[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR4.03-40]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 4--MARINE CASUALTIES AND INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 4.03--Definitions
 
Sec. 4.03-40  Public vessels.

    Public vessel means a vessel that--
    (a) Is owned, or demise chartered, and operated by the U.S. 
Government or a government of a foreign country, except a vessel owned 
or operated by the Department of Transportation or any corporation 
organized or controlled by the Department (except a vessel operated by 
the Coast Guard or Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation); and
    (b) Is not engaged in commercial service.

[CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51195, Sept. 30, 1997]