U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024
§ 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.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
cite as: 1 USC 3