[Title 32 CFR 700.872]
[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. 700.872 - Ships and craft in drydock.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE52002-07-012002-07-01false700.872Sec. 700.872NATIONAL DEFENSEDepartment of Defense (Continued)DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSUNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDSThe Commanding Officer
Sec. 700.872  Ships and craft in drydock.

    (a) The commanding officer of a ship in drydock shall be responsible 
for effecting adequate closure, during such periods as they will be 
unattended, of all openings in the ship's bottom upon which no work is 
being undertaken by the docking activity. The commanding officer of the 
docking activity shall be responsible for the closing, at the end of 
working hours, of all valves and other openings in the ship's bottom 
upon which work is being undertaken by the docking activity, when such 
closing is practicable.
    (b) Prior to undocking, the commanding officer of a ship shall 
report to the docking officer any material changes in the amount and 
location of weights on board which have been made by the ship's force 
while in dock, and shall ensure, and so report, that all sea valves and 
other openings in the ship's bottom are properly closed. The level of 
water in the dock shall not be

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permitted to rise above the keel blocks prior to receipt of this report. 
The above valves and openings shall be tended during flooding of the 
dock.
    (c) When a ship or craft, not in commission, is in a naval drydock, 
the provisions of this article shall apply, except that the commanding 
officer of the docking activity or his representative shall act in the 
capacity of the commanding officer of the ship or craft.
    (d) When a naval ship or craft is in drydock in a private shipyard, 
responsibility for actions normally assigned by the commanding officer 
of the docking activity will be assigned by contract to the contractor.