Section 447

Any person who-

(1) wilfully and unlawfully casts away or destroys any vessel, whether complete or not; or

(2) wilfully and unlawfully does any act which tends to the immediate loss or destruction of a vessel in distress; or

(3) with intent to bring a vessel into danger, interferes with any light, beacon, buoy, mark, or signal, used for purposes of navigation, or exhibits any false light or signal;

is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life.