---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptF/ch83"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 83"
heading: "Masters and Officers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptF-ch83"
sections_count: 4
---

# Chapter 83 — Masters and Officers

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part F — Manning of Vessels

## Sections

- [§8301. Minimum number of licensed individuals](/usc/46/8301.md)
- [§8302. Staff department](/usc/46/8302.md)
- [§8303. Repealed.](/usc/46/8303.md)
- [§8304. Implementing the Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936](/usc/46/8304.md)