---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch111"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 111"
heading: "Shipping"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch111"
sections_count: 18
---

# Chapter 111 — Shipping

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§2271. Conspiracy to destroy vessels](/usc/18/2271.md)
- [§2272. Destruction of vessel by owner](/usc/18/2272.md)
- [§2273. Destruction of vessel by nonowner](/usc/18/2273.md)
- [§2274. Destruction or misuse of vessel by person in charge](/usc/18/2274.md)
- [§2275. Firing or tampering with vessels](/usc/18/2275.md)
- [§2276. Breaking and entering vessel](/usc/18/2276.md)
- [§2277. Explosives or dangerous weapons aboard vessels](/usc/18/2277.md)
- [§2278. Explosives on vessels carrying steerage passengers](/usc/18/2278.md)
- [§2279. Boarding vessels before arrival](/usc/18/2279.md)
- [§2280. Violence against maritime navigation](/usc/18/2280.md)
- [§2280a. Violence against maritime navigation and maritime transport involving weapons of mass destruction](/usc/18/2280a.md)
- [§2281. Violence against maritime fixed platforms](/usc/18/2281.md)
- [§2281a. Additional offenses against maritime fixed platforms](/usc/18/2281a.md)
- [§2282A. Devices or dangerous substances in waters of the United States likely to destroy or damage ships or to interfere with maritime commerce](/usc/18/2282A.md)
- [§2282B. Violence against aids to maritime navigation](/usc/18/2282B.md)
- [§2283. Transportation of explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear materials](/usc/18/2283.md)
- [§2284. Transportation of terrorists](/usc/18/2284.md)
- [§2285. Operation of submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality](/usc/18/2285.md)