Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-55
Each vessel, not documented according to the maritime or admiralty laws of the United States, shall be subject to a lien in the amount of a claim of not less than fifty dollars by any person, hereinafter called the lienor, for work done, including the equipping of such vessel with safety devices, materials furnished or expenses incurred in connection with the building, repairing, mooring, dockage or storage of such vessel. This lien shall be subordinate to security interests previously filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. The lienor may retain possession of the vessel until the charges for such work, materials or expenses have been paid or the lien has been dissolved.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-55
(1949 Rev., S. 7234; 1969, P.A. 818, S. 1; P.A. 77-34; P.A. 87-505, S. 7.)
There is no maritime lien in favor of a shipbuilder, nor for materials or supplies furnished to a vessel in her home port, but a state can give a lien in such cases. 7 Wall. 645. U.S. courts have power to allow such a lien to be enforced by admiralty process in rem; 4 Wheat. 438; 1 Black. 529; but the U.S. Supreme Court in 1858 refused to exercise this power for the future, and repealed their former rule authorizing such libels, but see 167 U.S. 606. Cited. 21 CA 808.