[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR61.20-18]

[Page 293-294]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61_PERIODIC TESTS AND INSPECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart 61.20_Periodic Tests of Machinery and Equipment
 
Sec. 61.20-18  Examination requirements.

    (a) Each tailshaft must be drawn and visually inspected at each 
examination.

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    (b) On tailshafts with a taper, keyway, (if fitted) and propeller 
designed in accordance with American Bureau of Shipping standards to 
reduce stress concentrations, the forward \1/3\ of the shaft's taper 
section must be nondestructively tested in addition to a visual 
inspection of the entire shaft.
    (c) On tailshafts with a propeller fitted to the shaft by means of a 
coupling flange, the flange, the fillet at the propeller end, and each 
coupling bolt must be nondestructively tested in addition to a visual 
inspection of the entire shaft.

[CGD 84-024, 52 FR 39652, Oct. 23, 1987, as amended by CGD 84-024, 53 FR 
32231, Aug. 24, 1988]