Stena Immaculate Mariners Rise to the Occasion “I poked my head up and was able to see a vessel coming straight at us,” Griffin said. “Straight at me and my tank. All I could see was something big and blue heading toward us. I immediately knew, it’s not going to miss us. It was going fast. I was f…

[image] GetMo gCaptain Crew Jul 2011 STOS- Specially Trained Ordinary Seaman. You take part of the RFPNW assessments and you can work on deck but not on the bridge. Once you get the rest of your seatime you would finish the assessments and then you can become a Watchstander.

Not familiar with the designation, but found this

[image] ombugge: If the 3rd Mate was on the deck “sniffing tanks”, who were on the bridge keeping anchor watch? This is not unheard of, the off watch mate being out on deck helping the C/M. Very normal for a tanker to carry two thirds also, or who knows what watch schedule they were standing. …

[image] AKBJR: STOS- Specially Trained Ordinary Seaman. You take part of the RFPNW assessments and you can work on deck but not on the bridge. Once you get the rest of your seatime you would finish the assessments and then you can become a Watchstander. That’s only partially correct. STOS are…

[image] Meme.Lord: Very normal for a tanker to carry two thirds also, or who knows what watch schedule they were standing. I don’t know how usual it is to carry 2 x 3rd mates on tankers of the type and size of the Stena Immaculate in normal operation and trade. If in coastal trade, with shor…

Yours noted. Thx. Can You pls sent me a photo or pdf of "watch keeping/standing arrangements " on your US flag tanker??? Or if You are not on a tanker then may be there is somebody here from tankers who can provide same. I had many different arrangements . On roro, conro the chmate was doing car…

[image] ombugge: I don’t know how usual it is to carry 2 x 3rd mates on tankers of the type and size of the Stena Immaculate in normal operation and trade. If in coastal trade, with short sea voyages between port call I can see this being the case, but she was not in that kind of trade. With…

This article paints a fuzzy picture, because it is written by SIU, the union representing the Unlicensed, so naturally it’s telling the story of how brave and heroic the unlicensed are, talking only to the unlicensed. I doubt the STOS was standing anchor watch, but what is more likely, was sent to t…

Oh come on, seriously? Another Mate.

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AKBJR April 2, 2025, 6:50pm 10

Thanks! I’d never heard of STOS. I copied a post I found here from GetMo.

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