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Title 46ShippingPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter QEquipment, Construction, and Materials: Specifications and Approval156 – 165
Part 160Lifesaving Equipment160.010-1 – 160.276-25
Subparts 160.001-160.009 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.010Buoyant Apparatus for Merchant Vessels160.010-1 – 160.010-10
Subparts 160.011-160.015 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.016Lamps, Safety, Flame, for Merchant Vessels160.016-1 – 160.016-5
Subpart 160.017Chain Ladder160.017-1 – 160.017-27
Subpart 160.021Hand Red Flare Distress Signals160.021-1 – 160.021-7
Subpart 160.022Floating Orange Smoke Distress Signals (5 Minutes)160.022-1 – 160.022-7
Subpart 160.023Hand Combination Flare and Smoke Distress Signals160.023-1 – 160.023-7
Subpart 160.024Pistol-Projected Parachute Red Flare Distress Signals160.024-1 – 160.024-7
Subpart 160.026 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.027Life Floats for Merchant Vessels160.027-2 – 160.027-7
Subpart 160.028Signal Pistols for Red Flare Distress Signals160.028-2 – 160.028-7
Subpart 160.031Line-Throwing Appliance, Shoulder Gun Type (and Equipment)160.031-1 – 160.031-7
Subpart 160.032-035 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.036Hand-Held Rocket-Propelled Parachute Red Flare Distress Signals160.036-1 – 160.036-7
Subpart 160.037Hand Orange Smoke Distress Signals160.037-1 – 160.037-7
Subpart 160.038Magazine Chests, Portable, for Merchant Vessels160.038-1 – 160.038-6
Subpart 160.039 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.040Line-Throwing Appliance, Impulse-Projected Rocket Type (and Equipment)160.040-1 – 160.040-7
Subpart 160.041 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.042Skids, Liferaft, for Merchant Vessels160.042-1 – 160.042-5
Subparts 160.043-160.044 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.045Recreational Throwable PFDs160.045-1 – 160.045-25
Subpart 160.046Emergency Provisions160.046-1 – 160.046-11
Subparts 160.047-160.048 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.049Specification for a Buoyant Cushion Plastic Foam160.049-1 – 160.049-8
Subpart 160.050Specification for a Buoy, Life Ring, Unicellular Plastic160.050-1 – 160.050-7
Subpart 160.051Inflatable Liferafts for Domestic Service160.051-1 – 160.051-11
Subpart 160.052 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.053Work Vests, Unicellular Plastic Foam160.053-1 – 160.053-6
Subpart 160.054 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.055Life Preservers, Unicellular Plastic Foam, Adult and Child, for Merchant Vessels160.055-1 – 160.055-25
Subpart 160.056Rescue Boat160.056-1 – 160.056-7
Subpart 160.057Floating Orange Smoke Distress Signals (15 Minutes)160.057-1 – 160.057-7
Subpart 160.058Desalter Kits, Sea Water, for Merchant Vessels160.058-1 – 160.058-5
Subpart 160.060Specification for a Buoyant Vest, Unicellular Polyethylene Foam, Adult and Child160.060-1 – 160.060-25
Subpart 160.061 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.062Releases. Lifesaving Equipment, Hydraulic and Manual160.062-1 – 160.062-8
Subpart 160.064Marine Buoyant Devices160.064-1 – 160.064-25
Subpart 160.066Distress Signal for Boats, Red Aerial Pyrotechnic Flare160.066-1 – 160.066-15
Subpart 160.071 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.072Distress Signals for Boats, Orange Flag160.072-1 – 160.072-09
Subpart 160.073Float-Free Link or Life Floats and Buoyant Apparatus160.073-1 – 160.073-20
Subpart 160.076Inflatable Recreational Personal Flotation Devices160.076-1 – 160.076-39
Subpart 160.077 [Reserved]
Subpart 160.115Launching Appliances—Winches160.115-1 – 160.115-23
Subpart 160.132Launching Appliances—Davits160.132-1 – 160.132-23
Subpart 160.133Release Mechanisms for Lifeboats and Rescue Boats160.133-1 – 160.133-23
Subpart 160.135Lifeboats160.135-1 – 160.135-23
Subpart 160.151Inflatable Liferafts (SOLAS)160.151-1 – 160.151-61
Subpart 160.156Rescue Boats and Fast Rescue Boats (SOLAS)160.156-1 – 160.156-23
Subpart 160.170Davit-Launched Liferaft Automatic Release Hooks (SOLAS)160.170-1 – 160.170-23
Subpart 160.171Immersion Suits160.171-1 – 160.171-25
Subpart 160.174Thermal Protective Aids160.174-1 – 160.174-25
Subpart 160.176Inflatable Lifejackets160.176-1 – 160.176-23
Subpart 160.255Commercial Lifejackets160.255-1 – 160.255-27
Subpart 160.264Wearable Recreational Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs)160.264-1 – 160.264-25
Subpart 160.276Wearable Recreational Inflatable Personal Flotation Devices160.276-1 – 160.276-25