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THE OMAHA

No. 6.

71 F.Supp. 314 (1947)

THE OMAHA. THE SOMERS. THE WILLMOTO, PHILADELPHIA.

District Court, Puerto Rico.

April 30, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Herrick, U. S. Atty., and Pascual A. Rivera, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Juan, P. R., and Thomas McGovern, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

James D. Hill, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for Tom C. Clark, Atty. Gen. of the U. S. as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian.

Arnold W. Knauth and Henry G. Molina, both of San Juan, P. R., for the claimant Hamburg-American Line.

E. T. Fiddler and Jose G. Gonzalez, both of San Juan, P. R., for Swiss Bank Corporation, Intervenor.

COOPER, District Judge.

On the morning of November 6, 1941, the U.S.S. Omaha and the U.S.S. Somers were on neutrality patrol at approximately longitude 27.47 West and latitude 0.55 North, that is, north of the equator, halfway between the hump of Brazil and the bulge of Africa. A puff of smoke was sighted upon the horizon and the captain of the U.S.S. Omaha stood toward the smoke and later a vessel hove into sight, taking, apparently, evasive courses. She was hailed...

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