[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR31.01-5]

[Page 405-406]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 31_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 31.01_General
 
Sec. 31.01-5  Scope of initial inspection--TB/ALL.

    The initial inspection, which may consist of a series of inspections 
during the construction of a vessel, shall include a complete inspection 
of the structure, including the outside of the vessel's bottom, the 
machinery, unfired

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pressure vessels, equipment and the inside and outside of the boilers. 
The inspection shall be such as to insure that the arrangements, 
material, and scantlings of the structure, boilers and other pressure 
vessels and their appurtenances, piping, main and auxiliary machinery, 
electrical installations, lifesaving appliances, fire-detecting and 
extinguishing equipment, pilot boarding equipment and other equipment 
fully comply with the applicable regulations for such vessel and are in 
accordance with approved plans, and determine that the vessel is in 
possession of a valid certificate issued by the Federal Communications 
Commission, if any. The inspection shall be such as to ensure that the 
workmanship of all parts of the vessel and its equipment is in all 
respects satisfactory and that the vessel is provided with lights, means 
of making sound signals, and distress signals as required by applicable 
statutes and regulations.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16662, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 68-32, 33 FR 
5712, Apr. 12, 1968; CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18804, Dec. 18, 1968; CGD 82-036, 
48 FR 654, Jan. 6, 1983; CGD 79-032, 49 FR 25455, June 21, 1984; CGD 95-
012, 60 FR 48049, Sept. 18, 1995]