Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 7307: Able seamen—unlimited
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The required service for the endorsement of able seaman—unlimited, qualified for unlimited service on a vessel on any waters, is at least 18 months 1 service on deck on board vessels operating at sea or on the Great Lakes. 1 So in original. Probably should be “18 months’ ”. section 7307 of title 46 , United States Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘18 months’ for ‘3 years’; section 7308 of such title shall be applied by substituting ‘12 months’ for ‘18 months’; and section 7309 of such title shall be applied by substituting ‘6 months’ for ‘12 months’.”
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