[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 46, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 46CFR12.02-5] [Page 203] TITLE 46--SHIPPING CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents Subpart 12.02_General Requirements for Certification Sec. 12.02-5 Form in which documents are issued. (a) Every certificate of service, certificate of efficiency, or certificate of identification issued or reissued after November 1, 1945, shall be in the form of a merchant mariner's document, Coast Guard Form CG-2838, and wherever such certificates are mentioned in this part they shall be deemed to include merchant mariner's documents representing such certificates. (b) Continuous discharge books are issued on Coast Guard Form CG- 719B. [CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2003-14500, 69 FR 532, Jan. 6, 2004]