NSCC SEAMAN MODULE ONE WATCHES

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NSCC SEAMAN MODULE ONEWATCHES

• By ENS MATTHEW LANDRY, NSCC
• USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY, JR (DD 850) DIVISION

FOR USE WITH NAVEDTRA 14067
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Enabling Objectives

• Identify types of watches aboard ship
• Identify readiness conditions aboard ship
• Explain duties and watches of a messenger
• Describe the duties of underway bridge team
  members

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1. Watches

• When assigned to a watch, you are responsible for
  proper performance of all duties
• Remain alert
• Be prepared for emergency
• Require all subordinates to be attentive
• Inform the Officer of the Deck (OOD), Boatswains
  Mate of the Watch (BMOW) or the petty officer of
  the watch (POOW) of matters about the watch

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Watches, ctd.

• You may decline to relieve the watch
• Only if you feel it is justified
• Report this to the OOD
• Do not leave your post until relieved or secured
  by proper authority

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Types of Watches

• Designed to keep the ship operational 24 hours a
  day
• Most watches are 4 hours long
• 0000 0400 MIDWATCH
• 0400 0800 MORNING WATCH
• 0800 1200 FORENOON WATCH
• 1200 1600 AFTERNOON WATCH
• 1600 1800 FIRST DOG WATCH
• 1800 2000 SECOND DOG WATCH
• 2000 2400 EVENING WATCH
• Dog watches permit rotation of watches, and
  relief of personnel to eat the evening meal

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Duties of a Watchstander

• Report to watch 30 minutes before it begins
• You can receive information and/or instructions
  from the person on watch
• For night lookouts, this allows the oncoming
  person to adjust to night vision
• I AM READY TO RELIEVE YOU.
• The person then passes on any information or
  instructions
• Reports to the OOD, asking permission to be
  relieved

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2. Conditions of Readiness

• Six conditions of readiness govern the type of
  watch aboard ship

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3. Duties of a Messenger

• Most messenger duties are as messenger to the OOD
• You must exactly know
• Where to go
• What to say
• Repeat the message exactly
• Carry messages quickly and directly
• Messages for the captain or admiral should be
  delivered to his/her orderly, if assigned
• Report delays and reasons for delay, to the OOD

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General Rules for a Messenger

• Be in the prescribed uniform of the day at all
  times.
• Be attentive to all calls
• Deliver messages directly and quickly. Return at
  once to the sender and report the delivery of the
  message
• If unable to deliver a message, report this fact
  at once to the sender
• If you are sent to an officer's or chief petty
  officer's room, knock. Do not enter until you are
  told to do so

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General Rules for a Messenger

• Before going to meals or to the head, obtain
  permission from the petty officer of the watch
• Unseamanlike conduct, skylarking, or other such
  behavior is never permitted
• Remain covered in officer country. Salute the
  officer to whom a message is addressed
• Uncover before entering the wardroom or chiefs
  mess unless you are on watch and wearing the duty
  belt
• Uncover if you enter any area where a meal is in
  process, even if you are wearing the duty belt

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In-Port Watches

• Messenger of the Watch
• Underway Stationed on the bridge
• In port Stationed on the quarterdeck

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Telephone Procedures

• Answer the phone quickly
• Speak immediately to the person calling
• Identify your command
• Identify yourself
• Identify your position
• Inform the person that the line is UNSECURED
• Eliminates uncertainty
• Do not keep other conversations during a phone
  call
• Discourteous
• Information heard this way could be damaging to
  national security

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Side Boys

• Stand watch from 0800 to sunset except mealtime
  and general drills
• Wear a clean dress uniform of the day and keep
  neat in appearance
• Keep close to the quarterdeck at all times (to
  hear side boys call
• Follow proper procedure

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Security Watches

• May be assigned at the discretion of the CO
• Keep OOD informed by hourly reports
• Maintain continuous patrols above and below decks
• Check classified stowage
• Be alert for evidence of sabotage, theft and
  hazard
• Check security of weapons magazines
• Inspect damage control closures
• Check disbursing office and spaces containing
  public funds
• Check ships store and storerooms

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4. Shipboard Underway Watches

• Personnel assigned to watch-standing duties are
  entrusted with the safety and proper operation of
  the ship
• Watchstanders who fail to understand
  responsibility have caused collision, grounding
  and loss of ship
• Watchstanders who DO understand responsibility
  have saved serious damage and loss of life

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OFFICER OF THE DECK (OOD)

• Designated by the CO to be in charge of the ship
• Reports directly to the CO for safe navigation
  and general operation
• Reports to XO for ships routine
• Reports to the Navigator on sighting landmarks
  and course/speed changes

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JUNIOR OFFICER OF THE DECK (JOOD) AND CONNING
OFFICER

• Principal assistant to the OOD
• Stands watch in the pilothouse
• May be stationed in the open bridge during
  complex maneuvers

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Boatswains Mate of the Watch (BMOW)

• Assist the OOD in carrying out the ships routine
• Supervises the watch team
• Ensures all deck watch stations are manned
• All previous watches are relieved
• Oncoming watch is in proper uniform
• Stands watch on the bridge

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Quartermaster of the Watch (QMOW)

• Reports to the OOD
• Changes in weather
• Temperature and barometer readings
• Must be qualified helmsman
• Assists OOD in navigation
• Enters data in ships log
• Executes sunrise/sunset procedures

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Helmsman

• Must complete personnel qualification standards
  (PQS) for helmsman and be qualified by the
  Navigator
• Repeat orders word-for-word
• Report when you have carried out an order

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Lee Helmsman

• Qualified stand-by who regularly relieves the
  helmsman
• Stands watch at the Engine Order Telegraph (EOT)
• Rings up Conning Officers orders to the engine
  room

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Other Underway Watches

• Fog Watch
• Stationed in fog or reduced visibility
• Stood in locations where approaching ships can be
  best seen or heard (forecastle all the way
  forward)
• Lifeboat Watch
• Lookout/Sound-powered phone talker watch
• Relieved hourly
• Trained by the CIC officer, supervised by the OOD

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Questions?