---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 360a"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "360a"
heading: "Repealed.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status: "repealed"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/33/360a"
units:
  - "Chapter 5A — Exemption of Navy or Coast Guard Vessels from Certain Navigation Rules"
---

# [§360a. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 360, acts Dec. 3, 1945, ch. 511, § 1, 59 Stat. 590; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), 80 Stat. 938, provided that vessels of special construction be exempted from requirements with regard to number and position of lights.

Section 360a, acts Dec. 3, 1945, ch. 511, § 2, 59 Stat. 591; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), 80 Stat. 938, related to publication of notice when the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard was operating made findings or certifications described in section 360 of this title.

### 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.