46 CFR § 179.115 - Applicability to existing vessels.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s179.115"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 179.115 - Applicability to existing vessels."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "179.115"
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: "179"
part_name: "SUBDIVISION, DAMAGE STABILITY, AND WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY"
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; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 971, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "179"
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# 179.115 Applicability to existing vessels.

An existing vessel must comply with the subdivision, damage stability, and watertight integrity 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.