33 CFR § 144.01-5 - Location and launching of life floats.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s144.01-5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 144.01-5 - Location and launching of life floats."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "144.01-5"
section_name: "Location and launching of life floats."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "144"
part_name: "LIFESAVING APPLIANCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333d; 46 U.S.C. 3102(a); 46 CFR 1.46."
cfr_part: "144"
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# 144.01-5 Location and launching of life floats.
The life floats shall be distributed in accessible locations and mounted on the outboard sides of the working platform in such a manner as to be readily launched.
[CGFR 56-4, 21 FR 903, Feb. 9, 1956]