Statute · United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 381 — Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
33 U.S.C. § 381
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- litigation
The President is authorized to employ so many of the public armed vessels as in his judgment the service may require, with suitable instructions to the commanders thereof, in protecting the merchant vessels of the United States and their crews from piratical aggressions and depredations.
Citator
33 U.S.C. § 381 — Use of public vessels to suppress piracy is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
The President is authorized to employ so many of the public armed vessels as in his judgment the service may require, with suitable instructions to the commanders thereof, in protecting the merchant vessels of the United States and their crews from piratical aggressions and depredations.