Do* captains of ships and stuff need to know latitude and longitude distance, what areas they're crossing in and what rules apply to shipping when entering a foreign country's territory ?..*Just curious.
2007-11-22 10:23:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes, the Captains of Naval Vessels and Battle Group Commanders are all able to tell Junior Officers to perform these tasks and check the results. Perhaps some sailors can state if they stay close to or away from commercial lanes.
Coast Guard operated Lo Ran stations aid navigation. Lo Ran is a radio signal triangulation system. I am sure GPS is used as well.
When technology fails I would bet they have several officers on each ship capable of doing a good impersonation of Chris Columbus.
The US Navy has not found itself where it does not belong on too many occasions.
2007-11-22 11:21:42 · answer #1 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just Captains, but every Officer and member of the Navigation and Combat Information Divisions will need to have this knowledge...
Since you asked this under the Military category, I'll give you the information from the United States Naval Academy:
NN101 - Introduction to Navigation
NN200 - Navigation and Piloting
NS101 - Introduction to Seamanship
SO262 - Physical Geography
http://www.usna.edu/acdean/courses/NS.html
GO NAVY !! BEAT ARMY !!
2007-11-22 19:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Naval officers are very well taught in International Law of the Sea and anything else they need to operate...yeah..knowing geography helps too...and Lat and Lon is used for navigation a lot...
2007-11-22 18:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What kind of question is this? Of course they know latitude and longitude, etc. They don't sail around blind like Christopher Columbus did!!!!
2007-11-22 22:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by Bitsy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it helps them find where they want to go and not run in to a large land mass.
2007-11-22 18:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by hdean45 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I mean in order to navigate, you have to know where you're going, which means you need to know the area, which Geo comes into place.
2007-11-22 18:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by Cherryberry 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
?? don't you think that it would look bad for a ship's Captain to try to dock in Akron Ohio?
2007-11-22 18:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No. They just float around until they bumb into land.
2007-11-22 18:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by October 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋