---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 44.01-20"
title: "46"
number: "44.01-20"
heading: "New and existing vessels; special service."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/44.01-20"
---

# §44.01-20. New and existing vessels; special service.

- (a) A new vessel marked with load lines for special service on a coastwise or inter-island voyage is a vessel whose keel was laid on or after September 28, 1937. An existing vessel is one whose keel was laid before that date.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.