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THE National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ruled that the fatal collision between the US Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser and a small boat off Puerto Rico was due to the lack of lookouts on both vessels, reports Ventura, California's gCaptain.
Investigators said the failure was of the cutter's commanding officer to take sufficient measures to increase situational awareness while the cutter was travelling at a high speed.
The USCGC Winslow Griesser and the centre-console boat Desakata collided off the northern coast of Puerto Rico, resulting in one death and a serious injury aboard the boat and its total loss valued at US$58,800.
Leading up to the collision, neither crew saw the other despite having the opportunity to do so. The investigation found that none of the Winslow Griesser's 21 crew members had been designated lookout.
The NTSB noted that Coast Guard practice is that all members of the bridge watch are responsible for shared lookout duties, however investigators determined no one was maintaining a lookout at the time of the collision.
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