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 ClassT-AGS 26 ClassT-AOG 77 ClassT-ATF 166 ClassDDG 2 ClassFF 1040 ClassFF 1052 ClassFFG 7 ClassLCU 1610 ClassLCU 1648 ClassUSS DOLPHIN (AGSS 555)SSN 594 ClassSSN 637 ClassSSN 688 ClassSSBN 726 ClassYFU (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]