Chapter 5.— MANNING OF CERTAIN VESSELS 



SUBCHAPTER 5A.— GENERAL PROVISIONS 



Complement of officers and crew of vessels; penalties 



46 U.S.C. 222 (R.S. 4463) 



No vessel of the United States subject to the provisions of title 52 

 of the Revised Statutes or to the inspection laws of the United States 

 shall be navigated unless she shall have in her service and on board 

 such complement of licensed officers and crew, including certificated 

 lifeboatmen, separately stated, as may, in the judgment of the Coast 

 Guard, be necessary for her safe navigation. The Coast Guard shall 

 make in the certificate of inspection of the vessel an entry of such com- 

 plement of officers and crew including certificated lifeboatmen, sep- 

 arately stated, which may be changed from time to time by indorsement 

 of such certificate by the Coast Guard by reason of change of conditions 

 or employment. Such entry or indorsement shall be subject to a right 

 of appeal, under regulations to be made by the Commandant of the 

 Coast Guard, who shall have the power to revise, set aside, or affirm 

 the said determination. 



If any such vessel is deprived of the services of any number of 

 the crew including certificated lifeboatmen, separately stated, with- 

 out the consent, fault, or collusion of the master, owner, or any per- 

 son interested in the vessel, the vessel may proceed on her voyage 

 if, in the judgment of the master, she is sufficiently manned for such 

 voyage : Prov'/ded^ That the master shall ship, if obtainable, a num- 

 ber equal to the number of those whose services he has been deprived 

 of by desertion or casualty, who must be of the same grade or of a 

 higher rating with those whose places they fill. If the master shall 

 fail to explam in writing the cause of such deficiency in the crew 

 including certificated lifeboatmen, separately stated, to the Coast 

 Guard within twelve hours of the time of the arrival of the vessel 

 at her destination, he shall be liable to a penalty of $50. If the ves- 

 sel shall not be manned as provided in this section, the owner shall 

 be liable to a penalty of $100, or in case of an insufficient number of 

 licensed officers to a penalty of $500. 



Minimum number of officers 



46 U.S.C. 223 



That the Coast Guard shall make an entry in the certificate of in- 

 spection of every ocean and coastwise seagoing merchant vessel of 

 the United States propelled by machinery, and every ocean-going 

 vessel carrying passengers, the minimum number of licensed deck 

 officers required for her safe navigation according to the following 

 scale: 



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