[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR173 App A] [Page 883] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED) PART 173_VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents Subpart D_Issue of Certificate of Number Sec. Appendix A to Part 173--Issuing Authorities and Reporting Authorities (a) The State is the issuing authority and reporting authority in: state Alabama--AL. Alaska--AK. AmericanSamoa--AS. Arizona--AZ. Arkansas--AR. California--CF. Colorado--CL. Connecticut--CT. Delaware--DL. District of Colum- bia--DC. Florida--FL. Georgia--GA. Guam--GU. Hawaii--HA. Idaho--ID. Illinois--IL. Indiana--IN. Iowa--IA. Kansas--KA. Kentucky--KY. Louisiana--LA. Maine--ME. Maryland--MD. Massachusetts--MS. Michigan--MC. Minnesota--MN. Mississippi--MI. Missouri--MO. Montana--MT. Nebraska--NB. Nevada--NV. New Hampshire--NH. NewJersey--NJ. New Mexico--NM. New York--NY. North Carolina--NC. North Dakota--ND. Northern MarianaIslands--CM. Ohio--OH. Oklahoma--OK. Oregon--OR. Pennsylvania--PA. Puerto Rico--PR. RhodeIsland--RI. South Carolina--SC. SouthDakota--SD. Tennessee--TN. Texas--TX. Utah--UT. Vermont--VT. Virginia--VA. VirginIslands--VI. Washington--WN. West Virginia--WV. Wisconsin--WS. Wyoming--WY. (b) The Coast Guard is the issuing authority and reportingauthority in: state [Reserved] (c) The abbreviations following the names of the Statelisted in paragraphs (a) and (b) are the two capital letters that mustbe used in the number format to denote the State of principal use asprescribed in Sec. 174.23 of this chapter. [CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended byCGD 76-076, 41 FR 23401, June 10, 1976; CGD 89-048, 54FR 27002, June 27, 1989; USCG-2001- 9286, 66 FR 33642,June 25, 2001]