[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR173.11]

[Page 802]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173--VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B--Numbering
 
Sec. 173.11  Applicability.


    This subpart applies to each vessel equipped with propulsion 
machinery of any type used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States and on the high seas beyond the territorial seas for 
vessels owned in the United States except:
    (a) Foreign vessels temporarily using waters subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction;
    (b) Military or public vessels of the United States, except 
recreational-type public vessels;
    (c) A vessel whose owner is a State or subdivision thereof, which is 
used principally for governmental purposes, and which is clearly 
identifiable as such;
    (d) Ships' lifeboats;
    (e) A vessel which has or is required to have a valid marine 
document as a vessel of the United States.