---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 69.169"
title: "46"
number: "69.169"
heading: "Spaces exempt from inclusion in tonnage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/69.169"
---

# §69.169. Spaces exempt from inclusion in tonnage.


The tonnage of the following spaces is exempt from inclusion in tonnage:

- (a) Spaces listed in [§ 69.117(b)](/cfr/46/69.117.md?p=b) when located within the superstructure.
- (b) Spaces listed in [§ 69.117(c)(1) through (c)(3)](/cfr/46/69.117.md?p=c-1..c-3) when located above, but not on, the uppermost complete deck.
- (c) Spaces listed in [§ 69.117(f)](/cfr/46/69.117.md?p=f), regardless of location.
- (d) Spaces available for carrying dry cargo and stores when located on or above the uppermost complete deck.
- (e) **When a vessel is assigned a tonnage mark and the tonnage mark is not submerged,—**
  - (1) Spaces listed in [§ 69.117(b)](/cfr/46/69.117.md?p=b) when located between the uppermost complete deck and the second deck;
  - (2) Spaces listed in [§ 69.117(c)(1) through (c)(3)](/cfr/46/69.117.md?p=c-1..c-3) when located on the uppermost complete deck; and
  - (3) Spaces available for carrying dry cargo and stores when located between the uppermost complete deck and the second deck.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by CGD 92-058, 57 FR 59938, Dec. 17, 1992; USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18731, Mar. 31, 2016] ]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2301, 14103, 14104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by CGD 92-058, 57 FR 59938, Dec. 17, 1992; USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18731, Mar. 31, 2016] ]