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While a vessel is in a foreign port where there is no American Consul, a seaman becomes violent prior to sailing. The Master should __________.

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While a vessel is in a foreign port where there is no American Consul, a seaman becomes violent prior to sailing. The Master should __________.

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• Master’s authority and responsibility over crew discipline and safety, especially in foreign ports • Role of the American Consul in discipline, discharge, and repatriation of U.S. seamen • Limits on using local authorities versus keeping the seaman under shipboard control until proper U.S. representation is available

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• Ask yourself: When a U.S. vessel is abroad, who normally supervises the discharge and repatriation of a U.S. seaman—does this change when there is no American Consul in that port? • Which option best preserves the Master’s control over the crew and ensures the seaman can be dealt with under U.S. law at the earliest proper opportunity? • Consider which actions might improperly abandon a seaman to foreign authorities versus temporarily restraining him until the correct U.S. official is available.

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• Verify what U.S. law expects regarding discharge and repatriation of seamen in a foreign port—especially the usual involvement of an American Consul. • Check which answer choice maintains the seaman under the Master’s control until he can be properly dealt with by U.S. authorities, instead of leaving him solely to foreign police or agents. • Be sure the option you pick does not skip the legal requirement for a Consular officer’s involvement when officially discharging or repatriating a seaman from a U.S. vessel.

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Question 1 of 20

While a vessel is in a foreign port where there is no American Consul, a seaman becomes violent prior to sailing. The Master should __________.

send the seaman ashore and arrange with the agent to repatriate him by armed guard

call local police, put the seaman in prison ashore, and sail the vessel

pay off the seaman and make arrangements with the agent to return him to the original port of signing on in the U.S.

put the seaman in irons and sail to the next port where there is an American Consul

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Question 1 / 2066636ee728f7522a1c518f29

Question 1 of 2066636ee728f7522a1c518f29

While a vessel is in a foreign port where there is no American Consul, a seaman becomes violent prior to sailing. The Master should __________.

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While a vessel is in a foreign port where there is no American Consul, a seaman becomes violent prior to sailing. The Master should __________.

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