[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 46, Volume 4] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 46CFR131.865] [Page 465] TITLE 46--SHIPPING CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED) PART 131--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents Subpart H--Markings for Fire Equipment and Emergency Equipment Sec. 131.865 Inflatable liferafts and inflatable buoyant apparatus. The number of the inflatable liferaft or inflatable buoyant apparatus and the number of persons it is approved for must be marked or painted, in a conspicuous place in the immediate vicinity of each raft and each apparatus, in letters and numbers at least 38 millimeters (1- \1/2\ inches) high and in a color contrasting to that of the raft or apparatus. Each raft or apparatus stowed on the side of a vessel must be numbered like a liferaft in compliance with Sec. 199.178 (c) and (d) of this chapter. No letters or numbers may go on the liferaft or on the container of the apparatus.