Office of Auxiliary CG-3PCX

 

Aids to Navigation Resources on the Internet

The following is a listing of some of the information on the World Wide Web (Internet) that pertains to this program.

Forms and Manuals

In general, all Auxiliary forms, except for those that are district specific, can be found on the Auxiliary National Forms Site. The forms used for Aids Verification are on this page.

NOS Chart Updating Form (ANSC 7037 NOAA-77-5) is a multi-part form. The on-line form can be used for reference. The Aids To Navigation Report (ANSC 7054 CG-5474) is also a multi-part form. The on-line form can be used for reference. It is ANSC 7054 that gives an Aids Verifier (AV) credit in AuxMIS.  The ATON & Chart Updating Guide is only available on-line, since it is out-of-print.

USCG Auxiliary Resources

The AV program falls under the USCG Auxiliary National Operations Department  There are items of interest to the AV posted on this page. The annual Operations Workshop Guides should be checked. Every year, except 2001, has information related to the AV program. Also the Up Top In Operations newsletters should be checked as these often contain information useful to the AV. There is a link to the newsletter archive at the top of the Operations Department page. News items are first posted to the Auxiliary What's New page before they are posted to the Operations Department page. After 30 days, the items are moved from What's New to the department page. Always check the What's New page for the latest information.

The USCG Auxiliary e-Training page  has training aids useful to the AV or AV in training. These include training aids on Aids to Navigation and Buoys and Markers, Chart Symbols, Buoys and Daybeacons, and  Ranges and Fixed Aids to Navigation. Click on PowerPoint On-line Training for even more training aids available to the AV.

USCG Auxiliary District 7 has a web site. The DSO-AN posts the latest information on the DSO-AN staff page.

USCG Resources

The USCG Operations Directorate Office of Bridge Administration website contains information related to Bridge Administration program.  

The USCG National Aids To Navigation School at Training Center Yorktown has a website. This site contains a lot of information useful to the AV, including a link to the National Aids To Navigation Bulletin.

The USCG 7th District Aids to Navigation and Waterways Management Branch website contains information meant for USCG Aids To Navigation Teams (ANT) but contain information useful to the USCG Auxiliary AV and Auxiliary Minor Aids Technicians.

The 7th Coast Guard District Local Notice to Mariners is available on-line. This weekly notice contains reports of new discrepancies and discrepancies corrected. You can subscribe to the LNM by clicking the email address on this page. Send an email requesting a mail subscription and your name and address.

The Federal Regulations Concerning Private Aids to Navigation (33 CFR 66) can be found on-line.

Other Federal Government Resources

Several volumes of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Light List covers the area of responsibility for USCG Auxiliary District 7. The displayed material is the 'front matter' from the Light List. You can get the detail for a light or set of lights by querying by light list number of geographic coordinates. NIMA also publishes the U.S. Notice to Mariners , a publication different from the USCG Local Notice to Mariners. NIMA also publishes Chart No. 1 Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms.

The National Ocean Service/Office of Coast Survey , a service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  maintains several publications that are of interest to the Aids Verifier and Minor Aids to Navigation Technicians.

 

Other Manuals - On-line

Commandant Instruction (COMDTINST M16500.3A) Aids to Navigation Technical

Instructions For Solar Aids To Navigation Installation Kit

USCG Ocean Engineering Division - Specifications for ATONS

DoT On-line Publications There are some instructions on how to use the web site on that page. Or you can dive right in and click "Get a Document". That brings you to the Finding Documents page. For fun use the down arrow box and change the agency to USCG and hit submit. You can then refine your search or just scan the whole list. The manuals are free of charge and delivered direct to your doorstep.

History 

 

Page generated from information gathered by Hal Leahy

Last Modified 5/19/2008