20 Miss. Code R. § 101-600-603.03
The expression "navigable waters within, or within and without the United States" means such waters are navigable in fact and which by themselves or in connection with other waters form a continuous channel for commerce with foreign countries or among the states.
The word "vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance, used as a means of transportation on water. It does not include any type of aircraft.
The expression "officers and members of the crew" includes the master or officer in charge of the vessel, however designated, and every individual subject to his or her authority serving on board and contributing in any way to the operation and welfare of the vessel. The expression extends, for example, to services rendered by the master, mates, pilots, pursers, surgeons, stewards, engineers, firemen, cooks, clerks, carpenters, deck hands, porters, and chambermaids and by seal hunters and fishermen on sealing and fishing vessels.
20 Miss. Code. R. § 101-600-603.03