1 USC § 3 - “Vessel” as including all means of water transportation
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identifier: "/us/usc/t1/s3"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "1 USC § 3 - “Vessel” as including all means of water transportation"
title_number: 1
title_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
section_number: "3"
section_name: "“Vessel” as including all means of water transportation"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "RULES OF CONSTRUCTION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)"
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# § 3. “Vessel” as including all means of water transportation
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.
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**Source Credit**: (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)