MATERIALS ALLOWED IN THE EXAM ROOM

(Information extracted from the USCG Deck Exam Guide)

 The following charts and miscellaneous materials are required/allowed in the examination room for use by the deck license applicant with all except the Rules of the Road module.

 Charts:

• Chart 12221TR – Chesapeake Bay (Training) 7642-01-401-4083
• Chart 12354TR – Long Island Sound (Training) 7642-01-400-7618
• Chart 13205TR – Block Island Sound (Training) 7642-01-400-7619
• Chart 18531 – Columbia River 7642-01-401-1617
• Great Circle Tracking Chart WOXCZ 5270 7642-01-400-9540
• Great Circle Tracking Chart WOXCZ 5274 7642-01-400-9543
• Plotting Sheet VPO SX001 – Universal 7642-01-400-9344
• Plotting Sheet WOBZP 923 (17° - 24°) 7642-01-400-9447
• Plotting Sheet WOBZP 924 (23° - 30°) 7642-01-400-9453
• Maneuvering Board WOBZP 5090 7642-01-400-9445
• Stability work sheets
• Radar plotting sheets

 Publications:

• Coast Pilot Volume 1 (Northern Right Whales) (any edition after 2000) 7642-01-400-8450
• Coast Pilot Volume 4 (Northern Right Whales) (any edition after 2000) 7642-01-400-8449
• Coast Pilot Volume 6 (Great Lakes Modules) (any edition after 2000) 7642-01-400-8454
• Coast Pilot Volume 7 (Rivers and ROTWR) (any edition after 2000) 7642-01-400-8455
• Publication No. 102 – International Code of Signals 7642-01-400-8462
• Light List Volume V – Mississippi River System (editions 1998, 2000 or 2002 only) 7642-01-401-1120
• Publication No. 229 – Volume 2, latitudes 15°- 30° 7642-01-400-9225
• Publication No. 117 – Radio Navigational Aids 7642-01-401-0071
• CIM 16616.6A, Chemical Data Guide
• The Nautical Almanac – 1981 Edition
• COMDTPUB P16721.46 Reprints from the Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables
• HO PUB No. 9 The American Practical Navigator (BOWDITCH), Volume II – 1981 Edition

 Wx Sheets:

• Ship’s Code Card, Form WS TA B-O-7 (6-94)
• Ship’s Weather Observations WS FORM B-80 908-96)

 CFRs:

• 33 CFR Parts 1 to 124
• 33 CFR Parts 125 to 199
• 46 CFR Parts 1 to 40
• 46 CFR Parts 41 to 69
• 46 CFR Parts 70 to 89
• 46 CFR Parts 90 to 139
• 46 CFR Parts 140 to 155
• 46 CFR Parts 156 to 165
• 46 CFR Parts 166 to 199
• 49 CFR Parts 100 to 185
• Title 46 SHIPPING – United States Code Annotated

 Reference Books:

• COMDTPUB P16721.6A Merchant Marine Deck Examination Illustration Book
• COMDTPUB P16721.7C Merchant Marine Engineer Examination Illustration Book
• COMDTPUB P16721.29 Operating Manual DEEP DRILLER (MODU exams)
• COMDTPUB P16721.30 Operating Manual COASTAL DRILLER (MODU exams)
• COMDTPUB P16721.31 Stability Data Reference Book
• COMDTPUB P16721.32 Manual for loading the M/V GRAND HAVEN (Great Lakes exams)
• COMDTPUB P16721.38 Reprints from the Light Lists and Coast Pilots

 May be provided by the applicant:

• Star Finder – Rude or equivalent
• Plotting tools – i.e. dividers, triangles, nautical slide rule
• Calculator – Applicants may use calculators, but are not permitted to use preprinted forms during the examinations.

 All calculators must meet the following standards:

1. It must not use pre-programmed strips or chips or any other pre-programmed device, which may be inserted into the calculator.
2. It may not be a permanently programmed, specialty computer such as a navigation computer.
3. Computers capable of generating trigonometric functions, logs and antilogs, squares, cubes, and the roots thereof are acceptable provided they meet the other requirements.

Any manually programmable calculator without simple erasure capability is not permitted.