employed as a merchant vessel
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From 272 U.S. 675 - Eastern Transportation Co. v. United States · 1927Most cited · 120 citing opinions
What the statute means by saying 'employed as a merchant vessel' is that the vessel shall belong to that class as distinguished from one employed in the governmental service, not necessarily that it shall be actively thus employed at the time of the collision.