---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 401.71"
title: "33"
number: "401.71"
heading: "Signals—explosive or hazardous cargo vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/401.71"
---

# §401.71. Signals—explosive or hazardous cargo vessels.


An explosive or hazardous cargo vessel shall display at the masthead or at an equivalent conspicuous position a “B” flag.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 issued under 68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471.

### Source

Source: Sections 401.66 through 401.73 appear at 45 FR 52379, Aug. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996]