---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s174.355"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 174.355 - Definitions."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "174.355"section_name: "Definitions."chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "S"subchapter_name: "SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY"part_number: "174"part_name: "SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905."regulatory_source: "CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51048, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "174"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s174.355
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued... 42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.
# 174.355 Definitions.*New ship* means a ship:(1) For which the building contract is placed on or after February 1, 1992; or(2) In the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after August 1, 1992; or(3) The delivery of which is on or after February 1, 1997; or(4) For which application for reflagging is made on or after February 1, 1997; or(5) Which has undergone a major conversion:(i) For which the contract is placed on or after February 1, 1992; or(ii) In the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or after August 1, 1992; or(iii) Which is completed on or after February 1, 1997.