---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.143"
title: "46"
number: "45.143"
heading: "Hull openings above freeboard deck."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.143"
---

# §45.143. Hull openings above freeboard deck.


Closures for openings above the freeboard deck must be as strong as the structure to which they are attached and must be weathertight.


## 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.