---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 12137"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "12137"
heading: "Recording of vessels built in the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/12137"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part H — Identification of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 121 — Documentation of Vessels"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous"
---

# §12137. Recording of vessels built in the United States


The [Secretary](/usc/46/2101.md?p=46) may provide for recording and certifying information about vessels built in the United States that the [Secretary](/usc/46/2101.md?p=46) considers to be in the public interest.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1507.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 12137 | 46:12117. |  |