---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 133.135"
title: "46"
number: "133.135"
heading: "Rescue boats."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/133.135"
---

# §133.135. Rescue boats.

- (a) Each OSV must carry at least one rescue boat. Each rescue boat must be approved under approval series 160.156 and equipped as specified in table 133.175 of this part.
- (b) Offshore supply vessels, as an alternative to the requirement in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, may carry a motor-propelled workboat or a launch if the workboat or launch must meet the embarkation, launching, and recovery arrangement requirements in § [133.160(a)](/cfr/46/133.160.md?p=a), [(c)](/cfr/46/133.160.md?p=c), [(d)](/cfr/46/133.160.md?p=d), [(e)](/cfr/46/133.160.md?p=e), and [(f)](/cfr/46/133.160.md?p=f).
- (c) A rescue boat is not required for a vessel operating on the continental shelf of the United States, if—
  - (1) The OCMI determines the vessel is arranged to allow a helpless person to be recovered from the water;
  - (2) The recovery of the helpless person can be observed from the navigating bridge; and
  - (3) **The vessel does not regularly engage in operations that restrict its maneuverability.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996, as amended by USCG-2000-7790, 65 FR 58463, Sept. 29, 2000; USCG-2011-0618, 76 FR 60754, Sept. 30, 2011]

### 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, as amended by USCG-2000-7790, 65 FR 58463, Sept. 29, 2000; USCG-2011-0618, 76 FR 60754, Sept. 30, 2011]