INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS FOR VISUAL, SOUND, AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1.

SECTION 1. EXPLANATION AND GENERAL REMARKS

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

SECTION 3. METHODS OF SIGNALING

SECTION 4. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 5. FLAG SIGNALING

SECTION 6. FLASHING LIGHT SIGNALING

SECTION 7. SOUND SIGNALING

SECTION 8. RADIOTELEPHONY

SECTION 9. SIGNALING BY HAND FLAGS OR ARMS

SECTION 10. MORSE SYMBOLS-PHONETIC TABLES-PROCEDURE SIGNALS

- MORSE SYMBOLS

- PHONETIC TABLES

- PROCEDURE SIGNALS

- SINGLE LETTER SIGNALS

- SINGLE LETTER SIGNALS WITH COMPLEMENTS

- SINGLE LETTER SIGNALS BETWEEN ICEBREAKER AND ASSISTED VESSELS

CHAPTER 2. GENERAL SIGNAL CODE

SECTION 1. DISTRESS-EMERGENCY

- ABANDON

- ACCIDENT-DOCTOR-INJURED/SICK

- AIRCRAFT-HELICOPTER

- ASSISTANCE

- DISABLED-DRIFTING-SINKING

- DISTRESS

- SEARCH AND RESCUE

- SURVIVORS

SECTION 2: CASUALTIES-DAMAGES

- COLLISION

- DAMAGES-REPAIRS

- DIVER-UNDERWATER OPERATIONS

- FIRE-EXPLOSION

- GROUNDING-BEACHING-REFLOATING

- TOWING-TUGS

SECTION 3. AIDS TO NAVIGATION-NAVIGATION-HYDROGRAPHY

- AIDS TO NAVIGATION

- BEARINGS

- CANAL-CHANNEL-FAIRWAY

- COURSE

- DANGERS TO NAVIGATION-WARNINGS

- DEPTH—DRAFT

- ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION

- MINES—MINESWEEPING

- NAVIGATION LIGHTS—SEARCHLIGHT

- NAVIGATING AND STEERING INSTRUCTIONS

- TIDE

SECTION 4. MANEUVERS

- AHEAD—ASTERN

- ALONGSIDE

- TO ANCHOR—ANCHOR(S)—ANCHORAGE

- ENGINES—PROPELLER

- LANDING—BOARDING

- MANEUVERS

- PROCEED—UNDERWAY

SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS

- CARGO—BALLAST

- CREW—PERSONS ON BOARD

- FISHERY*

- PILOT

- PORT—HARBOR

- MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 6. METEOROLOGY—WEATHER

- CLOUDS

- GALE—STORM—TROPICAL STORM

- ICE—ICEBERGS

- ICEBREAKER**

- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE—TEMPERATURE

- SEA—SWELL

- VISIBILITY—FOG

- WEATHER—WEATHER FORECAST

- WIND

SECTION 7. ROUTING OF SHIPS

SECTION 8. COMMUNICATIONS

- ACKNOWLEDGE—ANSWER

- CALLING

- CANCEL

- COMMUNICATE

- EXERCISE

- RECEPTION—TRANSMISSION

- REPEAT

SECTION 9. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

SECTION 10. TABLES OF COMPLEMENTS

CHAPTER 3. MEDICAL SIGNAL CODE

SECTION 1. EXPLANATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

- INSTRUCTIONS TO MASTERS

- INSTRUCTIONS TO DOCTORS

- EXAMPLES

SECTION 2. REQUEST FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

- REQUEST—GENERAL INFORMATION

- DESCRIPTION OF PATIENT

- PREVIOUS HEALTH

- LOCALIZATION OF SYMPTOMS, DISEASES, OR INJURIES

- GENERAL SYMPTOMS

- PARTICULAR SYMPTOMS

- PROGRESS REPORT

SECTION 3. MEDICAL ADVICE

- REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- DIAGNOSIS

- SPECIAL TREATMENT

- TREATMENT BY MEDICAMENTS

- DIET

- CHILDBIRTH

- VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX

- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 4. TABLES OF COMPLEMENTS

- REGIONS OF THE BODY

- LIST OF COMMON DISEASES

- LIST OF MEDICAMENTS*

- VEGETABLE LAXATIVE TABLETS

CHAPTER 4. DISTRESS AND LIFESAVING SIGNALS AND RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURES

SECTION 1. DISTRESS SIGNALS

SECTION 2. TABLE OF LIFESAVING SIGNALS

I. LANDING SIGNALS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF SMALL BOATS WITH CREWS OR PERSONS IN DISTRESS

II. SIGNALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF SHORE LIFESAVING APPARATUS

III. REPLIES FROM LIFESAVING STATIONS OR MARITIME RESCUE UNITS TO DISTRESS SIGNALS MADE BY A SHIP OR PERSON

IV. AIR-TO-SURFACE VISUAL SIGNALS

V. SURFACE-TO-AIR VISUAL SIGNALS

VI. SIGNALS TO SURVIVORS

"CONFLICT AND PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION OF RESCUE CRAFT"*

SECTION 3. RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURES

- RECEPTION OF SAFETY MESSAGES

- DISTRESS TRANSMITTING PROCEDURES

- EXAMPLES OF DISTRESS PROCEDURE

APPENDIX. US/RUSSIA SUPPLEMENTARY SIGNALS FOR NAVAL VESSELS

Special Warning Signals.

Warning signals to foreign submarines which are submerged