EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Hurst, a diver, claims that he was injured as he attempted to climb out of the water onto his employer's spud barge. The issue on appeal is whether the spud barge was a "vessel in navigation" for purposes of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A.App. § 688 (West Supp.1989). The district court granted summary judgment for Hurst's employer, finding as a matter of law that the spud barge was not a vessel. We affirm.
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