---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 83.37"
title: "33"
number: "83.37"
heading: "Distress signals (Rule 37)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/83.37"
---

# §83.37. Distress signals (Rule 37).


When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance she shall use or exhibit the signals described in Annex IV to these Rules ([33 CFR part 87](/cfr/33/part87.md)).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2012-0102, 79 FR 37912, July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.