---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 133.120"
title: "46"
number: "133.120"
heading: "Launching stations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/133.120"
---

# §133.120. Launching stations.

- (a) Each launching station must be positioned to ensure safe launching with clearance from—
  - (1) The propeller; and
  - (2) **The steeply overhanging portions of the hull.**
- (b) Each survival craft must be launched down the straight side of the OSV.
- (c) **Each launching station in the forward part of the OSV must—**
  - (1) Be located aft of the collision bulkhead in a sheltered position; and
  - (2) **Have a launching appliance approved as being of sufficient strength for forward installation.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996; 61 FR 40281, Aug. 1, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996; 61 FR 40281, Aug. 1, 1996]