31E1 C
 Which statement is true regarding the receipt and acknowledgement of actual Distress follow-on communications by GMDSS ship stations?
A. Ship stations in receipt of Distress alert should not defer acknowledgement for a short interval, so that receipt may be acknowledged by the coast station.
B. A Coast station has the sole obligation to respond.  A ship station should wait for the Coast station MMSI DSC Acknowledgment before taking action. If a Coast station has no response in 15 minutes the ship should DSC acknowledge and inform the RCC.
C. A ship station that receives a Distress call from another vessel must, as soon as possible, inform the Master or person responsible for the ship of the contents of the Distress communications received. 
D. Alerts concerning navigational hazards are second only to Safety traffic.
