From 10/1/41 through 12/31/50, certain services performed on foreign vessels by merchant
seamen employed by an agency of the War Shipping Administration (WSA) or the U.S.
Maritime Commission (USMC), through 2/10/42 only, are covered.
Services for the following individuals are not covered:
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Longshoremen hired by the WSA or USMC;
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Seamen hired by other agencies of the Federal government;
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Seamen aboard vessels time-chartered to the WSA or USMC;
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Seamen aboard foreign vessels bareboat chartered to WSA or USMC; or
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Seamen employed under contract entered into outside the U.S.