---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 170.265"
title: "46"
number: "170.265"
heading: "Class 3 doors; required locations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/170.265"
---

# §170.265. Class 3 doors; required locations.


The following doors must always be Class 3:

- (a) Doors in all locations not addressed in §§ [170.255](/cfr/46/170.255.md) and [170.260](/cfr/46/170.260.md).
- (b) Doors between coal bunkers below the bulkhead deck that must be opened at sea.
- (c) Doors into trunkways that pass through more than one main transverse watertight bulkhead if the door sills are less than 2.14 meters above the deepest load line.
- (d) Doors below a deck, the molded line of which, at its lowest point at side, is less than 2.14 meters (7 feet) above the deepest load line if—
  - (1) The vessel is engaged on a short international voyage as defined in [§ 171.010](/cfr/46/171.010.md) of this subchapter; and
  - (2) The vessel is required by [§ 171.065](/cfr/46/171.065.md) of this subchapter to have a factor of subdivision of 0.5 or less.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 944, Jan. 10, 1996; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50734, Sept. 27, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 944, Jan. 10, 1996; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50734, Sept. 27, 1996]