Table 1 to §11.910 gives the codes used in Table 2 to §11.910 for all deck officers. Table 2 to §11.910 indicates the examination subjects for each endorsement, by code number. Figures in the body of Table 2 to §11.910, in place of the letter “x”, refer to notes.

Table 1 to §11.910—Codes for Deck Officer Endorsements

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Deck Officer Endorsements
   1. Master/chief mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage.
   2. Master, oceans/near-coastal, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
   3. Second mate/third mate, oceans/near-coastal, unlimited tonnage, and mate less than 500 GRT and less than 1600 GRT, oceans/near-coastal.
   4. Master, oceans/near-coastal, and mate, near-coastal, less than 200 GRT (includes master, near-coastal, less than 100 GRT).
   5. Operator, uninspected passenger vessels, near-coastal.
   6. Operator, uninspected passenger vessels, Great Lakes/inland.
   7. Apprentice mate, towing vessels, ocean (domestic trade) and near-coastal routes.
   8. Apprentice mate (steersman), towing vessels, Great Lakes, and inland routes.
   9. Steersman, towing vessels, Western Rivers.
   10. Master, Great Lakes/inland, or master, inland, unlimited tonnage.
   11. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, unlimited tonnage.
   12. Master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
   13. Mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
   14. Master or mate, Great Lakes/inland, less than 200 GRT (includes master, Great Lakes/inland, less than 100 GRT).
   15. Master, rivers, unlimited tonnage.
   16. Master, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
   17. Mate, rivers, less than 500 GRT and less than 1,600 GRT.
   18. Master or mate, rivers, less than 200 GRT (includes master, rivers, less than 100 GRT).
   19. Master, uninspected fishing industry vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
   20. Mate, uninspected fishing industry vessels, oceans/near-coastal.
   21. First-class pilot.
   22. Master (OSV).
   23. Chief mate (OSV).
   24. Mate (OSV).
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[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58277, Sept. 29, 2014]


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