Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-21463
Navy alternate navigation-light compliance notice for USS PATRICK GALLAGHER (DDG 127)
Buyer
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
Posted
October 20, 2026
Identifier
2026-21463
The Department of the Navy issued a navigation-light compliance notice for USS PATRICK GALLAGHER (DDG 127). - Government buyer: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy; no specific sub-agency or office is identified. - Notice purpose: This is a regulatory notice, not a procurement request. - Compliance details: The ship’s special construction and naval purpose prevent full compliance with certain 72 COLREGS navigation-light requirements without interfering with its function. - The certificate describes alternate arrangements for forward and aft masthead lights and task lights. - It states that the arrangements are in the closest possible compliance with applicable requirements. - OEMs and vendors: None are named; no products or services are requested. - Procurement quantities and part numbers: None provided.
Description
The U.S. Navy announces issuance of a Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS PATRICK GALLAGHER (DDG 127). Due to the ship’s special construction and purpose, it cannot fully comply with specified navigation-light provisions of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, without interfering with its naval function. The certificate addresses the position of several navigational lights and states that they are in the closest possible compliance with the applicable provisions. The notice is intended to warn mariners in waters where the regulations apply; it is effective October 20, 2026, and applicable beginning April 23, 2026.