[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: 46CFR69.15]

[Page 389]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 69_MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 69.15  Authorized measurement organizations.

    (a) Except as under paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, all U.S. 
vessels to be measured or remeasured under the Convention, Standard, or 
Dual Measurement Systems must be measured by an authorized measurement 
organization meeting the requirements of Sec. 69.27. A current listing 
of authorized measurement organizations can be obtained from Commanding 
Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC-3), 400 7th Street 
S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (b) All vessels to be measured or remeasured under the Simplified 
Measurement System must be measured by the Coast Guard. Applications for 
measurement under the Simplified Measurement System are obtainable from 
the National Vessel Documentation Center.
    (c) All U.S. Coast Guard vessels and all U.S. Navy vessels of war to 
be measured or remeasured under any measurement system must be measured 
by the Coast Guard.
    (d) At the option of the Commandant, the Coast Guard may measure any 
vessel to determine its tonnage.
    (e) The appropriate certificate of measurement is issued by the 
measuring organization as evidence of the vessel's measurement under 
this part.

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by CGD 92-058, 57 
FR 59938, Dec. 17, 1992; CGD 92-053, 59 FR 50508, Oct. 4, 1994; CGD 95-
014, 60 FR 31606, June 15, 1995; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51045, Sept. 30, 
1997]