1 year classroom instructional experience.

Notes:
  1. Math for the OOD I - radian rule, surge rate, 5-degree maneuver
  2. Math for the OOD II - use of stadimeter, time/distance rules, doubling the angle on the bow, height of eye applications, shadow zone, critical speed, squat
  3. Rules of the Road I - Steering and Sailing Rules, Section I (Rules 4 through 10)
  4. Rules of tghe Road II - Steering and Sailing Rules, Sections II and III (Rules 11 through 19)
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