Sec. 3505. Status of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels
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Section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 ( 50 U.S.C. 4405 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: Vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including vessels loaned to State Maritime Academies, shall be considered public vessels of the United States. ; and by adding at the end the following: A vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet determined by the Maritime Administration to be of insufficient value to remain in the National Defense Reserve Fleet shall remain a vessel within the meaning of that term in section 3 of title 1 and subject to the rights and responsibilities of a vessel under admiralty law at least until such time as the vessel is delivered to a dismantling facility or is disposed of otherwise from the National Defense Reserve Fleet. .