Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 42.20-35 - Correction for position of deck line.

(a) Where the actual depth to the upper edge of the deck line is greater or less than D, the difference between the depths shall be added to or deducted from the freeboard.

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10065, July 12, 1968]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
cite as: 46 CFR 42.20-35