18 U.S.C. § 1656 : US Code - Section 1656: Conversion or surrender of vessel

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1656 : US Code - Section 1656: Conversion or surrender of vessel

Whoever, being a captain or other officer or mariner of a vessel
upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and
maritime jurisdiction of the United States, piratically or
feloniously runs away with such vessel, or with any goods or
merchandise thereof, to the value of $50 or over; or
Whoever yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.