CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO THE PUBLIC (parts 1 to 9) > PART 4—MARINE CASUALTIES AND INVESTIGATIONS > SUBPART 4.03—Definitions (§4.03-1 to §4.03-75) > 4.03-40—Public vessels.

4.03-40—Public vessels.

Public vessel means a vessel that—
(a) Is owned, or demise chartered, and operated by the U.S. Government or a government of a foreign country, except a vessel owned or operated by the Department of Transportation or any corporation organized or controlled by the Department (except a vessel operated by the Coast Guard or Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation); and
(b) Is not engaged in commercial service.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51195, Sept. 30, 1997]