Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › CHAPTER 112 — MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS › § 11202
Between August 16, 1945, and December 31, 1946, a person is treated as having qualified service if they were a crewmember of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) on a ship run by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation (or their agent), that sailed outside inland U.S. waters and the Great Lakes and was hired by or owned by the U.S. Government to serve the Armed Forces. While serving, the person also must have had a license or official papers issued by a U.S. officer authorized to issue them.
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46 U.S.C. § 11202
Title 46, Shipping
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102