public ships
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From 271 U.S. 562 - Berizzi Bros Co v. The Pesaro · 1926Most cited · 260 citing opinions
when, for the purpose of advancing the trade of its people or providing revenue for its treasury, a government acquires, mans, and operates ships in the carrying trade, they are public ships in the same sense that war ships are