BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in heavy fog. You hear the fog signal of a vessel which is somewhere ahead of your vessel. Which action(s) are your required to take?

Correct Answer: Option C — slow to bare steerageway and navigate with caution

Rule 19(e) requires every vessel that hears, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of another vessel, or cannot avoid a close-quarters situation with a vessel forward of her beam, to reduce her speed to the minimum at which she can be kept on her course.