---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.57"
title: "46"
number: "45.57"
heading: "Correction: Position of deckline."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.57"
---

# §45.57. Correction: Position of deckline.

- (a) Where the depth to the upper edge of the deckline is greater or less than D, the difference between the depths must be added to or deducted from the freeboard.
- (b) When the Commandant or the approved assigning authority approves a location for the deckline that is above or below the freeboard deck, the minimum summer freeboard must be corrected by—
  - (1) Adding the difference between the depth and D if the depth is greater than D; and
  - (2) **Subtracting the difference between the depth and D, if the depth is less than D.**
- (c) **Except for the adjustment allowed in paragraph (b) of this section, no freeboard of less than 2 in.** may be assigned.

## 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.