46 CFR § 178.115 - Applicability to existing vessels.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s178.115"
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title: "46 CFR § 178.115 - Applicability to existing vessels."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "178.115"
section_name: "Applicability to existing vessels."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)"
part_number: "178"
part_name: "INTACT STABILITY AND SEAWORTHINESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 178.115 Applicability to existing vessels.

Except where specifically stated otherwise, an existing vessel must comply with the intact stability and seaworthiness regulations which were applicable to the vessel on March 10, 1996, or, as an alternative, the vessel may comply with the regulations in this part.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by USCG-2007-0030, 75 FR 78087, Dec. 14, 2010]