---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 3.05-3"
title: "46"
number: "3.05-3"
heading: "Oceanographic research vessel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/3.05-3"
---

# §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.”

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2113, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted.