---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7112"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7112"
heading: "Licenses of masters or mates as pilots"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7112"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 71 — Licenses and Certificates of Registry"
---

# §7112. Licenses of masters or mates as pilots


A [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1) or mate licensed under this part who also qualifies as a pilot is not required to hold 2 [licenses](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2). Instead, the qualification of the [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1) or mate as pilot shall be endorsed on the [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1)’s or mate’s [license](/usc/46/12101.md?p=b-2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 541.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7112 | 46:230 |

Section 7112 provides for the endorsement of a master’s or mate’s license as a pilot if they meet those specifications. These individuals do not have to hold two separate licenses.