USCG Exam PracticeEmergency duties — MOB, towing, and care of survivors
Under 46 CFR §185.520, how often must a required rescue boat be launched with its assigned crew and maneuvered in the water as if during an actual man-overboard situation?
- ✓ Once each month, if reasonable and practicable, but at least once within a three-month period before the vessel gets underway with passengersCorrect
- B. Once each month without exception
- C. At least once every six months
- D. Before each voyage on which passengers are carried
Why A is correct
46 CFR §185.520(d) establishes a two-tier standard: the rescue boat must be launched once each month if reasonable and practicable, but the absolute minimum is at least once within a three-month period before the vessel gets underway with passengers. Neither a strict monthly requirement nor a six-month interval is correct.
Cited:46 CFR §185.520