Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8766 Loan or Gift of Articles to Ships’ Sponsors and Donors
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 875 — DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL › § 8766
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy can, under rules he makes and without cost to the United States, lend or give certain items. He may give a ship’s sponsor the ship’s nameplate or small keepsakes, and he may give donated articles, materials, or equipment (including silver service) to any State, group, or organization named in section 8765.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8766
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The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him and without expense to the United States, may lend or give—
(1)to the sponsor of a vessel the name plate or any small article of negligible or sentimental value from that vessel; and
(2)to any State, group, or organization named in section 8765 of this title any article, material, or equipment, including silver service, given by it.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 754634 U.S.C. 546h (less applicability to 34 U.S.C. 546g).Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 804, § 3 (less applicability to § 2), 60 Stat. 898. The words “the sponsor” are substituted for the words “any individual who sponsored” for brevity. The word “ship” and the word “person” are omitted as surplusage. The words “the loans or gifts described in this section shall be made” are omitted as unnecessary, and the words “under
Regulations
prescribed by him” are substituted for the words “subject to such
Rules and Regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy” for brevity.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(8), renumbered section 7546 of this title as this section. Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8765” for “section 7545”.
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. § 8766
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102