Question 3145 Deck General

The correct answer is A) Long Beach, California. When a vessel is assigned to a voyage that crosses the boundary of the U.S. Customs Territory, the crew is required to sign "foreign" articles, which are legal documents that govern the terms of employment for the voyage. Since New York City is within the U.S. Customs Territory, and Long Beach, California is outside of it, a voyage from New York to Long Beach would require the crew to sign foreign articles. The other answer choices, such as Veracruz (Mexico), Saint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), and Halifax (Canada), are incorrect because they are international ports outside the U.S. Customs Territory, and would not require the signing of foreign articles for a voyage originating from a U.S. port.