§ 706.3 - Exemptions by the Secretary of the Navy under Executive Order 11964.

§ 706.3 Exemptions by the Secretary of the Navy under Executive Order 11964.

The Secretary of the Navy hereby exempts, in accordance with Rule 38 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, the vessels and classes of vessels listed in this section, from full compliance with the Regulations, where an exemption is allowed by, and for the periods specified in, Rule 38. The Secretary of the Navy further finds that the vessels and classes of vessels listed have had their keels laid or are in corresponding stages of construction before July 15, 1977, and that such vessels and classes of vessels comply with the requirements of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1960.

Table One

[The following vessels and classes of vessels, less than 150 meters in length, are permanently exempted pursuant to rule 38(d)(i) from repositioning of masthead lights resulting from the prescriptions of Annex I, section 3(a)]

Vessel or class

USNS HAYES (T-AG-195)

T-AGOR 3 Class

T-AGS 26 Class

T-AOG 77 Class

T-ATF 166 Class

DDG 2 Class

FF 1040 Class

FF 1052 Class

FFG 7 Class

LCU 1610 Class

LCU 1648 Class

USS DOLPHIN (AGSS 555)

SSN 594 Class

SSN 637 Class

SSN 688 Class

SSBN 726 Class

YFU (Ex-LCU 1466 Class)

[42 FR 36434, July 14, 1977, as amended at 55 FR 27818, July 9, 1990; 60 FR 22506, May 8, 1995; 65 FR 79742, Dec. 20, 2000]