HULBERT, District Judge.
Libellant is the beneficiary under a Crew Life and Injury policy of insurance issued by the War Shipping Administration covering the master, officers and crew of the M/V Baltic, which Ernest F. Backus joined at New York in January, 1942, as Chief Officer.
The vessel was at that time under Panamanian regristry, operated by the Panama Transport Company under a time charter to the War Shipping Administration.
When the vessel left...
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