[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: 46CFR177.310]

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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. 177.310  Satisfactory service as a design basis.

    When scantlings for the hull, deckhouse, and frames of the vessel 
differ from those specified by the standards listed in Sec. 177.300 of 
this part, and the owner can demonstrate that the vessel, or another 
vessel approximating the same size, power, and displacement, has been 
built to such scantlings and has been in satisfactory service insofar as 
structural adequacy is concerned for a period of at least 5 years, such 
scantlings may be approved by the cognizant OCMI instead of the 
scantlings required by the applicable standards specified in 
Sec. 177.300 of this part.