33 CFR § 401.15 - Stern anchors.

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title: "33 CFR § 401.15 - Stern anchors."
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title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
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chapter_name: "GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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# 401.15 Stern anchors.

(a) Every vessel of more than 125 m in overall length, the keel of which is laid after January 1, 1975, shall be equipped with a stern anchor.

(b) Every integrated tug and barge or articulated tug and barge unit greater than 125 m in overall length which is constructed after January 1, 2003 shall be equipped with a stern anchor.

[77 FR 40804, July 11, 2012]