---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 42.20-3"
title: "46"
number: "42.20-3"
heading: "Freeboard assignment: Type “A” vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/42.20-3"
---

# §42.20-3. Freeboard assignment: Type “A” vessels.

- (a) A Type “A” vessel is assigned a freeboard not less than that based on table 42.20-15(a)(1) provided that the vessel meets the flooding standard in [§ 42.20-6](/cfr/46/42.20-6.md).
- (b) A vessel that meets the requirements of subpart [D](/cfr/46/subpartD.md), [F](/cfr/46/subpartF.md), or G of [part 172](/cfr/46/part172.md) of this chapter is considered by the Coast Guard as meeting the flooding standard referenced in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-153, 48 FR 38647, Aug. 25, 1983, as amended by CGD 79-023, 49 FR 26593, June 28, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-153, 48 FR 38647, Aug. 25, 1983, as amended by CGD 79-023, 49 FR 26593, June 28, 1984]