[Title 32 CFR 700.871]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter Vi - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY]
[Subchapter A - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS]
[Part 700 - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS]
[Subpart H - The Commanding Officer]
[Sec. 700.871 - Responsibility for safety of ships and craft at a naval station or shipyard.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE52002-07-012002-07-01false700.871Sec. 700.871NATIONAL DEFENSEDepartment of Defense (Continued)DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSThe Commanding Officer
Sec. 700.871  Responsibility for safety of ships and craft at a naval station or shipyard.

    (a) The commanding officer of a naval station or shipyard shall be 
responsible for the care and safety of all ships and craft at such 
station or shipyard not under a commanding officer or assigned to 
another authority, and for any damage that may be done by or to them. In 
addition, the commanding officer of a naval station or shipyard shall be 
responsible for the safe execution of work performed by that activity 
upon any ship located at the activity.
    (b) It shall be the responsibility of the commanding officer of a 
ship in commission which is undergoing overhaul, or which is otherwise 
immobilized at a naval station or shipyard, to request such services as 
are necessary to ensure the safety of the ship. The commanding officer 
of the naval station or shipyard shall be responsible for providing 
requested services in a timely and adequate manner.
    (c) When a ship or craft not under her own power is being moved by 
direction of the commanding officer of a naval station or shipyard, that 
officer shall be responsible for any damage that may result therefrom. 
The pilot or other person designated for the purpose shall be in direct 
charge of such movement, and all persons on board shall cooperate with 
and assist the pilot as necessary. Responsibility for such actions in a 
private shipyard will be assigned by contract to the contractor.
    (d) When a ship operating under her own power is being drydocked, 
the commanding officer shall be fully responsible for the safety of his 
ship until the extremity of the ship first to enter the drydock reaches 
the dock sill and the ship is pointed fair for entering the drydock. The 
docking officer shall then take charge and complete the docking, 
remaining in charge until the ship has been properly landed, bilge 
blocks hauled, and the dock pumped down. In undocking, the docking 
officer shall assume charge when flooding the dock preparatory to 
undocking is started, and shall remain in charge until the extremity of 
the ship last to leave the dock clears the sill, and the ship is pointed 
fair for leaving the drydock, when the ship's commanding officer shall 
assume responsibility for the safety and control of the ship.
    (e) When a naval ship is to be drydocked in a private shipyard under 
a contract being administered by a supervisor of shipbuilding, the 
responsibilities of the commanding officer are the same as in the case 
of drydocking in a naval shipyard. The responsibilities for the safety 
of the actual drydocking, normally assigned to the commanding officer of 
a naval shipyard through the docking officer, will be assigned by 
contract to the contractor. The supervisor of shipbuilding is 
responsible, however, for ensuring that the contractor facilities, 
methods, operations, and qualifications meet the standards of efficiency 
and safety prescribed by Navy directives.
    (f) If the ship is elsewhere than at a naval station or shipyard, 
the relationship between the commanding officer and the supervisor of 
shipbuilding, or other appropriate official, shall be the same as that 
between the commanding officer and the commanding officer of a naval 
station or naval shipyard as specified in this article.