Public Vessels Act

Public Vessels Act
A federal statute which provides that a libel in personam may be brought against the United States in admiralty, or the United States may be impleaded in admiralty, for damages caused by a public vessel of the United States, and for compensation for towage and salvage service, including contract salvage, rendered to a public vessel of the United States. 46 USC § 781; 2 Am J2d Adm § 120.

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