[nomorelurker]

Federal waters go out 12 nautical miles”

No, post #81 is correct. Depending on state and location it’s 3 and 12. I know of no Federal 12 mile unless it’s some fishing or other type of regulation, I am unaware of.

[nomorelurker]

Make that 3 and 9.

Texas is 9 because that is what Spain had and Texas entered the Union with the 9 mile limit.

[scrabblehack]

https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/data/us-maritime-limits-and-boundaries.html