---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 58.25-25"
title: "46"
number: "58.25-25"
heading: "Indicating and alarm systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/58.25-25"
---

# §58.25-25. Indicating and alarm systems.

- (a) Indication of the rudder angle must be provided both at the main steering station in the pilothouse and in the steering-gear compartment. The rudder-angle indicator must be independent of control systems for steering gear.
- (b) Each electric-type rudder-angle indicator must comply with [§ 113.40-10](/cfr/46/113.40-10.md) of this chapter and, in accordance with [§ 112.15-5(h)](/cfr/46/112.15-5.md?p=h) of this chapter, draw its power from the source of emergency power.
- (c) On each vessel of 1,600 gross tons or over, a steering-failure alarm must be provided in the pilothouse in accordance with §§ [113.43-3](/cfr/46/113.43-3.md) and [113.43-5](/cfr/46/113.43-5.md) of this chapter.
- (d) An audible and a visible alarm must activate in the pilothouse upon—
  - (1) Failure of the electric power to the control system of any steering gear;
  - (2) Failure of that power to the power unit of any steering gear; or
  - (3) Occurrence of a low oil level in any oil reservoir of a hydraulic, power-operated steering-gear system.
- (e) An audible and a visible alarm must activate in the machinery space upon—
  - (1) Failure of any phase of a three-phase power supply;
  - (2) Overload of any motor described by [§ 58.25-55(c)](/cfr/46/58.25-55.md?p=c); or
  - (3) Occurrence of a low oil level in any oil reservoir of a hydraulic, power-operated steering-gear system.
- (f) Each power motor for the main and auxiliary steering gear must have a “motor running” indicator light in the pilothouse, and in the machinery space, that activates when the motor is energized.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 83-043, 60 FR 24776, May 10, 1995, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50178, June 12, 2024]

### Source

Source: CGD 83-043, 60 FR 24776, May 10, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[CGD 83-043, 60 FR 24776, May 10, 1995, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50178, June 12, 2024]