NAVS 4050 Exam 2 | Questions and Answers What was the UN Convention on Law of the Sea (LOS) Legal divisions of Oceans and Airspace. The United States has not ratified this treaty but is a part of it. When was the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea (LOS) What are Baselines? The division betwee...
What was the UN Convention on Law of the Sea (LOS)
Legal divisions of Oceans and Airspace. The United States has not ratified this treaty
but is a part of it.
When was the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea (LOS)
1972-1982
What are Baselines?
The division between territorial and maritime zones.
What defines a Bay?
Water area is greater than the area of a semicircle drawn across the mouth. Must not
exceed 24 NM
Offshore Zones?
Territorial - 12 NM
Contiguous - 24 NM
EEZ - 200 NM
High Seas – Beyond
Where does International Airspace start?
EEZ (200 NM)
What are the Airspace Exceptions?
International Straits and Archipelagic Sea Lanes
What are the Warship Exceptions
Immune from Foreign Interference
Immunes to Search, Arrest, and Seizure
Does not pay Foreign Taxes or abide by Foreign Regulations
Internal Waters
Akin to Internal Land Mass
Permission must be granted
Innocent Passage
Can transit Territorial Seas if doing so is Innocent Passage. Does not apply to aircraft.
, Sovereign Immunity
NAVADMIN 158/16: Warships always have Sovereign Immunity no matter what waters
they are in.
INCSEA Agreement
Agreement on the Prevention of Incidents on and over the High Seas (between Russia
and USA)
When was the INCSEA Agreement
1972
Pollution Laws?
Sewage - 3 mi
Garbage - 12 mi
Trash - 50 mi
Petroleum - 50 mi
Plastics - May Not be Dumped
Medical Waste - May Not be Dumped
What is OTC
Officer in Tactical Command
What are the Standard Distances
Small Ships - 500 yds
Large Ships - 1000 yds
Tactical Diameters?
Aircraft Carriers Present - 2500/1500 yds
>1 CG or Large Ship Present - 1200/1000 yds
1 CG or Large Ship Present - 1000/800 yds
Small Ships or Subs - 800/600 yds
Column Formation
Single File
Open Order - Shift 4P / 2S deg – PESO
PESO
Port Even Starboard Odd
Line Abreast
Side by Side
Line of Bearing
On a Bearing Line
Diamond
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