---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 172.180"
title: "46"
number: "172.180"
heading: "Extent of damage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/172.180"
---

# §172.180. Extent of damage.


For the purpose of [§ 172.170](/cfr/46/172.170.md)—

- (a) Design calculations must include both side and bottom damage, applied separately; and
- (b) Damage must consist of the penetrations having the dimensions given in Table 172.180 except that, if the most disabling penetrations would be less than the penetrations given in Table 172.180, the smaller penetration must be assumed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 5115; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51040, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.