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46 CFR 42.13-25: -25 Load line mark.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER E—LOAD LINES
- PART 42—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA
- Subpart 42.13—General Rules for Determining Load Lines
(a) The load line mark shall consist of a ring 12 inches in outside diameter and 1 inch wide which is intersected by a horizontal line 18 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, the upper edge of which passes through the center of the ring. The center of the ring shall be placed amidships and at a distance equal to the assigned summer freeboard measured vertically below the upper edge of the deck line (as illustrated in Figure 42.13-25(a)).
Figure 42.13-25(a)—Load line mark and lines to be used with this mark
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