Marine Navigation 1 : Piloting
Throughout the history of warfare at sea, navigation has been an important basic determinant of victory. Occasionally, new members of the fraternity of the sea will look upon navigation as a chore to be tolerated only as long as it takes to find someone e
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Titles in the Fundamentals of Naval Science Series Seamanship Marine Navigation 1: Piloting Marine Navigation 2: Celestial and Electronic Introduction to Shipboard Weapons Introduction to Naval Engineering
Marine Navigation 1: Piloting
Second Edition
Richard R. Hobbs
Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve
Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland Fundamentals of Naval Science Series
Copyright © 1981, 1974 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981 by the United States Naval Institute Annapolis, Maryland Third printing 1985, with corrections and revisions All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging Publication Data Hobbs, Richard R. Marine navigation. (Fundamentals of naval science series) Includes index. Contents: -1. Piloting 1. Navigation. 2. Pilots and pilotage. 3. Nautical astronomy. 4. Electronics in navigation. I. Title. II. Series. 1981 623.89 81-9538 VK555. H67 ISBN 978-94-011-7372-8 ISBN 978-94-011-7370-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-7370-4 AACR2
To My Parents Whose guidance set my life on a steady course
Contents
Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 1 The Art of Navigation 2 The Shipboard Navigation Department Organization Duties of the Navigator Relationship of the Navigator to the Command Structure The Navigator's Staff
3 The Piloting Team The Navigator and His plotter The Bearing Recorder The Bearing Taker The Radar Operator The Echo Sounder Operator The Piloting Team Routine Conclusion
4 The Nautical Chart The Terrestrial Coordinate System Chart Projections Chart Interpretation Determination of Position, Distance, and Direction on a Mercator Chart Production of Nautical Charts The Chart Numbering System The Chart Correction System Summary
5 Navigational Publications Catalog of Nautical Charts, Publication No. l-N NOS Nautical Chart Catalogs Coast Pilots Sailing Directions
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Fleet Guides Light List List of Lights Tide and Tidal Current Tables Pilot Charts Distance Between Ports, Publication No. 151 Almanacs Reference Texts and Manuals Publication Correction System Sum~ry
6 Visual Navigation Aids Characteristics of Lighted Navigation Aids Identifying a Navigational Light Computing the Visibility of a Light Buoys and Beacons The V.S. Lateral System The IALA Combined Cardinal and Lateral System V se of Buoys and Beacons During Piloting Summary
7 Navigational Instruments The Measurement of Direction Measurement of Distance Measurement of Speed Measurement of Depth Plotting Instruments Miscellaneous Instruments Summary
8 Dead Reckoning Determining the Fix Principles of the Dead Reckoning Plot The Running Fix The Estimated Position The Track Sum~ry
9 Shipboard Compasses The Magnetic Compass The Gyrocompass Summary
10 Radar Characteristics of a Surface-Search/Navigational Radar The Radar Output Display vIII
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