[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: 46CFR177.300]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 177--CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C--Hull Structure
 
Sec. 177.300  Structural design.


    Except as otherwise allowed by this subpart, a vessel must comply 
with the structural design requirements of one of the standards listed 
below for the hull material of the vessel.
    (a) Wooden hull vessels--Rules and Regulations for the 
Classification of Yachts and Small Craft, Lloyd's Register of Shipping 
(Lloyd's);
    (b) Steel hull vessels:
    (1) Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Yachts and Small 
Craft, Lloyd's; or
    (2) Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 61 Meters 
(200 Ft) in Length, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS);
    (c) Fiber reinforced plastic vessels:
    (1) Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Yachts and Small 
Craft, Lloyd's; or
    (2) Rules for Building and Classing Reinforced Plastic Vessels, ABS; 
or
    (3) ABS Guide for High Speed Craft;
    (d) Aluminum hull vessels:
    (1) Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Yachts and Small 
Craft, Lloyd's; or
    (i) For a vessel of more than 30.5 meters (100 feet) in length--
Rules for Building and Classing Aluminum Vessels, ABS; or
    (ii) For a vessel of not more than 30.5 meters (100 feet) in length-
-Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels Under 61 Meters (200 
Feet) in Length, ABS, with the appropriate conversions from the ABS 
Rules for Building and Classing Aluminum Vessels; or
    (2) ABS Guide for High Speed Craft;
    (e) Steel hull vessels operating in protected waters--Rules for 
Building and Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers and 
Intracoastal Waterways, ABS.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 961, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51356, Sept. 
30, 1997]