---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 122.720"
title: "46"
number: "122.720"
heading: "Weekly maintenance and inspections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/122.720"
---

# §122.720. Weekly maintenance and inspections.


The following tests and inspections must be carried out weekly on a vessel:

- (a) Each survival craft, rescue boat, and launching appliance must be visually inspected to ensure its readiness for use;
- (b) Each rescue boat engine must be run ahead and astern for not less than 3 minutes, unless the ambient temperature is below the minimum temperature required for starting the engine; and
- (c) Each battery for rescue boat engine starting must be brought up to full charge at least once each week if:
  - (1) The battery is of a type that requires recharging; and
  - (2) **The battery is not connected to a device that keeps it continuously charged.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.