Section 11.24 Generally

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A. (§11.24) Generally

Although a 16-foot pleasure boat and a 100,000-ton super-tanker have little in common other than the fact that they are vessels, both fall within the realm of the general maritime law. "[V]essel" is defined in 1 U.S.C. § 3 to include "every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water." All vessels must follow navigational rules mandated by statute or federal regulation, and each is subject to statutory...