# 2026-15766: Navy Boats Skip Collision Lights for Special Warship Functions

2026-15766, Certificate of Alternate Compliance for the Landing Craft Utility Vessel 1710 Class (LCU 1710 Through LCU 1721), is a Federal Register notice from Defense Department, Navy Department published 2026-08-04, effective 2026-08-04; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15766
- As of: 2026-08-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15766
- Title: Certificate of Alternate Compliance for the Landing Craft Utility Vessel 1710 Class (LCU 1710 Through LCU 1721)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Defense Department; Navy Department
- Citation: 91 FR 49425
- Published: 2026-08-04
- Effective: 2026-08-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-11

## In one line

Navy Boats Skip Collision Lights for Special Warship Functions

## Summary

The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for Landing Craft Utility Vessel 1710 Class (LCU 1710 through LCU 1721). Due to the special construction and purpose of each vessel of this class, the Admiralty Counsel of the Navy has determined that each vessel of this class 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Navy issues alternate lights certificate: mixed, low. The U.S. Navy issued a Certificate of Alternate Compliance for Landing Craft Utility vessels LCU 1710 through LCU 1721. The Admiralty Counsel found these vessels cannot fully meet certain navigation-light positions required by the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72…

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## Sources
- [2026-15766 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15766/certificate-of-alternate-compliance-for-the-landing-craft-utility-vessel-1710-class-lcu-1710-through)
- [2026-15766 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-04/pdf/2026-15766.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15766 (as of 2026-08-11).