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47 U.S.C. § 353 — Radio equipment and operators
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**(a) Two radio officers required** Each cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station and which is not equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, and each passenger ship required by this part to be equipped with a radiotelegraph station, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least two radio officers.
**(b) One radio officer required** A cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio officer who shall have had at least six months’ previous service in the aggregate as a radio officer in a station on board a ship or ships of the United States.
**(c) Required watches** Each ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station shall, while being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, keep a continuous watch by means of radio officers whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic: Provided, That, in lieu thereof, on a cargo ship equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm in proper operating condition, a watch of at least eight hours per day, in the aggregate, shall be maintained by means of a radio officer.
**(d) Hours of watch** The Commission shall, when it finds it necessary for safety purposes, have authority to prescribe the particular hours of watch on a ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station.
**(e) Operational status of auto alarms in open sea** On all ships of the United States equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, said apparatus shall be in operation at all times while the ship is being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbo
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**(a) Two radio officers required** Each cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station and which is not equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, and each passenger ship required by this part to be equipped with a radiotelegraph station, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least two radio officers.
**(b) One radio officer required** A cargo ship which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station, which is equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, shall, for safety purposes, carry at least one radio officer who shall have had at least six months’ previous service in the aggregate as a radio officer in a station on board a ship or ships of the United States.
**(c) Required watches** Each ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station shall, while being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, keep a continuous watch by means of radio officers whenever the station is not being used for authorized traffic: Provided, That, in lieu thereof, on a cargo ship equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm in proper operating condition, a watch of at least eight hours per day, in the aggregate, shall be maintained by means of a radio officer.
**(d) Hours of watch** The Commission shall, when it finds it necessary for safety purposes, have authority to prescribe the particular hours of watch on a ship of the United States which in accordance with this part is equipped with a radiotelegraph station.
**(e) Operational status of auto alarms in open sea** On all ships of the United States equipped with a radiotelegraph auto alarm, said apparatus shall be in operation at all times while the ship is being navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port when the radio officer is not on watch.
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**(a)** Except as provided in section 352 hereof it shall be unlawful—
(1) For any ship of the United States, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any ship of the United States or any foreign country, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radio station in operating condition, as specified by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, in charge of and operated by one or more radio officers or operators, adequately installed and protected so as to insure proper operation, and so as not to endanger the ship and radio station as hereinafter provided, and, in the case of a ship of the United States, unless there is on board a valid station license issued in accordance with this chapter.
(A) Passenger ships irrespective of size and cargo ships of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward shall be equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part;
(B) Cargo ships of three hundred gross tons and upward but less than one thousand six hundred gross tons, unless equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part, shall be equipped with a radiotelephone station complying with the provisions of this part.
(2) For any ship of the United States of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any such ship of the United States or any foreign country to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 353
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective May 20, 1937, unless deferred by the
Commission, see section 16 of act May 20, 1937, set out
as a note under section 351 of this title.
EXEMPTION
OF
COMMERCIAL
FISHING
VESSELS
OPER-
ATING
IN ALASKAN REGION
FROM GLOBAL MARITIME
DISTRESS
AND
SAFETY
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII],
§ 8336, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4708, provided that:
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this section, the
term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION.—Subject to subsection (c), the Fed-
eral Communications Commission shall exempt fishing
vessels that primarily operate in the Alaskan Region,
including fishing vessels that transit from States in the
Pacific Northwest to conduct fishing operations in the
Alaskan Region, from the requirements relating to car-
riage of VHF–DSC and MF–DSC equipment under sub-
part W of part 80 of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor regulation.
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—A fishing vessel ex-
empted under subsection (b) shall—
‘‘(1) be capable of transmitting ship-to-shore dis-
tress alerts using not fewer than 2 separate and inde-
pendent systems, each using a different radio commu-
nication service;
‘‘(2) be equipped with—
‘‘(A) a VHF radiotelephone installation;
‘‘(B) an MF or HF radiotelephone installation;
‘‘(C) a Category 1, 406.0–406.1 MHz EPIRB meeting
the requirements of section 80.1061 of title 47, Code
of Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion;
‘‘(D) a NAVTEX receiver meeting the require-
ments of section 80.1101(c)(1) of title 47, Code of Fed-
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