---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1220b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1220b"
heading: "Obsolete ships available; number; equitable administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1220b"
units:
  - "Chapter 25B — Reefs for Marine Life Conservation"
---

# §1220b. Obsolete ships available; number; equitable administration


A [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) may apply for more than one obsolete ship under this chapter. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall, however, [taking](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) into account the number of obsolete ships which may be or become available for transfer under this chapter, administer this chapter in an equitable manner with respect to the various [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–402, § 5, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 618; Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 207(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3397.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “obsolete ships” for “Liberty ships” wherever appearing.