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USCG Exam Practice · Visual distress signals — flares, smoke, hand-held

Under 46 CFR §180.68, a T-boat operating on a lakes, bays, and sounds route is required to carry how many hand red flare distress signals and hand orange smoke distress signals?

  1. ASix hand red flares and six hand orange smoke signals
  2. BThree hand red flares and six hand orange smoke signals
  3. CThree hand red flares and three hand orange smoke signals✓ correct
  4. DSix hand red flares and three hand orange smoke signals

Why C is correct

46 CFR §180.68(b) requires three hand red flare distress signals (160.021) and three hand orange smoke distress signals (160.037) for vessels on a lakes, bays, and sounds, or rivers route. The six-signal requirement applies to oceans, coastwise, limited coastwise, and Great Lakes routes under §180.68(a).

Cited:46 CFR §180.68

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