---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.127"
title: "46"
number: "45.127"
heading: "Position of structures, openings, and fittings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.127"
---

# §45.127. Position of structures, openings, and fittings.


For the purposes of this part—

- (a) Position 1 means in an exposed position on—
  - (1) The freeboard deck or a raised quarter deck;
  - (2) A superstructure deck or a trunk deck and forward of a point 1/4 L from the forward perpendicular; or
  - (3) **A trunk deck whose height is less than <I>H</I><I>s</I>.**
- (b) **Position 2—** means—
  - (1) On a superstructure deck aft of a point 1/4 L abaft the forward perpendicular; or
  - (2) On a superstructure and trunk combination, that is Hs or more n height, aft or a point 1/4 L abaft the forward perpendicular.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.