18 U.S.C. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1964–1972 · leading case: Dixon v. Grace Lines, Inc.
Dixon v. Grace Lines, Inc. (1972)
“741 ]); and (2) 18 U.S.C.A. § 2195 , which makes it a crime for a ship’s master to abandon an American seaman in a foreign port.”
Gave v. Grace Line, Inc. (1964)
“For certain causes he is excused from this duty but only if these actions are placed in the jurisdiction and control of a United States consular officer when they occur at a foreign port. For improperly leaving any seaman in a foreign port the master is liable to the seaman in a…”
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