46 CFR § 199.245 - Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s199.245"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 199.245 - Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "199.245"
section_name: "Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "W"
subchapter_name: "LIFESAVING APPLIANCES AND ARRANGEMENTS"
part_number: "199"
part_name: "LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "199"
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# 199.245 Survival craft embarkation and launching arrangements.

(a) Each davit-launched liferaft must be arranged to be rapidly boarded by its full complement of persons.

(b) All survival craft required for abandonment by the total number of persons on board must be capable of being launched with the survival crafts' full complement of persons and equipment within a period of 30 minutes from the time the abandon-ship signal is given.