SHIPHANDLING COMPETITION PLAN

Time*

Event Place Responsibility

-10 Muster Scharver Room ALCON

+00 OIC Inbrief Scharver Room ALCON

+05 Quiz Scharver Room ALCON

+15 USS Carmen Familiarization USS Carmen ALCON

+15 OOD Briefing Scharver Room CONRAD / OOD

+25 Ship Simulation USS Carmen ALCON

+70 FINEX / Debrief USS Carmen ALCON

+75 Dismissal USS Carmen ALCON

*Sample timeline for single team

Friday Saturday

Time School Time School

1430-1545 Ohio State 0630-0745 Open Slot

1600-1715 Open Slot 0800-0915 Open Slot

1730-1845 Open Slot 0930-1015 Open Slot

1900-2015 Open Slot 1030-1145 Open Slot

1200-1315 Open Slot

1315-1630 2.75 Hour Cushion

Event DescriptionsMuster

Muster shall be conducted in the Scharver Room to ensure that all personnel participating in the competition are present. (Runners)

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OIC Inbrief

The event OIC, MIDN Conrad, shall brief competing teams on the overall competition standards and scoring in regards to the Drill Meet.

USS Carmen Familiarization

Event staff shall brief the participating team in the usage USS Carmen. Teams will have the opportunity to practice general ship-handling in USS Carmen in order to establish familiarity.

Quiz

A quiz, covering material pertinent to shiphandling, shall be administered to all members of the participating team. There will be 15 questions.

OOD Briefing

The event OIC, MIDN Conrad, shall brief the participating team’s designated OOD on the flow of events within the situation along with specific instructions as to the rules and procedures. Any questions should be asked and answered at this time.

Ship Simulation

Timing shall commence upon simulation initialization. The simulation shall consist of a departure from Naval Station Mayport, basic maneuvering, and applications of the Rules of the Road. Penalties shall be awarded for unsafe ship-handling practices. The application of maneuvering boards for navigation and screening shall be tested. The Ohio State University Surface Warfare Officer Instructor, LT Shopland shall serve as the USS Carmen Commanding Officer and head judge for this evolution. MIDN Conrad shall operate the instructor console and oversee the simulation while MIDN Conrad assists in assessing the competing team.

FINEX / Debrief

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The simulation and timing shall be terminated upon arrival at the “finish line.” At which time, MIDN Conrad shall convene to review penalties and total time. MIDN Conrad shall debrief the competing team’s designated OOD in order to clarify total time and penalties awarded.

Dismissal

Competing team shall be dismissed from the pilothouse and the scenario shall be reset.

Purpose

The intent of this evolution is to evaluate ship handling, communication, and leadership skills between small groups of midshipmen.

Scheme of Evolution

Using USS Carmen (DDGS-71), Midshipmen will navigate an Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer through set training environment to complete in the fastest time. The training environment shall include navigational hazards such as: channels, buoys, other ships, and other obstacles.

Rules

1. All ship movement shall be in accordance with the International Rules of the Road (COMDTINST M16672.2D/COLREGS).

2. All ship commands shall be given in accordance with U.S. Navy standard commands. Reference CH 8 of the watch officer’s guide.

3. Teams shall consist of four to five members including an Officer of the Deck, a Junior Officer of the Deck, a Conning Officer, and a Helmsman.

a. The Officer of the Deck shall be responsible for providing overall guidance and leadership of the team.

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b. The Junior Officer of the Deck shall be responsible for charting problems including tracking and maneuvering boards. They shall be at the RADAR watch station unless a RADAR operator is designated.

c. The Conning Officer shall be responsible for carrying out the orders of the OOD and conn the ship.

d. The Helmsman shall be responsible for carrying out the orders of the Conning Officer by means of the ship’s helm and engine order telegraph.

e. The optional fifth member may be delegated to the lee-helm, charting assistance, RADAR, or any other duty as seen fit by the OOD.

4. The order of events for the competition are as follows:a. 5-Minute overall competition and drill meet briefing.b. 10-minute quiz pertaining to Chapter 8 of the Naval

Watch Officers Guide and COLREGS.c. 10-minute period to test the ship simulator in an open

environment.d. 5-minute briefing period between competition OIC and

team OOD.e. 40-minute period to complete the scenario in the

fastest amount of time. f. 5-minute OOD debrief

5. Penalties shall be awarded additional time to their raw score for the following:

a. Collisions with any asset in the simulation will result in disqualification.

b. Violation of the COLREGS (30-Seconds).c. Out of Channel (10-Seconds).d. Over rudder limit (2-seconds for each second over

limit)i. Rudder limit: 30 degrees in either direction

e. Over speed limit (2-seconds for each second over limit)i. Speed limit in channel: 15.0 knotsii. Speed limit in area: 25 knots

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6. The usage of Standard Commands and good bridge team leadership and coordination shall be evaluated by LT Shopland on a 1-20 scale and a 1-15 scale respectively.

7. The competition will be scored with the quiz accounting for 10% of the total score and the simulation accounting for the remaining 90%. Breakdown of scoring is as follows:

a. Quiz – 15 pts possibleb. Bridge team evaluation – 15 pts possiblec. Communication Evaluation- 5 pts possibled. Bridge to Bridge Evaluation- 10 pts possiblee. Standard Commands Evaluation - 20 pts possiblef. Maneuvering Boards – 15 pts possibleg. Placement – 30 pts possible

i. 1st Place – 30 ptsii. 2nd Place – 25 ptsiii. 3rd Place – 20 ptsiv. 4th Place – 15 ptsv. 5th Place – 10 ptsvi. 6th Place – 5 pts

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