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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 11103"
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description: "Slop chests"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "111"
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chapter_name: "PROTECTION AND RELIEF"
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section: "11103"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 11103"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 11103 - Slop chests
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## Text
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(a) A vessel to which section 11102 of this title applies shall be provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman, including—
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(1) boots or shoes;
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(2) hats or caps;
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(3) underclothing;
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(4) outer clothing;
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(5) foul weather clothing;
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(6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and
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(7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets.
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(b) Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began.
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(c) This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 578.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1110346:67046:671 Section 11103 requires that a United States vessel on a foreign or intercoastal domestic voyage be equipped with a slop chest and lists the items the slop chest must contain.
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