{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s56501","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f56501.","heading":"Definition","text":"\u00a7\u202f56501.\nDefinition\nIn this chapter, the term \u201cessential vessel\u201d means a vessel that is\u2014\n(1)\n(A) security for a mortgage indebtedness to the United States Government; or\n(B) constructed under this subtitle or required by a contract under this subtitle to be operated on a certain essential foreign trade route; and\n(2) necessary in the interests of commerce and national defense to be maintained in condition for prompt use.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s56501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s56501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f56501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter, the term \u201cessential vessel\u201d means a vessel that is\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s56501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s56501/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" security for a mortgage indebtedness to the United States Government; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s56501/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" constructed under this subtitle or required by a contract under this subtitle to be operated on a certain essential foreign trade route; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s56501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" necessary in the interests of commerce and national defense to be maintained in condition for prompt use.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}