---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 69.51"
title: "46"
number: "69.51"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/69.51"
---

# §69.51. Purpose.


This subpart prescribes the requirements for measuring a vessel in order to comply with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (Convention), and 46 U.S.C. chapter 143.


## Notes

### 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.