USCG Exam Practice · Abandon ship procedures and life rafts
Under 46 CFR §199.150, a launching appliance's structural attachment to the vessel must be designed so that its ultimate strength is at least what multiple of the load imparted by the launching appliance and its fully loaded survival craft under the most adverse combination of list and trim?
- A4.5 times the load✓ correct
- B3 times the load
- C6 times the load
- D2 times the load
Why A is correct
46 CFR §199.150(e) specifies that each launching appliance's structural attachment must be designed, based on ultimate strength of the construction material, to be at least 4.5 times the load imparted by the launching appliance and its fully loaded survival craft under the most adverse combination of list and trim described in §199.150(c). None of the other multipliers appear in the supplied source material.
Cited:46 CFR §199.150
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