Collapse to view only § 3.05-1 - Letter of designation.
§ 3.05-1 - Letter of designation.
A letter issued by an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, designating an uninspected vessel as an oceanographic research vessel.
§ 3.05-3 - Oceanographic research vessel.
“An oceanographic research vessel is a vessel which the U.S. Coast Guard finds is employed exclusively in one or more of the following:
(a) Oceanographic instruction;
(b) Limnologic instruction;
(c) Oceanographic research; or,
(d) Limnologic research.”