                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 111--SHIPPING
 
Sec. 2272. Destruction of vessel by owner

    Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the 
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and 
corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is 
owner, in whole or in part, with intent to injure any person that may 
underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may 
have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be 
imprisoned for life or for any term of years.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 491 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 300, 35 Stat. 1147).
