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[CITE: 10USC7304]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                       CHAPTER 633--NAVAL VESSELS
 
Sec. 7304. Examination of vessels; striking of vessels from 
        Naval Vessel Register
        
    (a) Boards of Officers To Examine Naval Vessels.--The Secretary of 
the Navy shall designate boards of naval officers to examine naval 
vessels, including unfinished vessels, for the purpose of making a 
recommendation to the Secretary as to which vessels, if any, should be 
stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Each vessel shall be examined 
at least once every three years if practicable.
    (b) Actions by Board.--A board designated under subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Secretary in writing its recommendations as to which 
vessels, if any, among those it examined should be stricken from the 
Naval Vessel Register.
    (c) Action by Secretary.--If the Secretary concurs with a 
recommendation by a board that a vessel should be stricken from the 
Naval Vessel Register, the Secretary shall strike the name of that 
vessel from the Naval Vessel Register.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 824(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1708.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7304, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 451, 
related to examination of vessels by board and striking of unfit vessels 
from Naval Vessel Register, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-160, 
Sec. 824(b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7305 of this title; title 42 
section 6939d.
