---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.819"
title: "46"
number: "169.819"
heading: "Manning of lifeboats and liferafts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.819"
---

# §169.819. Manning of lifeboats and liferafts.

- (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all vessels equipped with lifeboats and/or liferafts.
- (b) The master shall place a licensed deck officer, an able seaman, or a certificated lifeboatman in command of each lifeboat or liferaft. Each lifeboat or liferaft with a prescribed complement of 25 or more persons must have one additional certificated lifeboatman.
- (c) The person in charge of each lifeboat or liferaft shall have a list of its assigned occupants, and shall see that the persons under his orders are acquainted with their duties.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 169.117 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted.