[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2272]
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
