---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 173.059"
title: "46"
number: "173.059"
heading: "Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/173.059"
---

# §173.059. Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads.


Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads must comply with the requirements in [subpart E of part 171](/cfr/46/part171-subpartE.md) of this subchapter or §§ [179.320](/cfr/46/179.320.md), [179.330](/cfr/46/179.330.md), and [179.340](/cfr/46/179.340.md) in subchapter T of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 83-005, 51 FR 924, Jan. 9, 1986, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 946, Jan. 10, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2113, 3306, 5115; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51045, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 83-005, 51 FR 924, Jan. 9, 1986, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 946, Jan. 10, 1996]