Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jan 15, 2026
§ 108.665 - Appliances for watertight integrity.

Each watertight door, scuttle, and hatch required for watertight integrity, which may be opened during normal operations must be marked in letters of contrasting color to the background “KEEP CLOSED”.

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102,3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 108.665