---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 58.05-5"
title: "46"
number: "58.05-5"
heading: "Astern power."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/58.05-5"
---

# §58.05-5. Astern power.

- (a) All vessels must have sufficient power for going astern to secure proper control of the ship in all normal circumstances.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50172, June 12, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18878, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50172, June 12, 2024]