---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 151.03-3"
title: "46"
number: "151.03-3"
heading: "Angle of downflooding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/151.03-3"
---

# §151.03-3. Angle of downflooding.


The angle of heel of the vessel at which any opening in the hull not provided with a water tight closure would be immersed.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 70-10, 35 FR 3714, Feb. 25, 1970, unless otherwise noted.