---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 175.124"
title: "46"
number: "175.124"
heading: "Requirements for DUKW Amphibious Passenger Vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/175.124"
---

# §175.124. Requirements for DUKW Amphibious Passenger Vessels.


No later than January 9, 2024, all operators of a DUKW amphibious passenger vessel, as defined in [46 CFR 175.400](/cfr/46/175.400.md), must:

- (a) **Modify the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel to either—**
  - (1) Remove the canopies and any window coverings installed for waterborne operations, and require that all passengers wear a lifejacket approved by the Coast Guard, as described in [part 180](/cfr/46/part180.md) of this subchapter, before the onset of waterborne operations of the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel; or
  - (2) Install a canopy that does not restrict horizontal or vertical escape by passengers in the event of flooding or sinking.
- (b) Reengineer the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel to permanently close all unnecessary access plugs and reduce all through-hull penetrations to the minimum number and size necessary for the safe operation or maintenance of the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel.
- (c) **Install an independently powered electric bilge pump(s) with a minimum total pumping capacity of—**
- (d) **Install in the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel not fewer than 4 independently powered bilge alarms.**
- (e) Conduct an in-water inspection of the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel after each time a through-hull penetration of such vessel has been removed or uncovered.
- (f) Verify through an in-water inspection the watertight integrity of the DUKW amphibious passenger vessel at the outset of each waterborne departure of such vessel.
- (g) Install within the passenger compartment LED lights capable of operating underwater that activate automatically to aid with emergency egress.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2023-0243, 88 FR 62301, Sept. 11, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; 49 U.S.C. 5103; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3, paragraph (II)(92)(a); § 175.900 also issued under 44 U.S.C. 3507

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 947, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2023-0243, 88 FR 62301, Sept. 11, 2023]