46 U.S.C. § 30101 : US Code - Section 30101: Definitions

Search 46 U.S.C. § 30101 : US Code - Section 30101: Definitions

In this subtitle -
(1) "documented vessel" means a vessel documented under chapter
121 of this title;
(2) "foreign vessel" means a vessel of foreign registry or
operated under the authority of a foreign country;
(3) "public vessel" means (except in chapter 315 of this title)
a vessel that is owned, demise chartered, or operated by the
United States Government or a government of a foreign country;
(4) "recreational vessel" means a vessel -
(A) operated primarily for pleasure; or
(B) leased, rented, or demise chartered to another for the
latter's pleasure;
(5) "seaman" means a master or a crewmember of a vessel in
operation;
(6) "State" means a State of the United States, Guam, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the District of
Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory
or possession of the United States;
(7) "State vessel" means a vessel owned or demise chartered by
the government of a State or an authority or a political
subdivision of a State;
(8) "United States", when used in a geographic sense, means the
States of the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the
United States; and
(9) "vessel of the United States" means a vessel documented
under chapter 121 of this title, numbered under chapter 123 of
this title, or titled under the law of a State.