33 CFR § 175.113 - Launchers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s175.113"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 175.113 - Launchers."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "175.113"
section_name: "Launchers."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "S"
subchapter_name: "BOATING SAFETY"
part_number: "175"
part_name: "EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 72-120R, 38 FR 8115, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "175"
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# 175.113 Launchers.

(a) When a visual distress signal carried to meet the requirements of § 175.110 requires a launcher to activate, then a launcher approved under 46 CFR 160.028 must also be carried.