[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR171.001]

[Page 111-112]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 171_SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO VESSELS CARRYING PASSENGERS--Table 
of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 171.001  Applicability.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
171.001 Applicability.
171.010 Definitions.
171.015 Location of margin line.
171.017 One and two compartment standards of flooding.

Subpart B [Reserved]

                         Subpart C_Large Vessels

171.045 Specific applicability.
171.050 Intact stability requirements for a mechanically propelled or a 
          nonself-propelled vessel.
171.055 Intact stability requirements for a monohull sailing vessel or a 
          monohull auxiliary sailing vessel.
171.057 Intact stability requirements for a sailing catamaran.
171.060 Watertight subdivision: General.
171.065 Subdivision requirements--Type I.
171.066 Calculation of permeability for Type I subdivision.
171.067 Treatment of stepped and recessed bulkheads in Type I 
          subdivision.
171.068 Special considerations for Type I subdivision for vessels on 
          short international voyages.
171.070 Subdivision requirements--Type II.
171.072 Calculation of permeability for Type II subdivision.
171.073 Treatment of stepped and recessed bulkheads in Type II 
          subdivision.
171.075 Subdivision requirements--Type III.
171.080 Damage stability standards for vessels with Type I or Type II 
          subdivision.
171.082 Damage stability standards for vessels with Type III 
          subdivision.

              Subpart D_Additional Subdivision Requirements

171.085 Collision bulkhead.
171.090 Aft peak bulkhead.
171.095 Machinery space bulkhead.
171.100 Shaft tunnels and stern tubes.
171.105 Double bottoms.
171.106 Wells in double bottoms.
171.108 Manholes in double bottoms.
171.109 Watertight floors in double bottoms.

       Subpart E_Penetrations and Openings in Watertight Bulkheads

171.110 Specific applicability.
171.111 Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads in vessels of 
          100 gross tons or more.
171.112 Watertight door openings.
171.113 Trunks.
171.114 Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads in a vessel 
          less than a 100 gross tons.

Subpart F_Openings in the Side of a Vessel Below the Bulkhead or Weather 
                                  Deck

171.115 Specific applicability.
171.116 Port lights.
171.117 Dead covers.
171.118 Automatic ventilators and side ports.
171.119 Openings below the weather deck in the side of a vessel less 
          than 100 gross tons.

          Subpart G_Watertight Integrity Above the Margin Line

171.120 Specific applicability.
171.122 Watertight integrity above the margin line in a vessel of 100 
          gross tons or more.
171.124 Watertight integrity above the margin line in a vessel less than 
          100 gross tons.

                   Subpart H_Drainage of Weather Decks

171.130 Specific applicability.
171.135 Weather deck drainage on a vessel of 100 gross tons or more.
171.140 Drainage of a flush deck vessel.
171.145 Drainage of a vessel with a cockpit.
171.150 Drainage of a vessel with a well deck.
171.155 Drainage of an open boat.

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 
1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 
0170.1.

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    Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51017, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise 
noted.



    (a) This part applies to passenger vessels inspected under 
subchapter K or H of this chapter.
    (b) Specific sections of this part also apply to nautical school 
ships, sailing school vessels and oceanographic vessels. The applicable 
sections are listed in subparts C and D of part 173 of this chapter.

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51017, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 83-005, 51 FR 
923, Jan. 9, 1986; CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48052, Sept. 18, 1995; 60 FR 50120, 
Sept. 28, 1995; CGD 85-080, 61 FR 944, Jan. 10, 1996]