46 CFR § 69.151 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s69.151"
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title: "46 CFR § 69.151 - Purpose."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "69.151"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS"
part_number: "69"
part_name: "MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 2301, 14103, 14104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 69.151 Purpose.

This subpart prescribes measurement requirements for the assignment of either one gross and one net register tonnage or two gross and two net register tonnages to vessels under this subpart.

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18731, Mar. 31, 2016]