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[CITE: 46USC7311]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7311. Able seamen--sail

    For service on a sailing school vessel on any waters, an individual 
may be rated as able seaman--sail if the individual has at least 6 
months' service on deck on sailing school vessels, oceanographic 
research vessels powered primarily by sail, or equivalent sailing 
vessels operating on the oceans or navigable waters of the United States 
(including the Great Lakes).

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 543.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7311..............................  46:672(b)(4)
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    Section 7311 establishes the minimum service requirements for an 
individual to qualify as able seamen--sail on board sailing vessels.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Apr. 15, 1984, see section 2(g)(1) of Pub. L. 98-
89, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7315 of this title.
