---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.147"
title: "46"
number: "45.147"
heading: "Hatchway coamings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.147"
---

# §45.147. Hatchway coamings.

- (a) Except where the Commandant determines that the safety of the vessel will not be impaired in any sea condition, each hatchway must have a coaming that is at least—
  - (1) 18 inches in position 1; and
  - (2) 12 inches in position 2.
- (b) Each hatchway coaming required by this section must be made of steel or equivalent material.
- (c) The height of these coamings may be reduced or omitted if the Commandant is satisfied that safety of the ship is not thereby impaired in any sea conditions.

## 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.