“An oceanographic research vessel is a vessel which the U.S. Coast Guard finds is employed exclusively in one or more of the following:
(a) Oceanographic instruction;
(b) Limnologic instruction;
(c) Oceanographic research; or,
(d) Limnologic research.”
source: CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 3.05-3