U.S.C. Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS 1 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Sec. 3 - "Vessel" as including all means of water transportation From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§3. "Vessel" as including all means of water transportation
The word "vessel" includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)