---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 61.20-5"
title: "46"
number: "61.20-5"
heading: "Drydock examination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/61.20-5"
---

# §61.20-5. Drydock examination.

- (a) When any vessel is drydocked, examination must be made of the propeller, stern bushing, sea connection, and fastenings if deemed necessary by the marine inspector.
- (b) Sea chests, sea valves, sea strainers, and valves for the emergency bilge suction must be opened up for examination every 5 years at the time of drydocking.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50189, June 12, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3307, 3703; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50189, June 12, 2024]