---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.705"
title: "46"
number: "108.705"
heading: "Anchors, chains, wire rope, and hawsers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.705"
---

# §108.705. Anchors, chains, wire rope, and hawsers.

- (a) Each unit must be fitted with anchors, chains, wire rope, and hawsers in agreement with the standards established by the American Bureau of Shipping.
- (b) Units which are equipped with anchors used as operational equipment are not required to have additional anchors if the operational anchors meet the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999]