33 CFR § 401.17 - Pitch indicators and alarms.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s401.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 401.17 - Pitch indicators and alarms."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "401.17"
section_name: "Pitch indicators and alarms."
chapter_name: "GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "401"
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# 401.17 Pitch indicators and alarms.
Every vessel of 1600 gross registered tons or integrated tug and barge or articulated tug and barge unit of combined 1600 gross registered tons or more equipped with a variable pitch propeller shall be equipped with—
(a) A pitch indicator in the wheelhouse and the engine room; and
(b) Visible and audible pitch alarms, with a time delay of not greater than 8 seconds, in the wheelhouse and engine room to indicate wrong way pitch.
[47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005; 71 FR 5606, Feb. 2, 2006; 81 FR 13746, Mar. 15, 2016; 90 FR 1882, Jan. 10, 2025]