Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Harrisburg (LPD 30)

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The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS HARRISBURG (LPD 30). 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 91, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 66320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21456]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Harrisburg (LPD 30)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense.

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 HARRISBURG (LPD 30). 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 October 
20, 2026 and is applicable beginning August 20, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Colette K. 
Tolbert, 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, 
202-685-8386, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92f3f6fffbe0f3fee6ebd2e7e1bcfcf3e4ebbcfffbfe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5637323b3f24373a222f162325783837202f783b3f3a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background and Purpose. Executive Order (E.O.) 11964 (42 FR 4327; 
January 19, 1977) and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the requirements of 
the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 
(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 HARRISBURG (LPD 30) 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 the 72 COLREGS without 
interfering with the special function of the vessel: Annex I, Paragraph 
2(i)(i) pertaining to the vertical position of the task lights in 
relation to one another; Annex I, Paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the 
horizontal separation of the masthead lights; Annex I, Paragraph 2 (k), 
pertaining to the vertical separation of the anchor lights.
    The Admiralty Counsel of the Navy further finds and certifies that 
these navigational lights are in closest possible compliance with the 
applicable provision of the 72 COLREGS.

(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 11964.)

M.A. Tabach,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-21456 Filed 10-19-26; 8:45 am]
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