Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 18, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 144.510 - Window as a means of escape.

On a vessel of 65 feet (19.8 meters) or less in length, a window or windshield of sufficient size and proper accessibility may be used as one of the required means of escape from an enclosed space, provided it:

(a) Does not lead directly overboard;

(b) Is suitably marked; and

(c) Has a means to open the window or break the glass.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103,3301,3306,3308,3316,8104,8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2
source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 144.510