http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
x, 610 pages illustrations (some color) charts 24 cm
Ships -- Ship construction -- Damage control and hull preservation -- Propulsion and steering -- Navigation -- Ship's boats and fishing craft -- Communications -- Ground tackle, anchoring, and mooring -- Cargo handling and replenishment -- General principles of ship control -- Docking and morring -- handling alongside -- Towing and salvage -- Boat handling and helicopter operations -- Ice seamanship -- Rules of the road -- principles and application -- Basic rules, inland and ocean waters -- Lights and shapes of identification, rules -- Lights and shapes of identification, specific rules -- Fog signals, rules -- Steering and sailing rules, rules -- Passing signals, et cetera, rules -- Oceanography -- The atmosphere and its circulation -- Clouds, thunderstorms, stability and fog -- Weather elements, instruments, and reports -- Weather of the middle latitudes -- The tropical cyclone -- Appendices : 1. Rope and cordage -- 2. Knotting and splicing -- 3. Mechanical weight lifting appliances aboard ship.