WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Department of the Navy has issued a notice called: Certificate of Alternate Compliance for the USS TED STEVENS (DDG 128).
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 25 by A.R. DeMaio, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Summary: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS TED STEVENS (DDG 128). 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 Coll...