OUPV & 100-Ton Master · Subchapter T — Lifesaving Equipment
On a Subchapter T vessel operating on waters where survival craft are not required, passengers and crew are protected primarily by:
- AOnly an anchor
- BA single life jacket shared among all
- CNo flotation at all
- DWearable life jackets for everyone aboard (plus required ring buoys), the count and type set by route and number of persons✓ Correct
Explanation
46 CFR Part 180 sets lifesaving requirements by route. On protected/partially protected waters a T-boat may rely on a wearable life jacket for each person aboard plus required throwable ring buoys; exposed or ocean routes require additional survival craft (life floats, buoyant apparatus, or liferafts).
Authority: 46 CFR Part 180
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