[Title 32 CFR 707]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter Vi - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY]
[Subchapter B - NAVIGATION]
[Part 707 - SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL STATION AND SIGNAL LIGHTS]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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PART 707--SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL STATION AND SIGNAL LIGHTS--Table of Contents




Sec.
707.1 Purpose of regulations.
707.2 Man overboard lights.
707.3 Yard arm signaling lights.
707.4 Aircraft warning lights.
707.5 Underway replenishment contour lights.
707.6 Minesweeping station keeping lights.
707.7 Submarine identification light.
707.8 Special operations lights.
707.9 Convoy operations stern light.
707.10 Wake illumination light.
707.11 Flight operations lights.
707.12 Amphibious operations lights.

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 182 and 1606, E.O. 11964.

    Source: 42 FR 61596, Dec. 6, 1977, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 707.1  Purpose of regulations.

    All ships are warned that when U.S. naval vessels are met in 
international and inland waters, some of the navigational lights 
displayed by them may be special lights for naval purposes. When used, 
they may be displayed simultaneously with the ordinary navigational 
lights required by the International Regulations for Preventing 
Collisions at Sea, 1972, or the Inland Navigational Rules. The lights 
are located and characterized in such a fashion that, as far as 
possible, they cannot be mistaken for any light authorized by either set 
of rules. This part publishes the special rules with respect to these 
additional station and signal lights promulgated by the Secretary of the 
Navy for vessels of the Navy.



Sec. 707.2  Man overboard lights.

    Naval vessels may display, as a means of indicating man overboard, 
two pulsating, all round red lights in the vertical line located on a 
mast from where they can best be seen.



Sec. 707.3  Yard arm signaling lights.

    Naval vessels may display, as a means of visual signaling, white all 
round lights at the ends of the yard arms. These lights will flash in 
varying sequences to convey the intended signal.



Sec. 707.4  Aircraft warning lights.

    Naval vessels may display, as a means of indicating the presence of 
an obstruction to low flying aircraft, one all round red light on each 
obstruction.

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Sec. 707.5  Underway replenishment contour lights.

    Naval vessels may display, as a means of outlining the contour of 
the delivery ship during nighttime underway replenishment operations, 
either red or blue lights at delivery-ship-deck-edge extremities.

[42 FR 61596, Dec. 6, 1977, as amended at 44 FR 27991, May 14, 1979]



Sec. 707.6  Minesweeping station keeping lights.

    Naval vessels engaged in minesweeping operations may display, as an 
aid in maintaining prescribed intervals and bearings, two white lights 
in a vertical line visible from 070[deg] through 290[deg] relative.



Sec. 707.7  Submarine identification light.

    Submarines may display, as a distinctive means of identification, an 
intermittent flashing amber beacon with a sequence of operation of one 
flash per second for three (3) seconds followed by a three (3) second 
off-period. The light will be located where it can best be seen, as near 
as practicable, all around the horizon. It shall not be located less 
than two (2) feet above or below the masthead lights.

[48 FR 4284, Jan. 31, 1983]



Sec. 707.8  Special operations lights.

    Naval vessels may dispay, as a means of coordinating certain special 
operations, a revolving beam colored red, green, or amber, located on 
either yard arm or the mast platform from where it can best be seen all 
around the horizon.



Sec. 707.9  Convoy operations stern light.

    Naval vessels may display, during periods of convoy operations, a 
blue light located near the stern with the same characteristics as, but 
in lieu of, the normal white stern light.



Sec. 707.10  Wake illumination light.

    Naval vessels may display a white spot light located near the stern 
to illuminate the wake.



Sec. 707.11  Flight operations lights.

    Naval vessels engaged in night flight operations may display various 
arrangements of light systems containing combinations of different 
colored lights as a means of assisting in the launch and recovery of 
aircraft and enhancing flight safety. These light systems will be 
located at various points on the vessels, depending on the vessel type 
and the nature of the flight operations being conducted.



Sec. 707.12  Amphibious operations lights.

    Naval vessels engaged in night amphibious operations may display 
various arrangements of light systems containing combinations of 
different colored lights as a means of assisting in the launch and 
recovery of assault craft and enhancing the safety of the amphibious 
operation. These light systems will be located at various points on the 
vessel, depending on the vessel type and the nature of the amphibious 
operations being conducted.