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THE RUCHAMKIN

Civ. Nos. 780, 953, 954, 1203, 1217-1222, 1230.

141 F.Supp. 97 (1956)

THE RUCHAMKIN. THE WASHINGTON.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

April 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McGovern, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Harlan E. Freeman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., for the United States.

Francis N. Crenshaw (Baird, White & Lanning), Norfolk, Va., Joseph M. Brush (Thacher, Proffitt, Prizer, Crawley & Wood), New York City, for Texas Co.

Marvin Schwartz, New York City, and William P. Woolls, Jr., Alexandria, Va., Williams, Cocke & Tunstall, Norfolk, Va., James P. O'Connell, New York City, Simone N. Gazan, New York City, Bertram J. Dembo, New York City, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., Greenhill & Greenhill, New York City, for death claimants.

BRYAN, District Judge.

The U. S. S. Ruchamkin and the tanker Washington, of The Texas Oil Company, collided in the Atlantic about 50 miles off the coast of Virginia, just below Cape Henry, soon after two o'clock on the morning of November 14, 1952, with resulting loss of life and personal injuries as well as damage to both ships. Throughout the night the weather was fair, the sky clear, and the wind light, with a smooth sea. A fast destroyer escort, the Navy ship...

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