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Title 46: Shipping
CHAPTER I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER S: SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY
PART 173: SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO VESSEL USE
Subpart B: Lifting
173.005 - Specific applicability.
This subpart applies to each vessel that?
(a) Is equipped to lift cargo or other objects; and
(b) Has a maximum heeling moment due to hook load greater than or equal to?
(0.67)(W)(GM)(F/B) in meter-metric tons (foot-long tons), where?
W=displacement of the vessel with the hook load included in metric (long) tons.
GM=metacentric height with hook load included in meters (feet).
F=freeboard to the deck edge amidships in meters (feet).
B=beam in meters (feet).
[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51045, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 945, Jan. 10, 1996]
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