18 U.S.C. § 2275 : US Code - Section 2275: Firing or tampering with vessels

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2275 : US Code - Section 2275: Firing or tampering with vessels

Whoever sets fire to any vessel of foreign registry, or any
vessel of American registry entitled to engage in commerce with
foreign nations, or to any vessel of the United States, or to the
cargo of the same, or tampers with the motive power of
instrumentalities of navigation of such vessel, or places bombs or
explosives in or upon such vessel, or does any other act to or upon
such vessel while within the jurisdiction of the United States, or,
if such vessel is of American registry, while she is on the high
sea, with intent to injure or endanger the safety of the vessel or
of her cargo, or of persons on board, whether the injury or danger
is so intended to take place within the jurisdiction of the United
States, or after the vessel shall have departed therefrom and
whoever attempts to do so shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.