VOLUME I Multinational Maritime Tactical Instructions and Procedures

(2) The screen coordinator is to nominate an escort in advance, normally in a central on the screen,
to be Guide when position required by the OTC.
(3) When the ship operating aircraft must maneuver independently, the OTC is to make the appropriate
escort the Guide. When using a sector type screen, the screen ship designated is to proceed to the
center of her sector and then remain within one mile of this position. The Guide is then to be regarded,
for station-keeping purposes, as being at the center of her sector at all times.
(4) The screen commander must be ready to nominate a new Guide should the existing one be diverted
from her station.
(5) The OTC may order the ship operating aircraft to assume/resume Guide in certain circumstances
(for example, to side-step a known submarine threat).
f. Resuming Course and Station. When flight operations have been completed. the OTC will
order the force to turn to the course required, adjusting speed as necessary. The ship completing aircraft
operations is then to regain her normal station.
6513 METHOD C
a. Choice of Initial Position. Refer to Article 6512.
b. Operating Within the Screen. A ship preparing to operate aircraft is to gain an initial
position well to leeward within the screen, changing speed as necessary. On moving to her initial position,
this ship is to make the signal Disregard my movements. The procedures laid down in Article 6501 arc to be
used in the normal I manner.
c. Maneuvering to Operate Aircraft. The OTC will turn the whole formation, including the
ship operating aircraft, as soon as this ship is ready. The ship is then to maneuver as necessary to operate
aircraft and the OTC will adjust the speed of the remainder of the force to keep the ship within the screen.
d. Resuming Course and Station. When flight operations have been completed, the OTC will
order the force, including the ship completing aircraft operations, to turn together to the course required,
adjusting speed as necessary. The ship is then to regain her normal station.
6514 MANEUVERING FOR EMERGENCY LANDINGS
MTP 1(D), Vol. I
Any ship which must maneuver to land aircraft in distress is to notify the OTC. The OTC may then
turn the formation to the flight operations course, or he may order the ship concerned to act independently.
In addition, the following special provisions apply:
a. When Formation Is on Flight Operations Course. The ship concerned may proceed to
recover the aircraft in distress, provided there is sufficient relative wind or when she can produce sufficient
relative wind without moving more than 500 yards out of her assigned station.
b. Independent Action in Peacetime. During daylight hours in peacetime, the commanding
officer of the ship concerned has discretion to act independently and at once, if this is necessary in the
interest of safety.
c. Rescue Operations. In the event of a forced landing in the vicinity, the destroyer or
helicopter (or both) assigned for the purpose should proceed to rescue the crew without further orders (see
Section VI).
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