CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER IV—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES > SUBPART A—Regulations (§401.1 to §401.97) > 401.17—Pitch indicators and alarms.

401.17—Pitch indicators and alarms.

Every vessel of 1600 gross registered tons or integrated tug and barge or articulated tug and barge unit of combined 1600 gross registered tons or more equipped with a variable pitch propeller shall be equipped with—
(a) A pitch indicator in the wheelhouse and the engine room; and
(b) Effective April 1, 1984, visible and audible pitch alarms, with a time delay of not greater than 8 seconds, in the wheelhouse and engine room to indicate wrong pitch.

Code of Federal Regulations

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990 , as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)

Code of Federal Regulations

[47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005; 71 FR 5606, Feb. 2, 2006]