Any vacancy occurring among such watch officers within two years from this date may be filled without regard to citizenship; but any vacancy which may occur thereafter shall be filled by a watch officer who is a citizen of the United States
Executive Order 2039—Admitting Foreign-Built Ships to American Registry
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