---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 176.804"
title: "46"
number: "176.804"
heading: "Machinery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/176.804"
---

# §176.804. Machinery.


At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the owner or managing operator shall be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspections of machinery, fuel, and piping systems, including the following:

- (a) Operation of the main propulsion machinery both ahead and astern;
- (b) Operational test and inspection of engine control mechanisms including primary and alternate means of starting machinery;
- (c) Inspection of all machinery essential to the routine operation of the vessel including generators and cooling systems;
- (d) External inspection of fuel tanks and inspection of tank vents, piping, and pipe fittings;
- (e) Inspection of all fuel system;
- (f) Operational test of all valves in fuel lines by operating locally and at remote operating positions;
- (g) Operational test of all overboard discharge and intake valves and watertight bulkhead pipe penetration valves;
- (h) Operational test of the means provided for pumping bilges; and
- (i) **Test of machinery alarms including bilge high level alarms.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 743; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.