§ 381. — Use of public vessels to suppress piracy.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC381]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 7--REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY
Sec. 381. Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
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.
(R.S. Sec. 4293.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 4293 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1819, ch. 77, Sec. 1, 3
Stat. 510; Jan. 30, 1823, ch. 7, 3 Stat. 721.
