10 USC § 8625 - Navy Reserve flag

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8625"
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title: "10 USC § 8625 - Navy Reserve flag"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8625"
section_name: "Navy Reserve flag"
chapter_number: 861
chapter_name: "SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 447, § 7225; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(T), (3)(D), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233, 3234; renumbered § 8625, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8625. Navy Reserve flag

The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe a suitable flag to be known as the Navy Reserve flag. This flag may be flown by a seagoing merchant vessel if—

**(1)** the vessel is documented under the laws of the United States;

**(2)** the vessel has been designated by the Secretary, under such regulations as he prescribes, as suitable for service as a naval auxiliary in time of war; and

**(3)** the master or commanding officer and at least half of the other licensed officers of the vessel are members of the Navy.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 447, § 7225; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(T), (3)(D), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233, 3234; renumbered § 8625, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7225 | 50 U.S.C. 1048. | July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 409, 66 Stat. 499. |

In clause (3) the words “at least half” are substituted for the words “not less than 50 per centum”. The words “or Naval Reserve” are omitted as surplusage, since the Navy includes the Naval Reserve.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2006—, substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in section catchline.

, substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in introductory provisions.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .