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171.

RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS, ETC.

Time for lights; prescribed lights exclusive. 172. Lights of steam vessel under way.

173. Lights of vessel towing or pushing another vessel or vessels.

174. Lights of sailing vessels under way and vessels being towed; exceptions.

175. Lights of small vessel under way in bad weather. 176. Lights of rowboats.

177. Lights of pilot vessel on and off duty; steam pilot vessel.

178. Lights of fishing vessels; rafts and unspecified craft. 179. Lights of overtaken vessel.

180. Lights of vessel at anchor. 181.

Additional lights when necessary authorized.

182. Special lights for ship of war and convoy; recognition signals adopted by shipowners.

183

Day signal of steam vessel under sail.

SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, ETC.; SPEED Sound signals for fog, etc., generally. 192. Speed in fog, etc.

191.

with lighthouses, light vessels, buoys, or coast objects, the lines dividing the high seas from rivers, harbors, and inland waters. (Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 2, 28 Stat. 672; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.)

CHANGE OF NAME

The Secretary of Commerce and Labor was designated the Secretary of Commerce by act Mar. 4, 1913, creating the Department of Labor.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

"Commandant of the Coast Guard" was substituted for "Secretary of Commerce" on authority of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

The duty imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury by this section was transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor by act Feb. 14, 1903.

The Coast Guard was transferred to the Department of Transportation and all functions, powers, and duties, relating to the Coast Guard, of the Secretary of the Treasury and of other offices and officers of the Department of the Treasury were transferred to the Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931, which created the Department of Transportation. See section 1655 (b) of Title 49, Transportation.

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Such Plan excepted from the transfer the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 46 sections 88, 152, 224a, 367, 404, 672-1, 672c.

§ 152. Regulation of length of towlines.

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of law. (May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 14, 35 Stat. 428; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, §§ 501, 502, 47 Stat. 415; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2 (a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)

AMENDMENTS 1949-Act Aug. 4, 1949, § 1, reestablished the Coast Guard.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by act Aug. 4, 1949, effective the first day of the third month after the month of approval, August 1949, see note set out preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

REPEALS

Act Aug. 4, 1949, § 20, repealed act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, §§ 4, 6, 36 Stat. 537, 538, formerly credited to section.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the Secretary of Commerce and Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation under this section were transferred to the Commandant of the Coast Guard by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, transferred the Bureau of Lighthouses to the Coast Guard, and provided that it should be consolidated with and administered as part of the Coast Guard.

Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was the designation given to the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection by act May 27, 1936.

The Steamboat Inspection Service and the Bureau of Navigation were consolidated into the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection to be under the direction of a chief of bureau by act June 30, 1932, § 501.

The "Director" of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection was the designation given to the chief of such Bureau by the Secretary of Commerce under act June 30, 1932, § 502(b).

The Supervising Inspector General of the former Steamboat Inspection Service and the Commissioner of Navigation of the former Bureau of Navigation were affected by the Secretary's authority to retain or dismiss officers and employees upon consolidation of the bureaus under act June 30, 1932, § 502(b).

The Secretary of Commerce and Labor was designated the Secretary of Commerce by act Mar. 4, 1913, creating the Department of Labor.

"Commissioner of Lighthouses" was substituted for "Chairman of the Light-House Board" on authority of sections 4 and 6 of act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 36 Stat. 537, 538, which established in the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Lighthouses with a Commissioner of Lighthouses as its head, and transferred the duties of the Lighthouse Board to such Commissioner. Said sections 4

and 6 were repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, § 20. Section as originally enacted had provided that the Chairman of the Light House, the Supervising Inspector General of the Steamboat Inspection Service and the Commissioner of Navigation should convene as a board to prepare the regulations, referred to in the text, which should be approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26. §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Such Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 153 of this title.

§ 153. Penalty for use of unlawful towline.

The master of the towing vessel shall be liable to the suspension or revocation of his license for any willful violation of regulations issued pursuant to section 152 of this title in the manner prescribed for incompetency, misconduct, or unskillfulness. (May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 15, 35 Stat. 429.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Suspension or revocation of master's license, see section 226 of Title 46, Shipping.

§ 154. Adoption of rules for navigation of harbors, rivers, and inland waters.

The following regulations for preventing collisions shall be followed by all vessels upon the harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, and the waters of the Mississippi River between its source and the Huey P. Long Bridge and all of its tributaries emptying thereinto and their tributaries, and that part of the Atchafalaya River above its junction with the Plaquemine-Morgan City alternate waterway, and the Red River of the North, and are declared special rules duly made by local authority. (June 7, 1887, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 96; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 1, 62 Stat. 249; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 386, § 1, 67 Stat. 497.)

CODIFICATION

This was the first paragraph of section 1 of act June 7, 1897. A preamble preceding the enacting clause thereof, was as follows:

"Whereas the provisions of chapter eight hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, and the amendments thereto, adopting regulations for preventing collisions at sea, apply to all waters of the United States connected with the high seas navigable by sea-going vessels, except so far as the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland waters is regulated by special rules duly made by local authority; and

"Whereas it is desirable that the regulations relating to the navigation of all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, shall be stated in one Act: Therefore."

Act Aug. 19, 1890, ch. 802, mentioned in this preamble, adopting the International Rules for preventing collisions at sea, and was set forth as section 61 et seq. of this title, was repealed by act Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5, 65 Stat. 407, eff. Jan. 1, 1954, and is now covered by section 1051 et seq. of this title.

Further paragraphs of act June 7, 1897, § 1, containing definitions, etc., and articles 1-3, 5-31, thereof, containing the rules prescribed, are set forth as sections 155, 156, and 171 to 231 of this title. No article numbered 4 was contained in said act June 7, 1897. Sections 2 to 4 of act June 7, 1897, containing further provisions, constitute sections 157 to 159 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1953-Act Aug. 8, 1953, made section applicable to the Mobile River and its tributaries.

1948-Act May 21, 1948, limited application of the Western River Rules to the Mississippi River system above the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans and the Warrior River system in Alabama, and transferred the Mississippi below the Huey Long Bridge and various other rivers in the Gulf area to the jurisdiction of the Inland Rules.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section effective Jan. 1, 1949, see note set out under section 301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 6 of act June 7, 1897, provided that such act shall take effect four months from June 7, 1897.

REPEALS

Section 5 of act June 7, 1897, read as follows: "Sections forty-two hundred and thirty-three and forty-four hundred and twelve (with the regulations made in pursuance thereof, except the rules and regulations for the government of pilots of steamers navigating the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, and except the rules for the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal), and forty-four hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and chapter

two hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and sections one and three of chapter one hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and sections five, twelve, and thirteen of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation," and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed so far as the harbors, rivers, and inland waters aforesaid (except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries) are concerned."

The acts partially repealed by section 5 of Act June 7, 1897, were as follows:

R. S. § 4233 (set forth in chapter 5 of this title) establishing rules for preventing collisions on the water; R. S. § 4412 (paragraph 1 of former sec. 381 of Title 46, Shipping), authorizing the board of supervising inspectors to establish regulations for steam-vessels; R. S. § 4413 (paragraph 2 of former sec. 381, Title 46), providing a penalty for a violation of such regulations; Act March 3, 1893, ch. 202, amending R.S. § 4233; act Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, adopting R.S. § 4233 as the special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers, and inland waters; and act March 3, 1897, ch. 389, §§ 5, 12, 13, amending R.S. § 4233.

PRIOR LAW

The rules for preventing collision prescribed by R. S. § 4233 to be followed by vessels of the Navy and mercantile marine of the United States, applicable originally to all waters, were superseded as to navigation on the high seas and waters connected therewith by the International Rules (act Aug. 19, 1890, ch. 802 [former sec. 61 et seq.]), were superseded as to navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, by act Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64 (chapter 4 of this title); were adopted as special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal by act of Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102 (see historical note to section 301 of this title); and were superseded by act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, as to navigation of all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States except as specified in this paragraph, leaving them applicable solely to the Red River of the North and the rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries (see chapter 5 of this title).

CROSS REFERENCES

Motorboats exempt from carrying copies of pilot rules. see section 526k of Title 46, Shipping.

Navy and Coast Guard vessels exempt from compliance with this section, see section 356 of this title. Similar rules

International rules for navigation at sea, see section 1051 of this title.

Navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connection and tributary waters, see section 241 of this title.

Navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see section 301 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 157, 356 of this title.

§ 155. "Sailing vessel," "steam vessel," and "under way" defined.

In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel.

The word "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.

A vessel is "under way", within the meaning of these rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 96.)

Similar rules

CROSS REFERENCES

International rules for navigation at sea, see section 1061 of this title.

Navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters, see section 242 of this title.

Navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see section 302 of this title.

§ 156. "Visible" as applied to lights defined.

The word "visible" in these rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 96.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Rules concerning lights, see section 171 et seq. of this title.

Similar rules

International rules for navigation at sea, see section 1061 of this title.

Navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters, see section 251 of this title.

Navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see section 302 of this title.

§ 157. Special rules authorized; publication; hearings. (a) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish such rules to be observed, on the waters described in section 154 of this title, by steam vessels in passing each other and as to the lights and day signals to be carried on such waters by ferryboats, by vessels and craft of all types when in tow of steam vessels or operating by hand power or horsepower or drifting with the current, and by any other vessels not otherwise provided for, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as he from time to time may deem necessary for safety, which rules are declared special rules duly made by local authority. A pamphlet containing such chapter and regulations shall be furnished to all vessels and craft subject to this chapter. On vessels and craft over sixty-five feet in length the pamphlet shall, where practicable, be kept on board and available for ready reference.

(b) Except in an emergency, before any rules or any alteration, amendment, or repeal thereof, are established by the Secretary under the provisions of this section, the said Secretary shall publish the proposed rules, alterations, amendments, or repeals, and public hearings shall be held with respect thereto on such notice as the Secretary deems reasonable under the circumstances. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 2, 30 Stat. 102; May 25, 1914, ch. 98, 38 Stat. 381; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, §§ 501, 502 (b), 47 Stat. 415; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 3. 62 Stat. 249; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85-656, § 1, 72 Stat. 612.)

AMENDMENTS

1958-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-656 substituted "Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating" for "Commandant of the United States Coast Guard", authorized establishment of rules for day signals, eliminated provisions requiring posting of copies of the

rules in a conspicuous place, and inserted provisions requiring, where practicable, every vessel and craft over 65 feet in length to keep a pamphlet on board and available for ready reference.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-656 substituted "Secretary" for "Commandant of the United States Coast Guard" and "Commandant", and eliminated provisions which required the hearing to be held before the Coast Guard Merchant Marine Council.

1948-Act May 21, 1948, designated existing provisions thereof as subsec. (a), transferred by Congressional enactment the functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, and the supervising inspectors to the Commandant of the Coast Guard which had been previously transferred to him by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out in a note under section 1 of Title 46, Shipping, and added subsec. (b).

1914-Act May 25, 1914, extended rule making authority "as to the lights and day signals to be carried by vessels, dredges of all types, and vessels working on wrecks or other obstruction to navigation or moored for submarine operations, or made fast to a sunken object which may drift with the tide or be towed"; substituted "Secretary of Commerce" for "Secretary of the Treasury"; furnished copies of the rules to "barges, dredges, canal boats, vessels working on wrecks"; and required the posting thereof on "barges, dredges, and boats".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section effective Jan. 1, 1949, see note set out under section 301 of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and the supervising inspectors of steam vessels under this section were transferred to the Commandant of the Coast Guard by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was the designation given to the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection by act May 27, 1936.

"Director of Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection" (into which Steamboat Inspection Service and Bureau of Navigation were consolidated) was substituted for "Supervising Inspector General" on authority of act June 30, 1932, §§ 501, 502 (b).

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26. §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Such Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

CROSS REFERENCES

Navy and Coast Guard vessels exempt from compliance with this section, see section 356 of this title. Similar rules

Navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters, see section 243 of this title.

Navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see section 353 of this title.

Steam vessels approaching, meeting, passing or crossing one another, see sections 203 and 204 of this title.

§ 157a. Regulations for navigation or operation under bridges over navigable waters.

(a) Lights, signals, and other navigational means and appliances; departure from rules.

The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may permit vessels desiring to navigate or operate under bridges constructed over navigable waters of the United States to temporarily lower any lights, day signals, or other navigational means and appliances prescribed or required pursuant to law, rule, or regulation, and, if necessary, may authorize vessels so navigating or operating to depart from the rules to prevent collisions as prescribed by law, rule, or regulation. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may also prescribe such special regulations to be observed by vessels so navigating or operating as in his judgment the public safety may require for the prevention of collisions.

(b) Publication of notice of regulations.

Notice of the regulations to accomplish the purposes of this section shall be published in the Federal Register and in the Notice to Mariners, and after the effective date specified in such notices, such regulations shall have the force of law.

Any person who navigates or operates a vessel in violation of the regulations established pursuant to this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500. In addition, any vessel navigated or operated in violation of the regulations established pursuant to this section shall be liable to a penalty of $500, for which sum such vessel may be seized and proceeded against, by way of libel, in the district court of the United States for any district within which such vessel may be found. (Pub. L. 88-163, Oct. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 281.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

§ 158. Penalty for violations by pilot, engineer, mate, or master.

Every licensed and unlicensed pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any vessel who violates the provisions of this chapter or the regulations established pursuant hereto shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding $500, and for all damages sustained by any passenger, in his person or baggage, as a result of such violation: Provided, That nothing herein shall relieve any vessel, owner, or corporation from any liability incurred by reason of such violation. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 3, 30 Stat. 102; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 3, 62 Stat. 249; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85-656, § 1, 72 Stat. 612.)

CODIFICATION

See notes to first paragraph of section 1 of act June 7, 1897 (section 154 of this title).

AMENDMENTS

1958-Pub. L. 85-656 included violations by both 11censed and unlicensed pilots, engineers, mates, or masters,

increased the penalty from $100 to not more than $500, and substituted "any vessel who violates the provisions of this chapter" for "any steam vessel, as defined in section 302 of this title, and every master or mate of any barge or canal boat, who neglects or refuses to observe the provisions of this chapter".

1948--Act May 21, 1948, increased the penalty from $50 to $100.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section effective Jan. 1, 1949, see note set out under section 301 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Navy and Coast Guard vessels exempt from compliance with this section, see section 356 of this title.

Similar rule, navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see section 354 of this title.

§ 159. Penalty for violations by vessel.

Every vessel which is navigated in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations established pursuant hereto shall be liable to a penalty of $500, one-half to go to the informer, for which sum such vessel may be seized and proceeded against by action in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 4, 30 Stat. 103; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 3, 62 Stat. 249; Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85-656, § 1, 72 Stat. 612.)

§ 172. Lights of steam vessel under way (article 2). A steam vessel when under way shall carry(a) On or in front of the foremast, or, if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, a bright white light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.

(b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

(c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

(d) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.

(e) A seagoing steam vessel when under way may carry an additional white light similar in construction to the light mentioned in subdivision (a) of this section.

These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least fifteen feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.

(f) All steam vessels (except seagoing vessels and ferryboats) shall carry, in addition to green and red lights required by subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section, and screens as required by subdivision (d) of this section, a central range of two white lights, the afterlight being carried at an elevation at least fifteen feet above the light at the head of the vessel. The headlight shall be so constructed as to show an unbroken light through twenty points of the compass, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side of the vessel, and the afterlight so as to show all around the horizon. (June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 96.)

Similar rules

CROSS REFERENCES

International rules for navigation at sea, see section 1062 of this title.

Navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters, see section 252 of this title.

Navigation rules for Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and tributaries, see sections 314-316 of this title.

Steam pilot vessel, colored side light requirements applicable, see section 177 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 173, 174 of this title.

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