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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
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| 46 U.S.C. § 7311 (2017) | ||||
| §7311. Able seamen—sail | ||||
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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). |
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 543.) |
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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 DATESection 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. |
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| 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 |
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