[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR172.205]

[Page 155]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172--SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO BULK CARGOES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart G--Special Rules Pertaining to a Ship That Carries a Bulk 
       Liquefied Gas Regulated Under Subchapter O of This Chapter
 
Sec. 172.205  Local damage.

    (a) Each tankship must be shown by design calculations to meet the 
survival conditions in paragraph (b) of this section in each condition 
of loading and operation assuming that local damage extending 30 inches 
(76 cm) normal to the hull shell is applied at any location in the cargo 
length:
    (b) The vessel is presumed to survive assumed local damage if it 
does not heel beyond the smaller of the following angles in the final 
stage of flooding:
    (1) 30 degrees.
    (2) The angle at which restoration of propulsion and steering, and 
use of the ballast system is precluded.