PART Table of Contents

7
Rules for Survey After Construction

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 Conditions for Survey After Construction ........................................... 1
Section 1 General Information ............................................................... 3

CHAPTER 2 Survey Intervals ................................................................................... 16

Section 1 Vessels for Unrestricted Service.......................................... 18
Section 2 Vessels in Great Lakes Service ........................................... 23
Section 3 Vessels in Rivers and Intracoastal Waterway Service ........ 25
Section 4 Survey After Ocean Transit Tow .......................................... 27

CHAPTER 3 Hull Surveys ......................................................................................... 28

Section 1 Requirements for Internal Examination of All Vessels......... 31
Section 2 Vessels for Unrestricted Service.......................................... 35
Section 3 Vessels in Great Lakes Service ......................................... 131
Section 4 Vessels in Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways Service..... 133

CHAPTER 4 Drydocking Surveys........................................................................... 134

Section 1 Survey Requirements ........................................................ 135

CHAPTER 5 Tailshaft Surveys ............................................................................... 137

Section 1 Survey Requirements ........................................................ 138
Section 2 Allowable Bearing Weardown ............................................ 141

CHAPTER 6 Machinery Surveys ............................................................................ 142

Section 1 General .............................................................................. 143
Section 2 Survey Requirements ........................................................ 144
Section 3 Vessels in Great Lakes Service ......................................... 162

CHAPTER 7 Boiler Surveys .................................................................................... 163

Section 1 Survey Requirements ........................................................ 164

CHAPTER 8 Shipboard Automatic and Remote-control Systems....................... 166

Section 1 Annual Surveys .................................................................. 167
Section 2 Special Periodical Surveys ................................................ 168

ABS RULES FOR SURVEY AFTER CONSTRUCTION . 2014 xi