1.   For example, the state required the presence of three licensed deck officers at certain times, instead of the two required under Coast Guard regulations.

2.   He served as an engineering and deck officer on destroyer escorts in the Atlantic and Pacific, rising to the rank of lieutenant and winning three battle stars.

3.   Served as a deck officer on small cargo vessels and tankers.

4.   The deck officer said once the ship ran aground, crew members checked LORAN and it correctly told them they were on the shoal.

5.   The procedures, particularly with such enormous ships in congested tidal waters, required a degree of choreographic precision that makes young deck officers pace.