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title: "50 U.S.C. § 481"
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title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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chapter_name: "ARMING AMERICAN VESSELS"
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# 50 U.S.C. § 481 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641

## Notes

Section, act June 29, 1948, ch. 715, § 1, 62 Stat. 1095, provided for arming of American vessels during a war or national emergency. See section 261 of Title 10, Armed Forces.