CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER S—BOATING SAFETY (parts 173 to 188) > PART 173—VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING > SUBPART A—General (§173.1 to §173.3) > 173.1—Purpose.

173.1—Purpose.

This part prescribes requirements for numbering vessels and for reporting casualties and accidents to implement sections 6101, 6102, 12301 and 12302 of Title 46, United States Code.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 89-048, 54 FR 27002, June 27, 1989, as amended by USCG-2003-15404, 68 FR 37741, June 25, 2003]