§381. Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
As of today
33 U.S.C. § 381
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.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
(R.S. § 4293.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 4293 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1819, ch. 77, § 1, 3 Stat. 510; Jan. 30, 1823, ch. 7, 3 Stat. 721.