---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "stV/ptE/ch563"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 563"
heading: "Emergency Acquisition of Vessels"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/stV-ptE-ch563"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 563 — Emergency Acquisition of Vessels

Title 46 — Shipping › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part E — Control of Merchant Marine Capabilities

## Sections

- [§56301. General authority](/usc/46/56301.md)
- [§56302. Charter terms](/usc/46/56302.md)
- [§56303. Compensation](/usc/46/56303.md)
- [§56304. Disputed compensation](/usc/46/56304.md)
- [§56305. Vessel encumbrances](/usc/46/56305.md)
- [§56306. Use and transfer of vessels](/usc/46/56306.md)
- [§56307. Return of vessels](/usc/46/56307.md)
- [§56308. Transfer of substitute vessels](/usc/46/56308.md)
- [§56309. Emergency foreign vessel acquisition; purchase or requisition of vessels lying idle in United States waters](/usc/46/56309.md)
- [§56310. Voluntary purchase or charter agreements](/usc/46/56310.md)
- [§56311. Requisitioned vessels](/usc/46/56311.md)
- [§56312. Documented defined](/usc/46/56312.md)