<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id760e57f0-8841-11e3-87a1-f325091aa1c7" identifier="/us/usc/t1/s3"><num value="3">§ 3.</num><heading> “Vessel” as including all means of water transportation</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">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.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id760e57f1-8841-11e3-87a1-f325091aa1c7">(<ref href="/us/act/1947-07-30/ch388">July 30, 1947, ch. 388</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/61/633">61 Stat. 633</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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