[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: 46CFR176.610]

[Page 213]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart F_Hull and Tailshaft Examinations
 
Sec. 176.610  Scope of drydock and internal structural examinations.

    (a) A drydock examination conducted in compliance with Sec. 176.600 
must be conducted while the vessel is hauled out of the water or placed 
in a drydock or slipway. During the examination all accessible parts of 
the vessel's underwater body and all through hull fittings, including 
the hull plating and planking, appendages, propellers, shafts, bearings, 
rudders, sea chests, sea valves, and sea strainers shall be made 
available for examination. Sea chests, sea valves, and sea strainers 
must be opened for examination. On wooden vessels, fastenings may be 
required to be pulled for examination.
    (b) An internal structural examination conducted in compliance with 
Sec. 176.600 may be conducted while the vessel is afloat or out of the 
water and consists of a complete examination of the vessel's main 
strength members, including the major internal framing, the hull plating 
and planking, voids, and ballast, cargo, and fuel oil tanks. Where the 
internal framing, plating, or planking of the vessel is concealed, 
sections of the lining, ceiling or insulation may be removed or the 
parts otherwise probed or exposed so that the inspector may be satisfied 
as to the condition of the hull structure. Fuel oil tanks need not be 
cleaned out and internally examined if the marine inspector is able to 
determine by external examination that the general condition of the 
tanks is satisfactory.