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Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.172.135 Extent of damage

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

For the purpose of § 172.133—

(a) Design calculations must include both side and bottom damage, applied separately;  and

(b) Damage must consist of the penetrations having the dimensions given in Table 172.135 except that, if the most disabling penetrations would be less than the penetrations given in Table 172.135, the smaller penetration must be assumed.

TABLE 172.135—EXTENT OF DAMAGE

COLLISION PENETRATION

Longitudinal extent

0.495L or 47.6 feet (()L or 14.5m) whichever is shorter.

Transverse extent 1

B/5 or 37.74 feet (11.5m) 2 whichever is shorter.

Vertical extent

From the baseline upward without limit.

GROUNDING PENETRATION AT THE FORWARD END BUT EXCLUDING ANY DAMAGE AFT OF A POINT 0.3L AFT OF THE FORWARD PERPENDICULAR

Longitudinal extent

L/10.

Transverse extent

B/6 or 32.81 feet (10m) whichever is shorter.

Vertical extent from the baseline upward.

B/15 or 19.7 feet (6m) whichever is shorter.

GROUNDING PENETRATION AT ANY OTHER LONGITUDINAL POSITION

Longitudinal extent

L/10 or 16.41 feet (5m) whichever is shorter.

Transverse extent

16.41 feet (5m).

Vertical extent from the baseline upward.

B/15 or 19.7 feet (6m) whichever is shorter.

1 Damage applied inboard from the vessel's side at right angles to the centerline at the level of the summer load line assigned under Subchapter E of this chapter.

2 B is measured amidships.

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