covered ship
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
“covered ship” means a ship that is navigating or is scheduled to navigate into, through or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country’s territorial sea with an adjacent country;
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 2280Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Violence against maritime navigation · as used in this section
The term "covered ship" means a commissioned battle force ship that is included in the battle force count of the Naval Vessel Register.
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- 2022–present10 U.S.C. § 8227Armed Forces · Notifications on manning of afloat naval forces · in this section