---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 11.446"
title: "46"
number: "11.446"
heading: "Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/11.446"
---

# §11.446. Requirements for Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT.

- (a) The minimum service required to qualify an applicant for an endorsement as Master of Great Lakes and inland self-propelled vessels of less than 500 GRT is—
  - (1) **Three years of total service on vessels.** One year of the required service must have been as a Master, Mate, or equivalent position on vessels of 50 GRT or more while holding an MMC endorsement as Master, Mate, or OUPV.
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (b) An applicant holding an MMC endorsement as Master of ocean, near-coastal, or Great Lakes and inland towing vessels is eligible for this endorsement after 6 months of service as Master of Towing Vessels and completion of a limited examination. This requires 3 1/2years of service. Two years of this service must have been served while holding an MMC endorsement as Master or Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels, or Mate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93083, Nov. 25, 2024, as amended by USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102335, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, and 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. 7502, 7505, 7701, 8903, 8904, 8906, and 70105; E.O. 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 11.107 is also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77909, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93083, Nov. 25, 2024, as amended by USCG-2021-0834, 89 FR 102335, Dec. 17, 2024]