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Under what authority can the Navy transfer warships to States for use as artificial reefs?

April 26, 2017artificial authority Navy reefs transfer warships

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Under what authority can the Navy transfer warships to States for use as artificial reefs?

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Public Law 108-136 section 1013 (10 U.S.C. 7306b) provides the Navy with the authority to transfer any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register to any state, commonwealth, possession of the U.S., or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof, for use as an artificial reef.