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[CITE: 10USC5951]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                    CHAPTER 551--OFFICERS IN COMMAND
 
Sec. 5951. Continuation of authority after loss of vessel or 
        aircraft
        
    If the crew of any naval vessel or naval aircraft are separated from 
their vessel or aircraft because of its wreck, loss, or destruction, all 
the command and authority given to the officers of the vessel or 
aircraft remain in full force until the crew are discharged or 
reassigned.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5951..................................  34 U.S.C. 264.                       Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  7(a),
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4 Stat. 145.
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    The word ``officers'' is substituted for the word ``officer'' since 
the cited subsection of the Act of May 5, 1950, was intended to reenact 
the substance of Article 21 of the Articles for the Government of the 
Navy (R.S. 1624; 34 U.S.C. 1200), in which the word ``officers'' was 
used. The words ``regularly'' and ``by competent authority'' are omitted 
as surplusage.
