[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: 46CFR12.05-11]

[Page 217-218]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 12.05_Able Seamen
 
Sec. 12.05-11  General provisions respecting merchant mariner's 

document endorsed for service as able seamen.

    (a) The holder of a merchant mariner's document endorsed for the 
rating of able seamen may serve in any unlicensed rating in the deck 
department without obtaining an additional endorsement; provided, 
however, that the holder shall hold the appropriate endorsement under 
the STCW (incorporated by reference in Sec. 12.01-3) when serving in as 
a ``rating forming part of a navigational watch'' on a seagoing ship of 
500 GT or more.
    (b) A merchant mariner's document endorsed as able seaman will also 
be considered a certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman without further 
endorsement.
    (c) This type of document will describe clearly the type of able 
seaman certificate which it represents, e.g.: able seaman--any waters; 
able seaman--any waters, 12 months; able seaman--Great Lakes, 18 months; 
able seaman--on freight vessels, 500 gross tons or less on bays or 
sounds, and on

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tugs, towboats, and barges on any waters.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16640, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 95-062, 62 FR 
34537, June 26, 1997; USCG-1999-5610, 67 FR 66068, Oct. 30, 2002]

Subpart 12.07 [Reserved]