Executive Order 9641—Sale of Certain Combatant Vessels of the Navy

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 of the act of March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 599 (34 U.S.C. 492), it is hereby ordered as follows:

1 Combatant vessels of the Navy stricken from the Navy Register pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 5, 1882, 22 Stat. 296 (34 U.S.C. 491), and offered for sale pursuant to section 5 of the said act of March 3, 1883, may be sold at public sale to the highest acceptable bidder, regardless of their appraised value, after being advertised for sale for a period not less than thirty days.

2. "Combatant vessels", as used herein, shall mean vessels of the following categories: (a) battleships, (b) cruisers, (c) aircraft carriers, (d) destroyers, and (e) submarines.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE

October 15, 1945