---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schIII/ptIII"
level: "part"
label: "Part III"
heading: "Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schIII-ptIII"
sections_count: 6
---

# Part III — Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication › Subchapter III — Special Provisions Relating to Radio

## Sections

- [§381. Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire required to be equipped with radiotelephone](/usc/47/381.md)
- [§382. Vessels excepted from radiotelephone requirement](/usc/47/382.md)
- [§383. Exemptions by Commission](/usc/47/383.md)
- [§384. Authority of Commission; operations, installations, and additional equipment](/usc/47/384.md)
- [§385. Inspections](/usc/47/385.md)
- [§386. Forfeitures](/usc/47/386.md)