Notice2025-07825
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124)
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Published
May 6, 2025
Effective
May 6, 2025
Issuing agencies
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Abstract
The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124). Due to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Admiralty Counsel of the Navy has determined it is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with the navigation lights provisions of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this notice is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 19191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07825]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
(DDG 124)
AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate of Alternate Compliance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate
Compliance has been issued for USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124). Due
to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Admiralty
Counsel of the Navy has determined it is a vessel of the Navy which,
due to its special construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with
the navigation lights provisions of the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without interfering
with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this
notice is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.
DATES: This Certificate of Alternate Compliance is effective May 6,
2025 and is applicable beginning February 27, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Conrad W.
Cascadden, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge
Advocate General, Admiralty and Claims Division (Code 15A), 1322
Patterson Ave. SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066,
202-685-5040, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3aca9a2a4a0aca7a6f2f6a2a7aeaab1a2afb7ba83b6b0edada2b5baedaeaaaf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90fffaf1f7f3fff4f5a1a5f1f4fdf9e2f1fce4e9d0e5e3befef1e6e9befdf9fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
Executive Order (E.O.) 11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605
provide that the requirements of 72 COLREGS as to the number, position,
range, or arc of visibility of lights or shapes, as well as to the
disposition and characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall
not apply to a vessel or class of vessels of the Navy where the
Secretary of the Navy shall find and certify that, by reason of special
construction or purpose, it is not possible for such vessel(s) to
comply fully with the provisions without interfering with the special
function of the vessel(s). Notice of issuance of a Certificate of
Alternate Compliance must be made in the Federal Register.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1605, the Admiralty Counsel of the
Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy, hereby
finds and certifies that USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) is a vessel
of special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to the
position of the following navigational lights, it is not possible to
comply fully with the requirements of the provisions enumerated in 72
COLREGS without interfering with the special function of the vessel:
Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the position of the forward
masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(i) pertaining to the vertical
position of the aft masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining
to the horizontal distance between the masthead lights; Annex I,
paragraph 3(c), pertaining to the horizontal distance of the ``task
lights'' below the masthead lights; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(ii),
pertaining to the horizontal position of the task lights above the aft
masthead light(s) and vertical position of the task lights between the
forward masthead light(s) and aft masthead light(s).
The Admiralty Counsel of the Navy further finds and certifies that
these navigational lights are in closest possible compliance with the
applicable provision of 72 COLREGS.
(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 11964.)
Dated: April 30, 2025.
R.A. Kennedy,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07825 Filed 5-5-25; 8:45 am]
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