10 USC 8891 – Scope of chapter
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(a) This chapter applies to any suit against the United States under chapter 311 of title 46 for—
(1) damage caused by a vessel in the naval service; or
(2) compensation for towage or salvage services, including contract salvage, rendered to a vessel in the naval service.
Terms Used In 10 USC 8891
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
(b) In this chapter, the term “vessel in the naval service” means—
(1) any vessel of the Navy, manned by the Navy, or chartered on bareboat charter to the Navy; or
(2) when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, any vessel of the Coast Guard, manned by the Coast Guard, or chartered on bareboat charter to the Coast Guard.