[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR81.20]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 81_72 COLREGS: IMPLEMENTING RULES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 81.20  Lights and sound signal appliances.



    Each vessel under the 72 COLREGS, except the vessels of the Navy, is 

exempt from the requirements of the 72 COLREGS to the limitation for the 

period of time stated in Rule 38 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) 

if:

    (a) Her keel is laid or is at a corresponding stage of construction 

before July 15, 1977; and

    (b) She meets the International Regulations for Preventing 

Collisions at



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Sea, 1960 (77 Stat. 194, 33 U.S.C. 1051-1094).



[CGD 76-133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated at CGD 81-017, 46 

FR 28154, May 26, 1981]