46 CFR § 140.400 - Personnel records.

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title: "46 CFR § 140.400 - Personnel records."
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section_number: "140.400"
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chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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# 140.400 Personnel records.

(a) The master of each towing vessel must keep an accurate list of crewmembers and their assigned positions and responsibilities aboard the vessel.

(b) The master must keep an accurate list of individuals to be carried as persons in addition to the crew and any passengers.

(c) The date and time that a navigation watchstander, including master, officer in charge of a navigational watch, and lookout assumes a watch and is relieved of a watch must be recorded in the towing vessel record (TVR), official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel. If an engineering watch is maintained, comparable records documenting the engineering watch are required.