---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch3"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 3"
heading: "Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch3"
sections_count: 11
---

# Chapter 3 — Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Preliminary](/usc/33/ch3-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Rules Concerning Lights, Etc.](/usc/33/ch3-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Sound Signals for Fog, Etc.; Speed](/usc/33/ch3-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Steering and Sailing Rules and Signals](/usc/33/ch3-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — No Vessel under Any Circumstances to Neglect Proper Precautions](/usc/33/ch3-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Distress Signals](/usc/33/ch3-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Orders](/usc/33/ch3-schVII.md)