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33 U.S.C. § 1205 — Radiotelephone capability; maintenance; restoration; consequences of loss: navigation of vessel
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Whenever radiotelephone capability is required by this chapter, a vessel’s radiotelephone equipment shall be maintained in effective operating condition. If the radiotelephone equipment carried aboard a vessel ceases to operate, the master shall exercise due diligence to restore it or cause it to be restored to effective operating condition at the earliest practicable time. The failure of a vessel’s radiotelephone equipment shall not, in itself, constitute a violation of this chapter, nor shall it obligate the master of any vessel to moor or anchor his vessel; however, the loss of radiotelephone capability shall be given consideration in the navigation of the vessel.
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Whenever radiotelephone capability is required by this chapter, a vessel’s radiotelephone equipment shall be maintained in effective operating condition. If the radiotelephone equipment carried aboard a vessel ceases to operate, the master shall exercise due diligence to restore it or cause it to be restored to effective operating condition at the earliest practicable time. The failure of a vessel’s radiotelephone equipment shall not, in itself, constitute a violation of this chapter, nor shall it obligate the master of any vessel to moor or anchor his vessel; however, the loss of radiotelephone capability shall be given consideration in the navigation of the vessel.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a positive means whereby the operators of approaching vessels can communicate their intentions to one another through voice radio, located convenient to the operator’s navigation station. To effectively accomplish this, there is need for a specific frequency or frequencies dedicated to the exchange of navigational information, on navigable waters of the United States.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1203
its provisions, whichever is later, see section 10 of Pub.
L. 92–63, set out as a note under section 1201 of this
title.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
§ 1203. Radiotelephone requirement
(a) Vessel coverage; exchange of navigational in-
formation
Except as provided in section 1206 of this
title—
(1) every power-driven vessel of twenty me-
ters or over in length while navigating;
(2) every vessel of one hundred gross tons as
measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an
alternate tonnage measured under section
14302 of that title as prescribed by the Sec-
retary under section 14104 of that title, and up-
ward carrying one or more passengers for hire
while navigating;
(3) every towing vessel of twenty-six feet or
over in length while navigating; and
(4) every dredge and floating plant engaged
in or near a channel or fairway in operations
likely to restrict or affect navigation of other
vessels—
shall have a radiotelephone capable of operation
from its navigational bridge or, in the case of a
dredge, from its main control station and capa-
ble of transmitting and receiving on the fre-
quency or frequencies within the 156–162 Mega-
Hertz band using the classes of emissions des-
ignated by the Federal Communications Com-
mission
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