Auxiliary machinery and shipboard systems

46 CFR §182.100

§ 182.100 Intent. This part contains requirements for the design, construction, installation, and operation of propulsion and auxiliary machinery, piping and pressure systems, steering apparatus, and associated safety systems. Machinery and equipment installed on each vessel must be suitable for the vessel and its operation and for the purpose intended. All machinery and equipment must be installed and maintained in such a manner as to afford adequate protection from causing fire, explosion, machinery failure, and personnel injury.

46 CFR §182.310

§ 182.310 Installations. (a) Auxiliary machinery of the internal combustion piston type must comply with the provisions of this part. (b) Auxiliary machinery of the steam or gas turbine type will be given separate consideration and must meet the applicable requirements of subchapter F (Marine Engineering) of this chapter as determined necessary by the cognizant OCMI. (c) Auxiliary boilers and heating boilers and their associated piping and fittings will be given separate consideration and must meet the applicable requirements of subchapter F (Marine Engineering) of this chapter as determined necessary by the cognizant OCMI, except that heating boilers must be tested or examined every three years.

46 CFR §58.01-1

§ 58.01-1 -1 Scope. The regulations in this part contain requirements for the design and construction of main and auxiliary machinery installed on vessels.

46 CFR §58.25-10

§ 58.25-10 -10 Main and auxiliary steering gear. (a) Vessels accepted by a recognized classification society as meeting class Rules for steering gear, and SOLAS Chapter II-1, Regulations 29 and 30 (incorporated by reference; see § 58.03-1) are considered to meet the requirements of this subpart. (b) Power-operated main and auxiliary steering gear must be separate and independent systems. Other arrangements of steering gear will be acceptable if the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center determines that they are equivalent to the requirements of this subpart. (c) The main steering gear and rudder stock must be— (1) Of adequate strength for and capable of steering the vessel at maximum ahead service speed, which must be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the cognizant Officer in Charg…

46 CFR §58.25-5

§ 58.25-5 -5 General. (a) The following definitions apply to this subpart: means steering equipment, other than the required control systems and power actuating systems, that either is not required, such as automatic pilot or non-followup control from the pilothouse, or is necessary to perform a specific required function, such as the automatic detection and isolation of a defective section of a tanker's hydraulic steering gear. means the equipment, other than any part of the main steering gear, necessary to steer the vessel in case of failure of the main steering gear, not including a tiller, quadrant, or other component serving the same purpose. means the equipment by which orders for rudder movement are transmitted from the pilothouse to the steering-gear power units. A control syst…

46 CFR §58.25-70

§ 58.25-70 -70 Steering-gear control systems. (a) Each power-driven steering-gear system must be provided with at least one steering-gear control system. (b) The main steering gear must be operable from the pilothouse by mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, or other means acceptable to the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center. This gear and its components must give full followup control of the rudder. Supplementary steering-gear control not giving full followup may also be provided from the pilothouse. (c) Each steering-gear control system must have in the pilothouse a switch arranged so that one operation of the switch's lever automatically supplies power to a complete system and its associated power unit or units. This switch must be— (1) Operated by one lever; (2) Arranged so tha…