[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.53]

[Page 880]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY(CONTINUED)
 
PART 173_VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY ANDACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Casualty and Accident Reporting
 
Sec. 173.53  Immediate notification of death or disappearance.

    (a) When, as a result of an occurrence that involves a vessel orits 
equipment, a person dies or disappears from a vessel, the operatorshall, 
without delay, by the quickest means available, notify thenearest 
reporting authority listed in Appendix A of this part of:
    (1) The date, time, and exact location of the occurrence;
    (2) The name of each person who died or disappeared;
    (3) The number and name of the vessel; and
    (4) The names and addresses of the owner and operator.
    (b) When the operator of a vessel cannot give the notice requiredby 
paragraph (a) of this section, each person on board the vesselshall 
notify the casualty reporting authority or determine that thenotice has 
been given.