Pub. L. 93-365, tit. VIII, sec. 802

Sec. 802. For the purposes of this title, the term “major combatant vessels for the strike forces of the United States Navy” means— (1) combatant submarines for strategic or tactical missions, or both; (2) combatant vessels intended to operate in combat in aircraft carrier task groups (that is, aircraft carriers and the cruisers, frigates, and destroyers which accompany aircraft carriers); and (3) those types of combatant vessels referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above designed for independent combat missions where essentially unlimited high speed endurance will be of significant military value.