---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10901"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "10901"
heading: "Application"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/10901"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
  - "Chapter 109 — Proceedings on Unseaworthiness"
---

# §10901. Application


This chapter applies to a vessel of the United States except a fishing or whaling vessel or a [yacht](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-3).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 575.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 10901 | 46:653<br>46:654<br>46:655<br>46:656<br>46:658 |

Section 10901 provides that chapter 109 applies to all vessels of the United States except fishing vessels, whaling vessels or yachts.