§  80.1095   Survival craft equipment.

   (a) At least three two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus must be
   provided on every passenger ship and on every cargo ship of 500 tons
   gross tonnage and upwards. At least two two-way VHF radiotelephone
   apparatus must be provided on every cargo ship of between 300-500 tons
   gross tonnage. Portable two-way VHF radiotelephones must be stowed in
   such locations that they can be rapidly placed in any survival craft
   other than life rafts required by Regulation III/26.1.4 of the SOLAS
   Convention. (The SOLAS Convention can be purchased from International
   Maritime Organization (IMO), Publications, International Maritime
   Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom;
   telephone 011 44 71 735 7611, www.imo.org. ) Alternatively, survival
   craft may be fitted with a fixed two-way VHF radiotelephone
   installation. Two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus, portable or fixed,
   must conform to performance standards as specified in § 80.1101.

   (b) At least one radar transponder must be carried on each side of
   every passenger ship and every cargo ship of 500 tons gross tonnage and
   upwards. At least one radar transponder must be carried on every cargo
   ship of 300 tons gross tonnage and upwards but less than 500 tons gross
   tonnage. Such radar transponders must conform to performance standards
   as specified in § 80.1101. The radar transponders must be stowed in
   such locations that they can be rapidly placed in any survival craft
   other than liferafts required on cargo ships in forward and aft areas
   (see Regulation III/26.1.4 of the SOLAS Convention). Alternatively, one
   radar transponder must be stowed in each survival craft other than
   those required by Regulation III/26.1.4 of the SOLAS Convention. One of
   these radar transponders may be radar transponder required by
   § 80.1085(a)(3).

   (c) Survival craft equipment must be tested at intervals not to exceed
   twelve months. For batteries used for survival craft equipment, the
   month and year of its manufacture must be permanently marked on the
   battery. Also, the month and year upon which 50 percent of its useful
   life will expire must be permanently marked on both the battery and the
   outside of the transmitter. Batteries must be replaced if 50 percent of
   their useful life has expired or if the transmitter has been used in an
   emergency situation.

   [ 57 FR 9065 , Mar. 16, 1992, as amended at  73 FR 4490 , Jan. 25, 2008]