18 U.S.C. § 2195 : US Code - Section 2195: Abandonment of sailors

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2195 : US Code - Section 2195: Abandonment of sailors

Whoever, being master or commander of a vessel of the United
States, while abroad, maliciously and without justifiable cause
forces any officer or mariner of such vessel on shore, in order to
leave him behind in any foreign port or place, or refuses to bring
home again all such officers and mariners of such vessel whom he
carried out with him, as are in a condition to return and willing
to return, when he is ready to proceed on his homeward voyage,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six
months, or both.