---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 7316"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "7316"
heading: "Lifeboatmen"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/7316"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents"
  - "Chapter 73 — Merchant Mariners’ Documents"
---

# §7316. Lifeboatmen


To qualify for an endorsement as lifeboatman, an applicant must provide satisfactory proof that the applicant—

- (1) has the service or training required by regulation;
- (2) is qualified professionally as demonstrated by examination; and
- (3) is qualified professionally by actual demonstration.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 544.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 7316 | 46:643(l) |

Section 7316 establishes the minimum standards an individual must meet in order to qualify for an endorsement as lifeboatman.