---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptE/ch73"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 73"
heading: "Merchant Mariners’ Documents"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptE-ch73"
sections_count: 20
---

# Chapter 73 — Merchant Mariners’ Documents

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents

## Sections

- [§7301. General](/usc/46/7301.md)
- [§7302. Issuing merchant mariners’ documents and continuous discharge books](/usc/46/7302.md)
- [§7303. Possession and description of merchant mariners’ documents](/usc/46/7303.md)
- [§7304. Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ documents](/usc/46/7304.md)
- [§7305. Oaths for holders of merchant mariners’ documents](/usc/46/7305.md)
- [§7306. General requirements and classifications for members of deck departments](/usc/46/7306.md)
- [§7307. Able seamen—unlimited](/usc/46/7307.md)
- [§7308. Able seamen—limited](/usc/46/7308.md)
- [§7309. Able seamen—special](/usc/46/7309.md)
- [§7310. Able seamen—offshore supply vessels](/usc/46/7310.md)
- [§7311. Able seamen—sail](/usc/46/7311.md)
- [§7311a. Able seamen—fishing industry](/usc/46/7311a.md)
- [§7312. Scale of employment](/usc/46/7312.md)
- [§7313. General requirements for members of engine departments](/usc/46/7313.md)
- [§7314. Repealed.](/usc/46/7314.md)
- [§7315. Training](/usc/46/7315.md)
- [§7316. Lifeboatmen](/usc/46/7316.md)
- [§7317. Tankermen](/usc/46/7317.md)
- [§7318. Radiotelegraph operators on Great Lakes](/usc/46/7318.md)
- [§7319. Records of merchant mariners’ documents](/usc/46/7319.md)