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§8626 Navy Reserve Yacht Pennant

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 861— SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES › § 8626

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy must create a Navy Reserve yacht pennant that may be flown by U.S.-documented yachts the Secretary designates for wartime naval auxiliary use whose owner or captain is a Navy member.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8626

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The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe a suitable pennant to be known as the Navy Reserve yacht pennant. This pennant may be flown by a yacht or similar vessel if—

(1)the vessel is documented under the laws of the United States;

(2)the vessel has been designated by the Secretary, under such regulations as he prescribes, as suitable for service as a naval auxiliary in time of war; and

(3)the captain or owner of the vessel is a member of the Navy.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 722650 U.S.C. 1049.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 410, 66 Stat. 499. In clause (3) the words “or Naval Reserve” are omitted as surplusage, since the Navy includes the Naval Reserve.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7226 of this title as this section. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(3)(E), substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in section catchline. Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(1)(U), substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8626

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60