---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stII/ptH/ch121/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stII-ptH-ch121-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — General

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part H — Identification of Vessels › Chapter 121 — Documentation of Vessels

## Sections

- [§12101. Definitions](/usc/46/12101.md)
- [§12102. Vessels requiring documentation](/usc/46/12102.md)
- [§12103. General eligibility requirements](/usc/46/12103.md)
- [§12104. Applications for documentation](/usc/46/12104.md)
- [§12105. Issuance of documentation](/usc/46/12105.md)
- [§12106. Surrender of title and number](/usc/46/12106.md)
- [§12107. Wrecked vessels](/usc/46/12107.md)
- [§12108. Authority to extend duration of vessel certificates](/usc/46/12108.md)