Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Vessels and Seamen › Part Part G— - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › Chapter CHAPTER 112— - MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS › § 11202
You are treated as having “qualified service” if, between August 16, 1945, and December 31, 1946, you served as a crewmember in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) on a government-controlled ship run by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation (or their agents), operating outside inland waters and the Great Lakes, and serving the Armed Forces. While doing that service, you must have been licensed or officially documented for the crewmember role by a U.S. officer or employee who was allowed to issue such licenses or documents.
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46 U.S.C. § 11202
Title 46 — Shipping
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73