46 C.F.R. § 90.10-16 Industrial vessel.
Title 46 - Shipping
This term means every vessel which by reason of its special outfit, purpose, design, or function engages in certain industrial ventures. Included in this classification are such vessels as drill rigs, missile range ships, dredges, cable layers, derrick barges, pipe lay barges, construction and wrecking barges. Excluded from this classification are vessels carrying freight for hire or engaged in oceanography, limnology, or the fishing industry. [CGFR 67–90, 33 FR 1015, Jan. 26, 1968]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 90—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subpart 90.10—Definition of Terms Used in This Subchapter
§ 90.10-16 Industrial vessel.