---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 481"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "481"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/481"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — Arming American Vessels"
---

# [§481. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act June 29, 1948, ch. 715, § 1, 62 Stat. 1095, provided for arming of American vessels during a war or national emergency. See section 261 of Title 10, Armed Forces.