---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 341...351"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "341...351"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/341...351"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Navigation Rules for Red River of the North and Rivers Emptying into Gulf of Mexico and Tributaries"
  - "Subchapter IV — Steering and Sailing Rules"
---

# [§341...351. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 341, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 12, 29 Stat. 690; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 253, related to rate of speed in fog or bad weather conditions.

Section 341a, R.S. § 4233; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 254, related to ascertainment of risk of collision.

Section 342, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 26 Stat. 672; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 12, 29 Stat. 690; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 253, related to situation in which sailing vessels were approaching one another.

Section 343, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 254, related to steam vessels meeting end on.

Section 344, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 254, related to signals to be given in the situation where steam vessels are crossing.

Section 345, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 255; Nov. 5, 1966, Pub. L. 89–764, § 5, 80 Stat. 1313, related to steam vessels and sailing vessels meeting.

Section 346, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 255, related to duty of steam vessels to slacken speed.

Section 347, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 255, related to duty of an overtaking vessel to keep out of the way.

Section 348, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 255, set out rule that a vessel having the right of way was to keep course.

Section 348a, R.S. § 4233, Rule 23(A), as added Pub. L. 89–764, § 6, Nov. 5, 1966, 80 Stat. 1313, related to rule that a steam vessel could not hamper safe passage of a large vessel or vessel in tow.

Section 349, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 255, related to danger signals, responding signals, and additional signals.

Section 350, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 13, 29 Stat 690; May 21 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 256, related to departures from the rules to avoid collision.

Section 351, R.S. § 4233; Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102, § 1, 28 Stat. 672; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 13, 29 Stat. 690; May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 256, related to usual additional precautions required.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title.