[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5, Parts 700 to 799]
[Revised as of  July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR700.305]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700--UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--The Chief of Naval Operations
 
Sec. 700.305  Naval Vessel Register, classification of naval craft, and status of ships and service craft.

    (a) The Chief of Naval Operations shall be responsible for the Naval 
Vessel Register (except the Secretary of the Navy shall strike vessels 
from the Register) and the assignment of classification for 
administrative purposes to water-borne craft and the designation of 
status for each ship and service craft. The classification of water-
borne craft and the status of ships and service craft are found in the 
glossary.
    (b) Commissioned vessels and craft shall be called ``United States 
Ship ----'' or ``U.S.S. ----''.
    (c) Civilian manned ships of the Military Sealift Command or other 
commands designated ``active status, in service'' shall be called 
``United States Naval Ship ----'' or ``U.S.N.S. ----''.
    (d) Ships and service craft designated ``active status, in 
service,'' except those described by paragraph c of this article, shall 
be referred to by name, when assigned, classification, and hull number 
(e.g., ``HIGHPOINT PCH-1'' or ``YOGN-8'').
    (e) The Chief of Naval Operations shall designate hospital ships and 
medical aircraft as he deems necessary. Such designation shall be in 
compliance with the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the 
Conditions of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces 
at Sea of 12 August 1949 and he shall ensure compliance with the notice 
provisions of that Convention.
[39 FR 7135, Feb. 25, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 80278, Dec. 4, 1980]