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10 USC § 8663 - Number in service in time of peace 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8663"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8663 - Number in service in time of peace"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8663"
section_name: "Number in service in time of peace"
chapter_number: 863
chapter_name: "NAVAL VESSELS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
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. 449, § 7293; renumbered § 8663, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8663. Number in service in time of peace

In time of peace, the President may keep in service such vessels of the Navy as are required and keep the rest in reserve.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449, § 7293; renumbered § 8663, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7293 | 34 U.S.C. 452. | R.S. 1534. |

The words “vessels of the Navy” are substituted for the words “of the public armed vessels”. The words “actual”, “in his opinion”, and “by the nature of the service” are omitted as surplusage. The words “in reserve” are substituted for the words “to be laid up in ordinary in convenient ports” to conform to modern terminology.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8663, , , authorized Secretary of Air Force to parole or remit sentence and restore to duty offenders who are confined in the United States Disciplinary Barracks, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .