46 CFR § 11.910
Subjects for deck officer endorsements
April 15, 2021
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
Open Table
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). |









[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58277, Sept. 29, 2014]