---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 309.201"
title: "46"
number: "309.201"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/309.201"
---

# §309.201. Purpose.


It is the purpose of [§§ 309.201 through 309.204](/cfr/46/309.201..309.204.md) to prescribe the method for determining the values of stores and supplies on board a vessel when lost, for which claims for loss will be paid, and to prescribe the procedure for payment of claims for such loss, when stores and supplies are covered under a disbursements clause of a War Risk Hull Insurance Binder or a War Risk Hull Insurance Policy issued by the United States on forms prescribed by §§ [308.106](/cfr/46/308.106.md) and [308.107](/cfr/46/308.107.md) of this chapter, or when stores and supplies are covered by a War Risk Disbursements Policy issued by the United States pursuant to section 1203(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended ([46 U.S.C. 1283(c)](/usc/46/1283.md?p=c)). The vessel values established by [§§ 309.1 through 309.8](/cfr/46/309.1..309.8.md) (General Order 82) do not include any allowance for the loss of stores and supplies, as distinguished from equipment and spare parts which are included in such vessel values.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 204, 49 Stat. 1987, as amended, sec. 1209, 64 Stat. 775, as amended, 70 Stat. 984; 46 U.S.C. 1114, 1289.

### Source

Source: Sections 309.201 through 309.204 contained in G.O. 100, 29 FR 2944, Mar. 4, 1964; 29 FR 3706, Mar. 25, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 204, 1209, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1114, 1289); Reorganization Plans No. 21 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), No. 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840) as amended by Pub. L. 91-469 (84 Stat. 1036); Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-8 (38 FR 19707, July 23, 1973); Maritime Administrative Order 440-3 (December 6, 1973).

### Source

Source: 39 FR 30487, Aug. 23, 1974, unless otherwise noted.