46 C.F.R. § 196.27-1 Master's and officer's responsibility.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) Nothing in this part shall exonerate any master or officer in command from the consequences of any neglect to keep a proper lookout or the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 196—OPERATIONS
Subpart 196.27—Lookouts
§ 196.27-1 Master's and officer's responsibility.

