“Vessel” as including all means of water transportation
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Title
1 — General Provisions
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
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The word “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
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