33 U.S.C. § 386 — Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels

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The President can order the commanders of U.S. armed vessels, letter-of-marque ships, or other suitable vessels to capture and bring into a U.S. port any ship being built, bought, equipped, or held for piracy, as described in section 385.

The President is authorized to instruct the commanders of publicly owned armed U.S. vessels, and to authorize the commanders of other armed vessels operating under letters of marque and reprisal that Congress has granted, or the commanders of other suitable vessels, to overcome, seize, and capture — and, if on the high seas, bring into a U.S. port — any vessel or boat that was built, purchased, fitted out, or held for piracy, as section 385 describes.

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The President is authorized to instruct the commanders of the public-armed vessels of the United States, and to authorize the commanders of any other armed vessels sailing under the authority of any letters of marque and reprisal granted by Congress, or the commanders of any other suitable vessels, to subdue, seize, take, and, if on the high seas, to send into any port of the United States, any vessel or boat built, purchased, fitted out, or held as mentioned in section 385 of this title.

Source credit: (R.S. § 4298.)

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