---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 25.25-17"
title: "46"
number: "25.25-17"
heading: "Survival craft requirements for uninspected passenger vessels of at least 100 gross tons."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/25.25-17"
---

# §25.25-17. Survival craft requirements for uninspected passenger vessels of at least 100 gross tons.

- (a) Each uninspected passenger vessel of at least 100 gross tons must have adequate survival craft with enough capacity for all persons aboard and must meet one of the following requirements:
  - (1) An inflatable liferaft must be approved under [46 CFR part 160](/cfr/46/part160.md), subparts [160.051](/cfr/46/subpart160.051.md) or [160.151](/cfr/46/subpart160.151.md), and be equipped with an applicable equipment pack or be approved by another standard specified by the Commandant. Inflatable liferafts must be serviced at a servicing facility approved under [46 CFR part 160](/cfr/46/part160.md), [subpart 160.151](/cfr/46/subpart160.151.md).
  - (2) An inflatable buoyant apparatus must be approved under [46 CFR part 160](/cfr/46/part160.md), [subpart 160.010](/cfr/46/subpart160.010.md) or under another standard specified by the Commandant. An inflatable buoyant apparatus must be serviced at a servicing facility approved under [46 CFR part 160](/cfr/46/part160.md), [subpart 160.151](/cfr/46/subpart160.151.md).
- (b) If the vessel carries a small boat or boats, the capacity of the small boat or boat(s) may be counted toward the survival craft capacity required by this part. Such small boat or boat(s) must meet the requirements for safe loading and floatation in [33 CFR part 183](/cfr/33/part183.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]

### Source

Source: CGD 72-172R, 38 FR 8117, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 4102, 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16653, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]