---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.15"
title: "33"
number: "401.15"
heading: "Stern anchors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.15"
---

# §401.15. Stern anchors.

- (a) Every vessel of more than 125 m in overall length, the keel of which is laid after January 1, 1975, shall be equipped with a stern anchor.
- (b) Every integrated tug and barge or articulated tug and barge unit greater than 125 m in overall length which is constructed after January 1, 2003 shall be equipped with a stern anchor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 40804, July 11, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 983(a) and 984(a)(4), as amended; 49 CFR 1.101, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 40804, July 11, 2012]