A lookout or look-out is a person on a ship in charge of the observation of the sea for hazards, other ships, land, etc. Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, usually with multiple decks. ...

Lookouts have been traditionally placed in high on masts, in crow's nests and tops. Crows Nest is the name of more than one place: Crows Nest, Indiana, United States Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia See also: Crowsnest Pass in Canada Crows Nest is also the name given to a structure on top of the mast of a ship... On a traditional square rigged ship, the top is the platform at the upper end of each (lower) mast. ...

The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972) says in part: The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out the rules of the road to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea. ...

Every vessel must at all times keep a proper look-out by sight (day shape or lights by eyes or visual aids), hearing (sound signal or Marine VHF radio) and all available means (e.g. Radar, ARPA, AIS, GMDSS...) in order to judge if risk of collision exists.

By analogy, the term "lookout" is also used to describe a person who accompanies criminals during the commission of a crime, and warns them of the impending approach of hazards: that is, police or eyewitnessses. Although lookouts typically do not actually participate in the crime, they can nonetheless be charged with aiding and abetting or with conspiracy, or as accomplices. Portable VHF radio set Marine VHF radio is installed on all large ships and most motorized small craft. ... This long range RADAR antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. RADAR is a system that uses radio waves to detect, determine the direction and distance and/or speed... Automatic Radar Plotting Aid, ARPA, gives a maritime radar the possibility to follow targets resembling other ships, calculating their course, speed and possible collision with own vessel. ... A U.S. Coast Guard Operations Specialist using AIS and RADAR to manage vessel traffic. ... The Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) is an internationally-agreed set of safety procedures and types of equipment used to increase safety and make it easier to rescue distressed ships, boats and aircraft. ... Eyewitness may refer to the following: For the TV show, Eyewitness (TV) For the movie, Eyewitness (movie) For the court system type of eye witness, witness For the nonfiction book series, Eyewitness (books) For the WW1 writer pseudonym, see Ernest Dunlop Swinton This is a disambiguation page: a list of... At law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even though they take no part in the actual criminal offence. ... Look up Conspiracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Conspiracy, as a legal term, is an agreement of two or more people either to commit a crime or to achieve a lawful end by unlawful means: see conspiracy (crime), and conspiracy (civil). ... At law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even though they take no part in the actual criminal offence. ...