---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 174.205"
title: "46"
number: "174.205"
heading: "Additional damaged stability for OSVs carrying more than 16 offshore workers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/174.205"
---

# §174.205. Additional damaged stability for OSVs carrying more than 16 offshore workers.

- (a) **Calculations.** Each OSV carrying more than 16 offshore workers must be shown by design calculations to comply, under each afloat condition of loading and operation, with [§ 174.207](/cfr/46/174.207.md) of this subpart in case of the damage specified by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **Character of damage.** For [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, design calculations must show that the OSV can survive damage at any place other than either the collision bulkhead or a transverse watertight bulkhead unless—
  - (1) The transverse watertight bulkhead is closer than the longitudinal extent of damage, specified by Table 174.207(a), to the adjacent transverse watertight bulkhead; or
  - (2) The transverse watertight bulkhead has a step or a recess, which must be assumed damaged, if it is both more than 3 meters (10 feet) in length and located within the transverse extent of damage specified by Table 174.207(a) of this section.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49353, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51048, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.