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33 U.S.C. § 381 — Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
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The President can use as many armed government ships as needed to fight piracy. These ships protect U.S. merchant vessels and their crews from pirate attacks.
The President may use as many of the country's public armed vessels as they judge the situation requires, and may give suitable instructions to the commanders of those vessels, for this purpose. The goal is to protect U.S. merchant vessels and their crews from piracy — attacks and raids carried out by pirates.
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The President is authorized to employ so many of the public armed vessels as in his judgment the service may require, with suitable instructions to the commanders thereof, in protecting the merchant vessels of the United States and their crews from piratical aggressions and depredations.
Source credit: (R.S. § 4293.)
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