46 CFR § 11.910 - Subjects for deck officer endorsements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s11.910"
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title: "46 CFR § 11.910 - Subjects for deck officer endorsements."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "11.910"
section_name: "Subjects for deck officer endorsements."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."
regulatory_source: "USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
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# 11.910 Subjects for deck officer endorsements.

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

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| 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 of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, near-coastal. |
| 6. Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels, Great Lakes/inland. |
| 7. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, ocean (domestic trade) and near-coastal routes. |
| 8. Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels, Great Lakes, and inland routes. |
| 9. Apprentice Mate of 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 of Uninspected Fishing Industry Vessels, oceans/near-coastal. |
| 20. Mate of 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; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93097, Nov. 25, 2024]